Dortmunder/Helles

These two styles are closely related, the former hailing from Dortmund and the latter from Bavaria. Both are slightly strong (5.0-5.6%), malt-accented pale lagers. The cookie-like or bready maltiness should be very much in evidence in a traditional example. These beers are clean and easy to drink in quantity. Some Dortmunders made in Denmark and the Netherlands are stronger.

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Lager glass

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		score	count
1	LAmère à Boire Montréal Hell	3.59	44
2	Great Lakes Dortmunder Gold	3.54	652
3	Goose Island Dortmunder R	3.54	16
4	Cisco Summer of Lager	3.47	94
5	Victory All Malt Lager (Dortmunder) R	3.40	101
6	Thomas Hooker Munich-Style Golden Lager	3.40	79
7	Ramstein Revelation Golden Lager	3.36	17
8	Ayinger Jahrhundert	3.35	539
9	Denisons Bavarian Hell R	3.35	13
10	Aecht Schlenkerla Helles Lagerbier	3.34	442
11	Triumph Dortmunder Export	3.34	13
12	MacTarnahans Zig Zag River Lager	3.32	23
13	Barrel House Duveneck Dortmunder	3.31	111
14	Back Road Millennium Lager	3.31	53
15	Three Floyds Gorch Fock Helles	3.30	204
16	Kraftbrau Helles	3.28	13
17	Climax Hoffman Helles	3.26	21
18	Le Trou du Diable Germaine	3.25	19
19	Flossmoor Station Frankenstein Dortmunder	3.25	11
20	Stoudts Gold Lager	3.23	220
21	Weltenburger Urtyp Hell	3.21	99
22	Greifenklau Lager Bier	3.20	35
23	Triumph Helles Lager	3.20	26
24	Sudwerk Lager Münchener Helles	3.19	44
25	Nils Oscar God Lager	3.19	156
26	Dominion Lager	3.18	223
27	Fässla Lagerbier	3.18	55
28	Baeren Classic	3.17	12
29	Spandauer Havelbräu Hell	3.16	26
30	Airbräu FliegerQuell	3.16	29
31	Southampton Golden Lager	3.16	45
32	Schlafly Dortmunder	3.16	25
33	Witzgall Vollbier	3.16	10
34	Hacker-Pschorr Edelhell	3.14	287
35	Rittmayer Hallerndorfer Landbier Hell	3.14	28
36	Sandlot Helles of a Play	3.14	12
37	Andechser Spezial Hell	3.13	157
38	Ayinger Hell	3.13	53
39	5 Seasons Munich Helles	3.13	44
40	Dogfish Head Verdi Verdi Good R	3.13	29
41	Mission Helles	3.13	10
42	Beermanns Lincoln Lager	3.12	26
43	Würzburger 1643 Original Lagerhell	3.12	12
44	Reutberger Export Hell	3.11	83
45	Capital Bavarian Lager	3.11	160
46	Weltenburger Barock Hell	3.11	159
47	Allgäuer Weihnachtsbier	3.10	28
48	Brauerei zur Sonne Urtyp Hell Lagerbier	3.10	18
49	Röbersdorfer Landbier Hell	3.10	10
50	Tröegs Scratch 6 R	3.10	37

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