Natür Helles
von Trapp Brewing in Stowe, Vermont, United States 🇺🇸
Lager - Helles Rotating|
Score
6.93
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This is Helles in its most natural form. We use colder fermentation and longer lagering times to give this unfiltered lager bready aromatics, a crisp and peppery finish, while maintaining the complexity of our traditional Helles style.
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8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 8.5
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bierhall draught, 9/12/26.
Excellent malt with honey and rustic grain balanced with fresh herbal hop. Almost more pils-like. Very clean, bright, aromatic.
Rich maltiness with a soft, unfiltered texture and bright herbal hops. Less bitterness signifying a helles here as opposed to a pils, but it's very close. Maybe a bit deeper malt? Lovely flavors whatever the case.
Excellent malt with honey and rustic grain balanced with fresh herbal hop. Almost more pils-like. Very clean, bright, aromatic.
Rich maltiness with a soft, unfiltered texture and bright herbal hops. Less bitterness signifying a helles here as opposed to a pils, but it's very close. Maybe a bit deeper malt? Lovely flavors whatever the case.
Tried
from Draft
at
von Trapp Brewery & Bierhall
on 12 Sep 2026
at 21:40
6.4/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6
Flavor 6.5
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
On tap at von Trapp as 75th Anniversary Natür Helles. Murky yellow coloured, medium sized white head, yeasty nose. Yeasty, herbal, light bready and grassy with sweetish finish.
Tried
from Draft
at
von Trapp Brewery & Bierhall
on 19 Jun 2026
at 23:45
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
Reviewed from notes.
Bottle to lager glass.
Appearance: glossy yellow color with an even keeled transparency about it and a four and a half fingers of white foamy head which dissipated nicely to leave some light lace
Aroma: biscuity malt tones up front with some lemony to grassy sweet spicy hop notes and a touch some bready to ever so slighty toasty tones
Flavor: blends the prior noted aromas to a fairly nice malty quality underscored by a little hop spice; finishes with a nurturing malty vibe
Texture: light to medium bodied, sessionable, some smoothness but also a little bit of some sweet grains seeming to nick the tongue a little bit
Overall: not a bad Helles lager, maybe it could be just a wee bit smoother in the feel and possibly get some of that "toast" out of the aroma then this beer will be well on it's way to greatness.
Bottle to lager glass.
Appearance: glossy yellow color with an even keeled transparency about it and a four and a half fingers of white foamy head which dissipated nicely to leave some light lace
Aroma: biscuity malt tones up front with some lemony to grassy sweet spicy hop notes and a touch some bready to ever so slighty toasty tones
Flavor: blends the prior noted aromas to a fairly nice malty quality underscored by a little hop spice; finishes with a nurturing malty vibe
Texture: light to medium bodied, sessionable, some smoothness but also a little bit of some sweet grains seeming to nick the tongue a little bit
Overall: not a bad Helles lager, maybe it could be just a wee bit smoother in the feel and possibly get some of that "toast" out of the aroma then this beer will be well on it's way to greatness.
Tried
from Can
on 14 Mar 2026
at 20:05
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Unretired. $3.00 pint can, WW. Slightly hazy gold with a large off-white head and lots of carbonation. Grain, green leaf and grass aroma. Green leaves and grasses, grain, corn, bread crust, black pepper.
Tried
from Can
on 21 Jun 2021
at 19:32
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Enjoyed at the brewery April 2018. Hazy golden colour with a frothy white cap, decent stay and some foamy lace. Cereal grain aromas with hints of sourness, yeast and honey. A little sourness in the taste as well, but does not feel like infection. Maybe something from citrus. Very nice bitterness in the finish to balance this out. All with a smooth cereal grain base. This unfiltered version of Helles is cloudier and blends better the hops with the cereal grains. Shows more character.
Tried
on 14 Apr 2019
at 22:42