German-Style Helles Lager
Great Central Brewing Company in Chicago, Illinois, United States 🇺🇸
Lager - Helles Regular|
Score
6.25
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6.1/10
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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.
Tried
from Can
on 31 Dec 2024
at 02:23
6.8/10
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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.
Tried
from Can
on 04 Jan 2022
at 04:47
6/10
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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.
Tried
from Can
on 24 Oct 2021
at 00:58
6.1/10
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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
Tried
from Can
on 21 Aug 2021
at 18:10
4.8/10
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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 !
Tried
from Can
on 21 Aug 2021
at 15:52
6.9/10
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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!
Tried
on 19 Aug 2021
at 19:32
6.2/10
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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.
Tried
from Can
on 15 Aug 2021
at 18:24