New Helvetia Brewing Company Reviews

onceblind	3.1 New Helvetia Buffalo Craft Lager Clear golden with a thin sticky white head. Slightly corn like cream ale kinda aroma. Smooth crisp golden malty flavor with a delicate golden base. Thursday, August 31, 2023
onceblind	4.2 New Helvetia Nobody Cries on a Jetski Clear bright golden with a thin sticky white head. Lovely nose that’s piney resinous. Crisp bitter clean pale flavor with notes of pine and classic west Coast bitterness. Thursday, August 31, 2023
wetherel	4 New Helvetia Malty Balls On tap at the brewery in Sacramento. Black with dense tan foam. Light sweetness. Light roasted grain or coffee like back-end bitterness. Pretty good. Monday, July 31, 2023
wetherel	4.2 New Helvetia It’s Always Hazy in Sac On tap at the brewery in Sacramento. I guess they have many versions of this beers. I’m not sure which hops they used this time. My guess is that it includes a touch of Sabrina. Hazy golden color. Tropical aroma and flavor. A touch of coconut. Citrus, mango as well. Citric acid finish. Very good. Monday, July 31, 2023
wetherel	4.1 New Helvetia Nobody Cries on a Jetski On tap at the brewery in Sacramento. High clarity golden color. Great dank and citrus hop aroma and flavor. Crisp citric plus hop bitterness finish. Well done. Monday, July 31, 2023
wetherel	3.8 New Helvetia Gucci Slides On tap at the brewery in Sacramento. High clarity light golden color. Classic crisp lager finish. Wonderful lightly sweet Pilsner malt base. Floral hops. Quite nice. Monday, July 31, 2023
Ratman197	4.1 New Helvetia Mystery Airship 2.0: The Second Sighting Bottle poured a clear dark reddish brown with a small lasting creamy tan head. Aromas of milk chocolate, cinnamon, ginger, chiles and light vanilla. Palate was medium bodied and smooth with a dry finish. Flavors of milk chocolate, cinnamon, chiles and light ginger with a smooth dry lingering cinnamon chile chocolate finish. Monday, November 29, 2021
dflb	4.3 New Helvetia Thurston Adambier Bought at States Street Liquor from Redlands, California for $15.99, Thurston Adambier is a barrel aged Adambier crafted by New Helvetia Brewing Company from Sacramento, California. The air yields caramel, chocolate, bourbon, and vanilla upon the nose. The appearance is a dark amber that pours a minimal beige head. When held up to light, the color shifts to a reddish copper. The alcohol content is 11%. Caramel slightly sweetens the complexion followed by a complimentary chocolate tone. Bourbon colors the caramel and chocolate body, and fairly warms the relatively dry finish. Sterling hops imbues a peppery and tobacco tint to the caramel and bourbon frame. Plums are discernible upon the caramel profile. Vanilla fairly creams the drink, blending with the caramel and bourbon. Honey lightly paints the vanilla and bourbon solution. Magnum hops gently bitters the take and leaves a spice behind during the bourbon finish. Oak gives off a woodsy touch to the caramel, bourbon, and plum mouthfeel. Thurston Adambier is a voluptuous barrel aged Adambier. Caramel, chocolate, bourbon, Sterling hops, plums, vanilla, honey, Magnum hops, and oak combine into a delicious craft beer. Caramel, chocolate, bourbon, tobacco like Sterling hops, and oak fills the body. Boozy bourbon and creamy vanilla makes it easy to drink this beer followed by a honey tint. The pepper like Sterling hops and spicy Magnum hops fuses with the caramel and bourbon. I cherished every single drink and mesmerized by the complexity and depth of this brew. Cheers. Prost. Drink for the love of beer. For more beer reviews, visit and like my blog “Drink For the Love of Beer.” Saturday, March 20, 2021
