2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
From tap at the Fenway location. Pours clear and golden yellow with a small white head. Aroma is light cornish and slight grassy. Bitter, toastred malty and grassy to light cornish finish. Ends dry and bitter.
2.9 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
A: The beer pours an extremely pale yellow color with a small white head.
S: The aroma is very sweet, far more than expected for a Helles. Definitely a bit of corn and straw. Maybe a bit of grass and bread in there, too. Not much aroma to this.
T: Similar to the aroma in terms of flavor. It’s a bit watery and very light bread/malt and just little hop flavor. There’s a touch of corn and straw, maybe some grass and a faint bitterness.
M: Light in body with low to medium carbonation.
O: I enjoy a good Helles, but this was not one of those.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
En fût. Verre de 12 oz dégusté à l’établissement de Canal Street (Boston, MA). Arôme: Légère odeur de céréales. Apparence: La couleur est blonde. Présence d’un mince col mousseux et d’une fine dentelle sur le verre. Saveur: Goût de céréales avec une pointe de miel. Durée moyenne de l’arrière goût. Palette: Le corps est moyen avec une texture légèrement onctueuse. Moyenne effervescence en bouche. (Rating #3676)
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Draught pint at Fenway on 5/25/07
I’ll admit to not knowing this was supposed to be a helles and knowing that now, I’m a little less impressed. Dosent have nearly the malt flavor or yeast character I would expect. Rather, it’s quite dry and attenuated with a floral hop aroma and flavor that seems more like EKGs than any more exciting German hop. Still, taken as a session blonde ale (or lager, as they say), the crispness is there, with a little bit of yeast bite (though I never once mistook this for a real munich yeast). Some light honey, a bit of seltzer water (lots of carbonation) and light toastiness on the finish. Clear, pale-gold body with a small white head that shows moderate retention and little/no lacing. More like DAB (so I guess it works as a dortmunder).
3.3 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Smells fruity, tastes fruity. Small head, goldenrod almost orange color. A little bit of a yeasty aftertast.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Light golden in color with a small white head. aroma of butter and bready malt. Flavors of butter and floral hops with a crisp malt character. Finishes dry and crisp.
2.2 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 7/20
Some body, but still very light appearing and tasting. There’s a hint of sweetness in the aroma, but an odd titch of astringency in the mouth.
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