Surly Brewing Company Hell

Hell

 

Surly Brewing Company in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States 🇺🇸

  Lager - Helles Regular
Score
6.78
ABV: 5.0% IBU: 20 Ticks: 81
Finally, a Surly beer my German mother will drink. She says this one tastes like a bier from back home. Not unlike a Zwickel Bier from Germany, Hell is not filtered and fermented with lager yeast, American hops takes a back seat to the Pils malt sweetness and fresh bread aroma. The color is well... hell (Deutsch for light). It’s fiendishly drinkable, and you don’t have to sell your soul to get another.
 

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6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Tap @ Mikkeller Bar Aarhus. Pours clear pale yellow with a small white head. Aromas of sweet wheaty notes, banana, citrussy, sweet orange, pale malt, light yeasty. Taste is sweet, yeasty, pale malty, light zesty, esters.

Tried from Draft on 06 Nov 2019 at 16:55


6.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Pour is a slightly cloudy gold with a large white head. Aroma is some cracker lager malt decent but light. Flavor is more dry cracker malt with a decent maybe clean noble hop. Lots of carbonation keeps the while pillowy head around for the entire glass. Decent backyard drinking lager.

Tried on 05 Oct 2019 at 18:40


6.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

12 oz. can. Pours orange, with a big, foamy, off-white head. The aroma is straw, caramel, rose, light banana, and apple. Sweet and yeasty, with a light bitterness. Light body, with a crisp, clean finish. This is a simple, and well made beer.

Tried from Can on 28 Jun 2018 at 14:05


7.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Draft at Surly event at Craft Brewed. Pours a clear gold with a finger of foam that lingers. Very nice grain-forward nose with some cereal and lemon notes. Smooth and crisp and highly drinkable, with nice body for a helles. Light, peppery finish that lingers. Very nice.

Tried from Draft on 02 May 2018 at 17:06


5.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

16 oz can. Clear pale gold pour with a large white head and great retention. Good lacing. Clean and crisp mouthfeel. Heavy hops for the style. Like a helles and pale ale mixed together. I see why the lager haters here like it.

Tried from Can on 24 Mar 2017 at 18:30


8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Got in a trade with The-Adjunct-Hippie. 16 ounce can into lager glass, canned on 6/21/2016. Pours lightly hazy medium golden yellow color with a small dense white head with good retention, that reduces to a thin cap that lingers. Light spotty soapy lacing clings down the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation retaining the cap. Aromas of lemon, pear, apple, cracker, biscuit, light honey, herbal, floral, grass, light pepper, and yeast earthiness. Very nice aromas with good balance of pale malt, earthy hops, and light fruity yeast notes; with good strength. Taste of lemon, pear, apple, cracker, biscuit, light honey, herbal, floral, grass, light pepper, and yeast earthiness. Light-moderate herbal/spicy bitterness on the finish; with lingering notes of cracker, biscuit, light honey, herbal, floral, grass, light pepper, and yeast earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Great robustness and balance of pale malt, earthy hops, and light fruity yeast flavors; with a great malt/bitterness balance, and zero cloying flavors after the finish. Light-moderate dryness from bitterness, lightly increasing through the glass. Fairly clean on lager flavors; some light yeast fruitiness present, but not overwhelming. Medium carbonation and body; with a very smooth, crisp, moderately creamy/grainy, and fairly sticky balanced mouthfeel that is great. Zero warming alcohol as expected of 4.5%. Overall this is a great kellerbier style. All around great robustness and balance of pale malt, earthy hops, and light fruity yeast flavors; very smooth, crisp, clean, and refreshing to drink. Just a touch too fruity from the yeast; but spot on for the style otherwise. A very enjoyable offering.

Tried from Can on 31 Dec 2016 at 17:03


6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6

Some malt and a little light hops here. Pours orange with decent head. Crisp bitter finish. Tap at Jack Rose.

Tried from Draft on 31 May 2016 at 16:44


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

On tap at Taste of Mill City Tavern
Clear golden with a medium sized white head, some lacing. Mild aroma of pilsner malts and grains. Taste is grainy, doughy and citrus
Ok

Tried from Draft on 28 Mar 2016 at 12:37


7.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Tap @ Mikkeller, Aarhus. Nice head with good duration. Color is golden. Aroma and taste are rich fruits, malt, flowers, citrus and hops. Long bitter finish.

Tried from Draft on 11 Mar 2016 at 08:09


6.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Tap @ Mikkeller Aarhus. Slightly hazy yellow with small white head. Aroma is malt, hop, grass, straw and grainy. Flavour is malt, hop, grass, citrus, grainy, straw,, little sweet and medium bitter.

Tried from Draft on 11 Mar 2016 at 08:00