Ratman197	3.6 New Helvetia Delta Haze Pounder can poured a cloudy gold with a lasting creamy white head. Aromas of bread, yeast, citrus, blueberries and a hint of earthiness. Palate was light bodied and crisp with a dry finish. Flavors of bread, citrus and light fruitiness with a crisp dry lightly bitter lingering citrus finish. Saturday, January 9, 2021
bhensonb	3.7 New Helvetia / Crooked Lane Mystery Airship Squadron: Hero Goggles Can from Total Wine in Folsom, CA. Pours very dark brown with a huge, foamy beige head Med body. Flavor is not Tmavy. It is medium dark roast malt. Hints of chocolate. Surprisingly dryish. Surprisingly bitterish. Rather mouth smacking stuff. Thursday, March 5, 2020
bhensonb	3.9 New Helvetia / Moksa Mystery Airship Squadron: Blue Skies And Tailwinds Can from Total Wine in Folsom, CA. Pours translucent orange gold with a decent white head that persisted. Aroma is earthy/citrus. Med body or so. It's arguably a little juicy. Definite support by roasty malt. Quite citrus. Maybe a little hop burn. Tasty, but not quite in the standard DIPA flavors. Saturday, February 29, 2020
jbruner	3.8 New Helvetia Thurston Adambier Pours a deep copper brown from the bottle with thin wispy bubbles of tan foam that leave light lace on the way down. Aroma of big chocolate and caramel malt notes with a touch of molasses and vanilla oak barrel underneath the booze. Taste follows, booze and barrel with some nice malty sweetness and a bite on the finish. Interesting beer. Tuesday, February 18, 2020
bhensonb	3.8 New Helvetia Tally Me Banana Can from Corti Bros. Pours translucent light copper with a white head. Aroma actually smells like a moderately ripe banana. Med plus body. Flavor is banana, to include the "strings". It's also something towards wheatwine. Fairly dry. Not hoppy, but it's bitter from something. Quite unusual, but tasty despite that. Wednesday, December 4, 2019
bhensonb	3.7 New Helvetia / Fort Rock Mystery Airship Squadron: Morning Launch Can from Total Wine in Folsom, CA. Pours translucent med dark brown with a slight beige head. Aroma of coffee and caramel. Med body or so. Flavor is coffee, lightly roasty malt and a hint of anise. It's fairly dry; coffee bitter. Interesting stuff. Thursday, November 7, 2019
bhensonb	3.8 New Helvetia West Coast Strut Can from Corti Bros. Pours translucent gold with a transient white head. Aroma is a bit fruity, mostly citrus. Med body. Flavor is mildly fruity, mostly citrus with discernible roasty malt in support. On reflection it seems fairly dry. It's bitter, and as it drains away there's a slight burn - could be heat - could be hop. Rather old school to me. Good flavors. Wednesday, October 2, 2019
bhensonb	3.9 New Helvetia North East Land Park Can from Total Wine in Folsom, CA. Pours translucent gold with a large, creamy white head. Juicy aroma. Maybe this should be entered as a NEIPA. Med body. Flavor is juicy, fruity, juicily undry and bitter, bitter. Fruit seems heavily citrus, but their is some pale stone. Think I'm getting some oatiness. Checked web. It's a NEIPA. Maybe the North East part of the time goes with that. Tuesday, October 1, 2019
stevoj	4.1 New Helvetia Homeland Stout 16 can from Spike's. Pours out a thick rich black with a nice fluffy beige head. Aroma is full roast grains with a little bit of bitter chocolate. Tate brings more of the chocolatey roasty flavors again, very thick, very full, very robust. Nothing extra in this Stout, just a pure simple Stout and made excellently. Saturday, July 6, 2019
bb	3.5 New Helvetia / Monk's Cellar Primary Boarding Can. Hazy amber beer with a cream head. Citrus aroma. Orange and citrus flavor with light spice and light wheat. Medium bodied. Decent bitterness. Orange citrus lingers with light spice. Tuesday, June 4, 2019
bb	3.4 New Helvetia / Fort Rock Mystery Airship Squadron: Morning Launch Can. Brown beer with a dark tan head. Coffee and light fruity aroma. Coffee and light fruity flavor with light caramel. Medium bodied. Coffee and light roast linger with light fruitiness and light earth. Tuesday, June 4, 2019
