Helles
Hofmeister Brewing Co. in Dorking, Surrey, England 🏴
Brewed at/by: Privatbrauerei SchweigerLager - Helles Regular
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Score
5.95
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Made in the heart of Bavaria using natural mineral water and locally grown barley and hops, our new Hofmeister Helles Lager is slow-brewed colder and longer than most other beers today. That’s because we believe all the extra time and effort is well worth it. And when you try our fresher, subtly hoppy and gently carbonated Helles, we think you will too.
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7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
On tap at Pietro Lounge, Ludlow.
Appearance - golden and clear with a snow white head.
Nose - bread, light caramel and lemon.
Taste - lemon, bread and honey.
Palate - light bodied and fairly dry finish.
Overall - decent
Appearance - golden and clear with a snow white head.
Nose - bread, light caramel and lemon.
Taste - lemon, bread and honey.
Palate - light bodied and fairly dry finish.
Overall - decent
Tried
from Draft
on 21 Mar 2026
at 11:48
6.6/10
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Appearance 9
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Keg (self pour) in the Lufthansa lounge, LHR T5, 29/04/2025. 0630 breakfast rate.
Clear golden with a lasting white head.
Nose is pale and bready malts, grains, herb, cereals.
Taste comprises straw, herb, bread dough, pale malts.
Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close.
Tidy enough logger-bier ... don't believe the beer xnobes!
Clear golden with a lasting white head.
Nose is pale and bready malts, grains, herb, cereals.
Taste comprises straw, herb, bread dough, pale malts.
Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close.
Tidy enough logger-bier ... don't believe the beer xnobes!
Tried
on 29 Apr 2025
at 05:35
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
330ml bottle, thanks to Grumbo. Pours a almost clear golden with a white head. Aromas & tastes of banana, grass, herbs & biscuit malt. Medium body. Crisp light bitter finish. Enjoyable without been anything out of the ordinary
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Jan 2025
at 21:05
6.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 8
Overall 5.5
Pint at Paramo Lounge, Solihull. Clear gold with decent sized white head - certainly looks the part. Sadly it turned out to be quite mediocre. Very bread and sweet malt noted and very few notable hops even by Helles standards - maybe a slight dry grassiness in the finish. Decent smooth body though which goes down easily.
Tried
on 02 Jan 2025
at 03:07
5.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
Keg @ Northern Crafthouse, Whitefield. Clear golden with a head. Lower-grade helles, with some bubble-gum aroma, dull taste. Pretty carbonated bubbles.
Tried
on 25 Dec 2024
at 20:44
4/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4
Keg at Arturo Lounge, Penrith. Pale yellowy gold, white head, rather fizzy. A touch of butter, a little lemon, a wisp of grass. It's poor, but it's still significantly better than the Cruzcampo I had just before.
Tried
from Can
on 25 Sep 2024
at 22:30
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
330ml bottle [courtesy of Grumbo - cheers Graham!]. Crystal clear, yellow-ish, golden colour with small to average, frothy, half-way lasting, minimally lacing, white head. Grainy, strawy and minimally bready, pale malty aroma, a touch of corn. Taste is slightly grainy, minimally strawy, pale malty with some residual sweetness, mildly bitter, hoppy counterpart with weak soapy overtones. Watery texture with an oily strand, smooth and soft palate, medium to fine, dense, mildly prickly carbonation. Very clean, simeple and monotonous - so-so.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Aug 2024
at 19:53
6/10
Crisp, quaffable, light
Tried
from Draft
on 04 Aug 2024
at 14:09
6.3/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Brings back memories, Follow The Bear! Clear bubbly gold with a bubbly white head and a grainy and fruity nose. Plenty fizzy, crisp and clean with grassy malt, some fruit sweetness and a dry, slightly bitter finish
Tried
from Draft
on 28 Apr 2024
at 13:20
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
Keg at cassio lounge Watfrod. A clear pale gold coloured pour with a fading white, Aroma is semi sweet, bready, light nutty. Flavour is composed of semi sweet, crisp, bready, green apple, Palate is semi sweet, bready, moderate carbonation . Simple, ok.
Tried
on 06 Apr 2024
at 00:04