Rathaus Helles

Brewed by Rathaus Brauerei
Style: Dortmunder/Helles
Luzern, Switzerland

Serve in Lager glass

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On tap at the brewery. Hazy pale yellow with a white head. Spicy hop nose, good edel hop bitterness. Well-balanced and dryish. Good.

Looks like an ordinary Helles beer but is far from enjoyable. Dry aroma and watery taste.

Light yellow beer, white head. Malty aroma, dough, somewhat sweet nose. Malty sweetish flavour, light hops.
(From 1,5 L bottle -seems more like 2 L to me though- @ RBBWG 2012, Antwerpen. Thanks for sharing, diabel!)

bottle @ RBBWG 2012 thanks to Diabel. Light golden blond coloured beer with some very light carbonation and a medium white head. Slightly hoppy and grainy sweet to veggy hinted pilsener aroma. Medium palate. Finish is grainy sweet hoppy hinted. Medium helles.

1.5 l. in what has to be the biggest jug I have ever seen, I could have sworn there was more than 1.5 litter in it / growler from the brewpub sampled @ RBWG 2012 – thx to diabel – light golden with a white head – smell is grains, grass, hay,… - bitter grains, hay, mild hops, lemon, hint skunked, slight adj. lager – light body, not bad because it seems to be so incredibly easy to drink, maybe I could drown a growler such a this

Sampled @ RBBWG Antwerpen. Courtesy of Diabel. Clear pale yellow color, small white head. Smell malts, grains, dust. Taste malts, grains, hay. Average carbonation, low to medium body.

1.5L growler @ RBBWG 2012, Antwerpen courtesy of Diabel. Dorée voire cuivre, col blanc. Bière légère et agréable avec un profile pouvant rappeler un houblon sec et herbacé laissant une amertume moyenne. Reste douce avec un aspect de maïs et de grains mais qui reste néanmoins en retrait pour laisser place à une amertume plus présente fruitée avec une petite pointe de citron. Pas mauvaise, dans le style très allemand, donc rien de très révolutionnaire.

Good whtie head, clear golden beer. Doughy nose; herbs too dried out to carry aroma or flavour, faintly sulphury. Pale graisn, but a soapy finsih, toilet soap, and faintly pine. Light, but very grist-slick. Decent try, nothing wrong, nothing special.

On draught at the brewpub as the "Naturbier". The beer is a slightly hazy yellow color with a medium fluffy white head that diminishes slowly. Sticky sparse patches of lacing on the glass. Aroma of grapefruit and mild hops. Light body with flavors of citrusy hops, biscuit malt and a touch of spice. The finish is mildly hoppy with a lingering bitterness. Above average overall.

UPDATED: NOV 24, 2011 As Naturbier from tap at the brewpub.
Muddy, blond body. White, creamy head. Aroma of hops, citrus, but not very intense. Heavily bitter, lightly sweet flavour. Well balanced and drinks very easily.