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Church Brew What the Helles

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RATINGS: 6   MEAN: 3.45/5.0   WEIGHTED AVG: 3.3   SEASONAL: Winter   EST. CALORIES: 141   ABV: 4.7%
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The style is a Munich Helles. Munich is the German city where the style originated and "helles" is German for "light" as in color not low calorie. Therefore, this is a German style light-colored lager. It has some similarities with the Pious Monk Dunkel. Remember, the Dunkel is a Bavarian beer (or Munich beer more specifically), and dunkel is German for dark. This beer can also be compared and contrasted with the Celestial Gold. The Gold is a German Pilsener in style and "What the Helles" is a German Helles. Both are light colored lagers so they have a crisp clean finish. The maltiness of the Helles is a bit bigger than that of the Gold, and the hoppiness is a bit lower as well. The helles style is becoming one of the most popular beer styles in southern Germany.


3.8
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 16/20
lagermonkey (725) - Marietta, Georgia, USA - JUL 26, 2006
On-tap at the Church Brewworks. Bright clear gold with a thin snow-white head. No lace to speak of. Smells of sweet pale malt. Some light German hops but mostly sweet malt. Taste is a sweet and slick pale malt. A bit of balancing hops but not much. Thicker tasting than it would appear. Finishes very clean, no real aftertaste at all. This is a nice beer, an easy drinker. Nothing complex, just pleasant and tasty.

3.2
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
Drew (2411) - Kent, Ohio, USA - MAR 24, 2004
Nice grassy aroma, clear golden color with great lacing. Taste was sweet malts with a mildly bitter end and some fresh mown lawn. Nice easy drinker, goes well with food

2.6
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 9/20
MAP (1133) - Lakewood, Ohio, USA - MAR 7, 2004
I had this right after having their brown ale, and I didnt get much out of this one. It had a good complection and aroma, but it was a little too underpowered. It had now real mouthfeel to it other than a passin oily feel. The end indeed was clean, but not crisp.

3.6
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 15/20
beerluvindave (194) - Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, USA - MAR 13, 2003
Good golden color with a nice smooth taste, not much hops to overpower it. Very good.

3.7
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 15/20
Wakie (612) - Centreville, Virginia, USA - FEB 1, 2003
A pleasant, crisp helles. Golden in color with a mild head which settles. Mild amount of malt and hop make for a delicious crisp beer.

3.8
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 5/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 15/20
ravidesai (916) - Bombay, INDIA - OCT 14, 2001
A nice very crisp helles. straw gold colour with a soft head. nice balance of malt and hop flavours. very refreshing. A friend said this was almost as good as a the helles he drank in Munich.


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