500 ml bottle. Translucent brown color. Brief tan head. Sweet toasted malt aroma. Hints of dark, dried fruits. Flavor follows nose. Dried fruits, vanilla, almonds, caramel and brown sugar. Smooth and complex. Tasty.
Earlier Rating: 4/15/2017 Total Score: 3.9
500 ml bottle. Copper color with a brief creamy beige head. Roasted malt nose has notes of caramel, figs, dark dried fruit and syrup. Flavor mirrors nose with additional notes of light chocolate and cane syrup. Chewy mouthfeel. Cloying sweet malty finish and aftertaste.

Can grab Bavaria tick #99. Gold pour fairly clear. Nose is bready and some spice. Tastes of bread, black pepper, sweet malts, wet wood. Oily palate.

Clear gold pour. Grass, hay, and floral nose. The same for flavor. Grass and floral with hay palate. Medium carbonation

Grass, lemongrass, hay. Clear yellow, thick head, little retention. Grass, hay, marigold. Light body, moderate carbonation. Fairly well hopped for a helles.

On tap at Greenpoint Beer and Ale. Pours rubescent dark brown to black. Toffee, raisins, cherry, milk chocolate, leather, lots of red fruit. Medium body. Good.

Hay nose. Clear amber, thick head, nice lace. Sweet hay, cane sugar, tinny. Medium body, easy carbonation. A bit too sweet for my taste.

Honey, bread crust nose. Clear bronze, medium head. Honey, bran, dark honey. Medium body, easy carbonation. Nice balance, somewhat rustic. Authentic.