Ettaler Kloster Edel-Hell

Brewed by Klosterbrauerei Ettal
Style: Dortmunder/Helles
Ettal, Germany

Serve in Lager glass

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A fairly sweet dortmunder, bordering on a heller bock in the sweetness category - still, it has the requisite semi-spicy noble hop character and moderate toasted grain flavor - fairly creamy texture - some notes of vanilla, honey, and herbs - nothing stand out, but it is hot out there right now, and this is doing the trick for me.

Clear pale golden yellow, thin white head. Aroma of grain, grass, pear and corn. Taste is plain mildly sweet apple and corn. Very thin texture, watery, soft carb.

Pours a lasting ring of white head with a clear, golden body. Aromas of grass and grain. Flavors of grain, little earth, grass. Finish is creamy and grainy. Nice body.

Slightly hazy upon initial pour, darker golden coler with surprisingly thin head. Grainy adn malty aroma, hint of honey. Taste is same, sweet and grainy, flavor slightly cloying on finish. Very little carbonation. I don’t get a chance to drink Helles all that often so despite it not being all that impressive, it’s still a treat.

Pours pale gold into a stein. Bright white head quickly recedes to hug rim. Sweet cookie aromas. Sweet, crisp and dry upfront turning fruity and flat in the middle. Lasting sour cookie finish.

Bottled. Clear gold, tiny foaming head. Sweet malty aroma, mild herbal hops and alcohol. Nicely malty, balanced flavor, herbs, hint of apple, white bread, sweetness, some rust and coarse dustiness in the finish. Medium bodied, low soft carbonation. Starts off good with solid malts, but after a while shows it’s true so-so quality.

Bottle 50cl. @ home.
Clear light to medium yellow color with a small to average, frothy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, white to off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, grain, citrus, lemon. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a average duration, dough. Body is light to medium, texture is watery, carbonation is soft, finish feel is light metalic. [20091014]

50cl bottle, Alko. pale yellow color, hoppy aroma. Flavour is malty, hoppy. Not as good as I expected.

0.5 l bottle from Alko. Golden color. Malty, honeyish and herbal aroma. Sweetish, malty and honeyish flavor with balancing bitterness and hint of herbal hops. Good fresh maltiness, well made beer.

Clear, pale golden color with small white head with minimun lace. Very fresh, smooth and sweety malty aroma is also buttery and slightly grassy. Flavor is sweety malty, grassy and a bit buttery with mild hops. Palate is very smooth and light- to medium-bodied.