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Fordham Helles Lager

Fordham Helles Lager

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A Dortmunder/Helles brewed by
Fordham Brewing Company

Dover, Delaware USA

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832.93/5.02.92/5.05.1%69 Lager glass P  Stats

Commercial Description:
Our Fordham Lager is a golden Bavarian-style lager, with a firm malty body, a subtle hop character, and a slightly sweet finish. Helles is the German word for light or pale, referring to the color of the beer. This is the everyday drinking beer for Germans in Munich. Fordham Lager is bottom-fermented, making it a lager beer, and has a medium to light-body. It has a clean, malt accented aroma and a malty finish with little hop bitterness. Our Fordham Lager is a very balanced beer, meaning that it is not too sweet and not too bitter. It is brewed mostly with pale malted barley and small amounts of Vienna and Munich malts, which increases the body and maltiness in the beer.

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 jeremytoni (526), Swedesboro, New Jersey, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/512/20

Apr 12, 2008  
From a bottle poured clear golden with a little head. Nice flavor a little bit weak, but drinkable.

 acrdz (4089), Pennsylvania, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/103/512/20
Jun 7, 2008  
Draft at RamsHead Tavern, BWI. Crystal clear yellow colored body. Flavor is a mix of sweet and astringent, rough malt. Has some serious roughness that comes from improper mashing, no doubt, it’s just coarse and unrefined. Semi-sweet flavor of corn and grains throughout, some huge twang as well... then basically jusst harsh grains and soda carbonation. Not good.


 kidmartinek (640), austin, Texas, USA
2.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/102/56/102/512/20
May 21, 2008  
Pours pale yellow, but it’s a little darker yellow. 1/2 inch head that dissapears quickly. stinky lager aroma. very light lacing. Light malt and hops flavor that’’s a little musty. Light mouthfeel. Full flavor. Clumpy finish.


 the_chandler (164), West Virginia, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/56/103/510/20
May 20, 2008  
Pours a medium-strength golden. Aroma is slightly sweet and slightly hoppy. Flavor tastes a little sweet, mostly hints of caramel hops. Not too much either way. Good balance. Drinkable.


 MaltDawg (187), Richmond, Virginia, USA
2.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/104/55/103/59/20
May 16, 2008  
Sampler off taps at Dominion Brewpub 05/10/2008. Clear golden with moderate white head well carbonated. Grainey malt and corn aroma. Some light malts and grainey corn in the flavor. Fairly clean lager finish with moderate hop bitterness.


 maniac (1886), Richmond, Virginia, USA
2.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/102/55/103/510/20
May 12, 2008  
On tap at the Dominion Brewpub. Clear pale golden body with a small frothy white head. Honey and light corn aroma. Sweet corn and light honey flavor. Medium light body with moderately high carbonation.




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