bb	3.5 New Helvetia / Claimstake Mystery Airship Squadron: Cloud Ship Can. Slightly murky amber beer with a cream head. Grapefruit and light summer fruit aroma. Grapefruit and pine flavor with light tropical fruit and light summer fruit. Medium bodied. Good bitterness. Pine and grapefruit linger with light summer fruit and light tropical fruit. Tuesday, June 4, 2019
bb	3.4 New Helvetia / Flatland Orlando Gloom Can. Murky amber beer with a low cream head. Grapefruit and tropical fruit aroma. orange and tropical fruit flavor. Medium bodied. Good bitterness. Orange and lime linger with tropical fruit. Monday, June 3, 2019
bb	3.2 New Helvetia / Crooked Lane Mystery Airship Squadron: Hero Goggles Can. Brown beer with a huge light brown head. Malt and light cocoa aroma with light mineral notes. Caramel and light cocoa flavor with light roast. Medium bodied. Light roast and light cocoa linger with light caramel Sunday, June 2, 2019
bb	3.2 New Helvetia Buffalo Craft Lager Can. Golden beer with a big cream head. malt and light citrus aroma with light grass. Crisp malt flavor with light mineral notes. Medium bodied. Malt and light mineral linger with light grass. Dry finish. Sunday, June 2, 2019
bhensonb	3.6 New Helvetia Citra or Bust Tap at Cap Hop. Pours orange tinged gold with a white head. A little roast malt in the aroma, but mostly citrus. Med body or so. Flavor is slightly roasty malt with citrus. Fairly towards dry. Decently bitter. Nice drink. Saturday, March 9, 2019
jredmond	3.7 New Helvetia Mystery Airship 4.0: Coffee Golden Ale Sampled at GABF 2018 with Paul, Andrew and Larry. Pours an amber body with thin off white lace. Mouthfeel is medium bodied with notes of fresh, green coffee character. Monday, February 25, 2019
jredmond	3.3 New Helvetia Sloppy Session Sampled at GABF 2018 with Paul, Andrew and Larry. Pours a golden body with white lace. Mouthfeel is light bodied with fresh clean citrus and grapefruit hop. Friday, January 4, 2019
jake65	3.5 New Helvetia (916) Pale Ale Saturday, July 21, 2018
NobleForever25	5 New Helvetia Homeland Stout Saturday, June 23, 2018
rosenbergh	2.9 New Helvetia (916) Pale Ale 22 oz bottle. (Chico Co-op) Chico, CA. Clear golden color with a huge bubbly off-white head. Sweet fruity and tea hops, caramel malt, not-so-fresh hops and sweetness in the aroma. The flavor is leafy hops, moderate bitterness, caramel malt and harshness. Definitely not so fresh. No freshness information in the bottle. Wednesday, May 9, 2018
Sledutah	3.5 New Helvetia Buffalo Craft Lager On tap at downtown old Sacramento Pours golden with a medium sized off-white head, good lacing. Aroma is fruity and dough. Flavor is fruity, yeast and citrus peel Good Sunday, April 8, 2018
anders37	3.2 New Helvetia Mystery Airship 4.0: Coffee Golden Ale Draft @ SF Beer Week Opening Gala 2017. Pours a golden color with a small white head. Has a fruity malty coffee aroma. Fruity malty coffee flavor with bitter hints of cascara. Has a fruity malty spicy coffee finish. Friday, February 16, 2018
jredmond	2.9 New Helvetia Buffalo Craft Lager Sampled at GABF 2017 with Paul and Larry. Pours a clear golden amber body with thin ring of lace. Mouthfeel is light bodied with notes of corn, spice and sweet malt. Sunday, November 26, 2017
Fatehunter	3.2 New Helvetia Buffalo Craft Lager Minimal head, clear straw body. Aroma is faint, but nice. Dry grains and wood. Taste is mellow, mild bitterness at the beginning then a little sweet note to finish. Texture is crisp. Saturday, October 14, 2017
bhensonb	3.3 New Helvetia Zeppelbrau Bavarian Fest Lager Tap at Yolo 2017 event. Pours amber with little head. Aroma is malty. Med body. flavor is malty/very little hop. There's a flavor but not good enough to finish. Better than many ambers tho. Not dry/not bitter. Eh! As opposed to meh. Saturday, September 2, 2017
