German-Style Helles Lager
Great Central Brewing Company in Chicago, Illinois, United States 🇺🇸
Lager - Helles Regular|
Score
6.25
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Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
355ml can from Beer52 Chicago box @ 4.7%. Clear gold with brief fizzy white head that lasts seconds. Aroma is very grainy with a hint of lemon. Pleasant but standard. Not the best start but the taste is good, sweet, nice clean grainy element with a crisp bitter hoppy note. Flawed but not bad for a lager.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
16oz can. Ugly label, looks like 90s store brand. Pretty straightforward, bready malts, faint noble hop balance. A pinch of offness in the aroma, but nothing too horrible. Drinkable.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
12 oz can, sent by Great Central. The old familiar beer smell when I pop open the can. Pours a clear golden color, kicking up a thick white head that dwindles in just a minute. The taste is slightly hop forward, but with light, bready malts. Definitely the German hops are at play here, And it uses the slightly soft water profile of a standard Munich Helles.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6
16 oz. can. Nose is sweet pale malts and subtle. grain. Flavor is some bread notes, light corn, sweet flavors. Mildly sweet finish. Light crispness. About what you would expect for the style.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Can (7/16/21) pour from Andover Classic Wines. It's a clear greenish-yellow with nice sparkle with no head no lacing. Aroma is an earthy sweet corn/rice. Taste is sweet grains. Mouthfeel is light bodied with smooth texture, average-to-lively carbonation with finish as taste. Overall, good strength but generic sweet malts.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Can via Beer 52 sub. Can states 4.7%. Pours clear gold with a dissipating white head. Aroma: grains and then more grains, not much else. Taste: light to moderate sweet, crisp, grainy, light hoppy. Light to medium body with low carbonation. It's OK
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
Can from Beer 52 at 4.7%. Pours a slightly greenish pale straw with absolutely no head. Not much of a nose either – just some vague grainy leanings. Sweet malts dominate in the mouth, together with corn and traces of lemon. A bit more bitterness in the finish – but still sweet. Not a bad beer – just a completely forgettable one !
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Tight foamy white head stayed on a highly carbonated straw coloured body. Malt, cereal & grain aroma. Medium bodied, smooth with a sharper back & cloying aft. Sweet, cereal, biscuit, grain & lightly hopped tastes. Nice one!
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
[12oz can from Beer52 at a stated ABV of 4.7%] An attractive golden straw coloured pour with a fast fading white head; grainy aroma; sweetish grain taste with a touch of honey; and a light grassy bitterness. A pleasant Helles.