Helles Bier
Blackjack Brew Co in Manchester, Greater Manchester, England 🏴
Lager - Helles Regular|
Score
6.21
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This crispy and herbal Helles is a big tip of the cap to the iconic Augustiner Helles. It's the result of Blackjack's quest to make a faultless Helles that is absurdly drinkable with bready-sweet honeyed notes, herbal complexities and enough bitterness to keep clawing you back in against subtle malt sweetness. Clean, crisp, smooth and finishing with the lightest of lemony herbal hoppyness.
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6.1/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Tap at the smith field tavern. A clear pale gold, aroma is wet grass. Dusty, wet grains.. Flavour is composed of semi sweet, dusty grains, wet grass, dusty.. Palate is semi sweet, too sweet mellow carbonation.
Tried
from Draft
on 07 Jul 2025
at 10:54
6.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5.5
Flavor 6
Texture 7
Overall 6
Keg at the Smithfield Market Tavern, MCR, 17/05/2025.
Golden blonde topped with an off white cap that thins to a swirl.
Nose is pale and bready malts, herb, straw, grains.
Taste comprises corn husk, pale malts, cereals, grains.
Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close.
Passable Helles ... not one I'd likely revisit though.
Golden blonde topped with an off white cap that thins to a swirl.
Nose is pale and bready malts, herb, straw, grains.
Taste comprises corn husk, pale malts, cereals, grains.
Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close.
Passable Helles ... not one I'd likely revisit though.
Tried
on 17 May 2025
at 15:29
7/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Tried
from Draft
at
Smithfield Market Tavern (Blackjack)
on 17 May 2025
at 13:05
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Keg @ Smithfield Market Tavern, Manchester. Golden with a very thin head. Not quite your typical taste of a helles that you might find in Germany, but this mildly floral-infused effort is very tasty.
Tried
on 16 Dec 2023
at 20:48
3.3/10
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Appearance 3
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 3
Overall 14
Keg at Smithfield Tavern, Manchester. Pours clear gold with a white cap. Quite clean. Very sweet for the style, bread, a little caramel, grassy. Light to medium body with spritzy carbonation.
Tried
on 14 Feb 2022
at 23:07
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Keg at Jack in the Box at Mackie Mayor, Manchester. Clear gold with a white head and a light fizz. A little butter, plenty of grassy hop and some caramel. It's ok, but I'd have liked it to be a little crisper on the finish.
Tried
on 21 Aug 2021
at 16:22