bytemesis	3.2 New Helvetia Mystery Airship 4.0: Coffee Golden Ale Tap. Pours hazy orange, small off-white head, decent lacing. Aroma is coffee and more coffee, hints of ashtray. Flavor is light plus sweet, light plus bitter. Medium body. Heavy coffee. Sunday, May 7, 2017
jefcon	2.9 New Helvetia Sloppy Session A nice, low-gravity session. Malty and dashed with citrus hops. Round and quenching, with a good finish to pair well with food. Thursday, April 20, 2017
anders37	3.9 New Helvetia Imperial Chocolate Porter Draft @ SF Beer Week Opening Gala 2017. Pours a dark brown black color with a small tan head. Has a roasted malty chocolate nutty cinnamon spicy aroma. Roasted malty chocolate chili nutty cinnamon finish. Has a roasted malty chocolate chili spicy cinnamon nutty finish. Thursday, April 13, 2017
anders37	3.6 New Helvetia Indomitable City Double IPA Draft @ SF Beer Week Opening Gala 2017. Pours a golden color with a small white head. Has a fruity malty citrus hoppy aroma. Fruity malty grapefruit hoppy bitter flavor. Has a fruity malty grapefruit hoppy bitter finish. Thursday, April 13, 2017
anders37	3.2 New Helvetia Buffalo Craft Lager Draft @ SF Beer Week Opening Gala 2017. Pours a very pale yellow color with a small white head. Has a fruity malty grainy weak grassy aroma. Fruity malty grainy flavor. Has a fruity malty grainy finish. Thursday, April 13, 2017
LethalPossum	3 New Helvetia Molly American Red Ale Sunday, March 26, 2017
LethalPossum	3 New Helvetia B-Squad Blonde Sunday, March 26, 2017
bhensonb	3.8 New Helvetia Temple Cascara Golden Ale Entered as Belgian Ale cause 6.6 doesn’t seem "strong". Anyway having it tap at Final Gravity in Roseville, CA. Pours dark gold with a white head. Nice coffee aroma. Med body or so. Flavor is primarily coffee. Nice coffee, but for me it obscures other flavors (if there are any). Pretty nice drink tho. Wednesday, March 22, 2017
slowrunner77	3.5 New Helvetia 279 @Capitol Beer Fest Solid pale ale - citrus forward hops and low to moderate bitterness. Quite drinkable. Wednesday, March 15, 2017
slowrunner77	3.7 New Helvetia North East Land Park @Capitol Beer Fest Orange color Fresh fruity hoppy aroma and flavor with a little bitterness and a slightly candied finish. Nice. Wednesday, March 15, 2017
slowrunner77	2.6 New Helvetia B-Squad Blonde @Capitol Beer Fest straw yellow a touch of honey and cracker and floral hops in this otherwise indistinct, light and slightly boring brew :) Wednesday, March 15, 2017
marcus	3.4 New Helvetia 279 On tap at the Capitol Beer Fest. Pours golden with a modest white head and a mild citrus aroma. There is a medium-bodied pale malt flavor with a fairly bitter finish. Sunday, March 12, 2017
marcus	3.6 New Helvetia North East Land Park On tap at the Capitol Beer Fest. Pours orange fold with a nice off-white head and a fruity aroma. There is a medium-bodied pale malt flavor wit a moderately bitter finish. Sunday, March 12, 2017
bytemesis	2.9 New Helvetia Molly American Red Ale Bottle. CA brewery number 280. Pours clear reddish copper, medium beige head, decent lacing. Aroma is malty, wheat, caramel, a bit metallic. Flavor is light plus sweet, light bitter, a bit sharp. Medium body. Not bad. Tuesday, February 28, 2017
robertjm	3.5 New Helvetia Mystery Airship No aroma to speak of. Light brown sugars in the flavor. Definite warming in the back of the palate. Saturday, February 18, 2017
GenDV138	3.8 New Helvetia Owari Satsuma Mandarin IPA Draft sampled from a friend’s pint at University of Beer - Sacramento. Slightly hazy golden orange with off-white head. Aromas of mandarin orange, grapefruit citrus, light floral notes. Tastes of orange, floral, citrus, malt. Medium body with a dry finish. Saturday, February 4, 2017