Spital Hell

Brewed by Spitalbrauerei Regensburg
Style: Dortmunder/Helles
Regensburg, Germany

Serve in Lager glass

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(Keg at the brewpub, 20130514) The beer poured golden and clear. Its head was medium sized, long lasting and white. Aroma had grass and metallicness. Palate was medium bodied with medium carbonation. Flavours were fruitiness, malts, grass, white bread and bitterness. Aftertaste was bitter. The aroma was too mild and not matchig with the taste

This brewer is attached to St. Katarinenspital Hospital in Regensburg. Bright white head, gold, deep rich gold, clear as a bell and bubbling incessantly almost like a Kristalweizen. Aroma is all Pils malt, slightly caramel but also a background of hops there too. The taste is almost a Bohemian Pils, but maltier, drier. The mouthfeel is thick but not as thick as a Czech Pils, and has a strong backbone that won’t feel thin after the bottom of the glass. The flavor is all Pils malts, no sweetness at all. It’s a tad bitter but with a aftertaste that is sweet-citrus, maybe a sign of Saaz hops? This citrus is only in the aftertaste, far far far back on the tongue. If you swallow it too quickly, you won’t even taste it, but if you let it slowly glide over the back of the tongue, wow, it’s there. I see why this won the award! That aftertaste, though is fleeting, making you desire more, but making you wonder if it’s only imagination at play, yet I drink it again, and there it is... interesting. I’m not normally a fan of Pils/Helles, but this is a süffiges Bier! But I really like it! It’s bitter up front and in the middle but not in the aftertaste, leaving each swallow with the desire for more. I would pay DHL to bring this to me once a month.

500 ml bottle from Regensburg, Germany. Pours a straw yellow with a white lasting head. Aroma is honey, hay and dust. Taste is more serious than the the aroma but still much the same. It ends a bit harsh for style.

Tap in their Biergarten. Clear yellow-golden with lacing white head. Smooth and malt-forward, almost no evidence of hops here at all. Which is great, extremely southern Bavarian. Sweet but not cloying, extremely moreish. Light-medium body.

It’s slightly hazy golden with a creamy head, and the aroma has notes of butter and citrus. The flavor has a light sweetness and notes of citrus, butterscotch, malt and the finish is dry.

(bottle) pours a clear yellow colour with a frothy white head. aroma of herbal hops, hay and earth, with a hint of pale malts and vanilla. flavour is mostly the same, with a hint of marzipan and some slightly harsh notes of yeast in the finish. medium-bodied with average carbonation.

A pretty good, easy drinking, light colored helles lager. Had it on tap at a beautiful biergarten.

Draught at their Biergarten. Brilliant, clean gold with a tall, fine head. Spicy noble hop aroma, grass and some citrus. Sweet, malty flavor. Light hop flavor and a bit of peppery bitterness at the end. Crisp, clean, light, and refreshing. Good, though not super interesting. Very drinkable.

Bottle. Sweet milky barley malt aroma. Pale yellow color with small head. Lightly sweet creamy barley malt and bitter grass hops flavor. Nice, solid Helles.

Draught @ Spitalbrauerei Regensburg, Am Brückenfuß 1-3, 93059 Regensburg, Oberpfalz/Bayern, Germany.
Clear medium yellow orange color with a average to large, frothy to creamy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white to white head. Aroma is moderate malty, grain, hay, light to moderate hoppy, grass. Flavor is moderate to light light heavy sweet and bitter with a long to average duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft, finish feel is light metalic. Good balanced and a good session beer. [20090703]