Hell
Surly Brewing Company in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States 🇺🇸
Lager - Helles Regular|
Score
6.78
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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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7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Can shared. Pours clear golden with a small white head. Aroma of grain, citrus, light malt, flowers and caramel, with a touch of fresh strawberry and raspberry fields in and English summertime. Flavour is light to moderate sweet and bitter, echoing the memories captured by the nose. The body is light to medium, with soft fuzzy carbonation. Lovely for the style.
Tried
from Can
on 05 Jun 2013
at 11:21
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
Can courtesy of and shared with kermis. Thin white head. Clear golden pour. Nice enough brew.
Tried
from Can
on 05 Jun 2013
at 11:18
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
sweet malty backbone with honey and cereal note. Ample hops with linger bitter finish where the hops just go on and on. Lovely.
Tried
on 25 Mar 2013
at 07:08
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Can thanks to Kyle. Pours golden yellow with white head. Nose and taste of fresh lemon bread, white sugar, light citrus and biscuit malt. Medium body. Well balanced.
Tried
from Can
on 28 Feb 2013
at 17:48
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
Thanks to Steasy66 for the trade. Pours clear gold with a fleeting white head. Light grain aroma. The flavor is slightly sweet, no real bitterness here at all. Easy drinking but unremarkable.
Tried
on 12 Sep 2012
at 15:55
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Can. Deep golden color with a fine head. Biscuity nose, nice grass, bready. Sweet malt flavor, grassy, light citrus. A spot-on helles.
Tried
from Can
on 10 Sep 2012
at 18:37
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
500mL can, sent from FullObs (thanks Brett), pours a clear golden with a medium white head. Aroma is fully dry grassy hops, hay, and freshly baked bread. Flavour of slightly sweet pilsner malt, freshly baked bread, and some light grassy hops in back - finishes quite dry and bready. Drinks clean, bready and dry, with none of the pilsner hop bite you get in many. Refreshing and easy to drink.
Tried
from Can
on 01 Sep 2012
at 23:11
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
16 oz. can from a trade. Lager glass showed clear yellow color, small white head. No lace. Aroma is light, pale lager smell with floral hops. Reminds me of a pilsner nose. Taste started grainy, moves to sweet bread and finished with a grassy, floral bitterness. High carbonation gives a nice, lively mouth feel. Does remind me of a German style lager. It’s refreshing and clean. But maybe rated a bit high in style. After all people, it’s still a lager.
Tried
from Can
on 21 Aug 2012
at 19:57
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Can. A dark golden beer with a beige head. The aroma has notes of malt and straw. The flavor is sweet with notes of straw and malt.
Tried
from Can
on 14 Jul 2012
at 13:24
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
12 fl oz can. Pours clear and golden yellow with a small white head. Aroma is toasted and light grassy. Smooth fruity, crisp hoppy and light bitter. Smooth fruity. Smooth fruity and mellow. Lingering and light toasted malty sweet malty finish.
Tried
from Can
on 14 Jul 2012
at 13:18