Ottos Helles Lager

Brewed by Ottos Pub & Brewery
Style: Dortmunder/Helles
State College, Pennsylvania USA

Serve in Lager glass

Clear yellow-straw body with moderate visible carbonation and a loose, sudsy white head. Aroma is fresh with pleasantly buttery malt qualities plus floral and honey notes. Good malt character in the flavor with light residual sweetness and some lightly crisp, developing bitterness. A nice, clean helles after a long drive.

Draft. Decent aroma, light hoppy appeal. Light lager color with minimal head. Flavor is smooth with very little bitterness. Very drinkable and one that goes well with all of the food at Otto’s especially the hadok.

Golden color, little to no white head. Spicy, sweet malt, light citrus aroma. Light bitter hops, very malty, possibly some adjunct taste?

Pours dark golden, with medium head. Nice aroma of malt, some hops, citrus, and honey. Tastes malty, slightly sweet, with some crisp hops and honey flavors at the end. Refreshing.

Not really enough malt for a helles but a grassy hop aroma with an ending bite. Small sweetish aftertaste. Falls into the macro-drinker conversion slot.

average helles. yellow gold with a sustained froth head. initially sweet with a caramel character but with a bitter hop finish. more of a czech pils than a helles in my opinion.

Aroma was weak, but reminded me most of a classic German pils. Light golden yellow with small, lacing white head. Light smooth carb and medium body. Nice hoppy-sweet balance. Tastes like a classic German pils. Clean and crisp with subtle sweet after and nice finish. Refreshing lager.