Summer Helles
New Belgium Brewing Company

Summer HellesSummer Helles
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From:
New Belgium Brewing Company
 
Colorado, United States
Style:
Helles
ABV:
5%
Score:
79
Avg:
3.47 | pDev: 14.12%
Reviews:
84
Ratings:
624
Status:
Retired
Rated:
Jun 07, 2023
Added:
Mar 26, 2014
Wants:
  14
Gots:
  117
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Reviewed by stevoj from Idaho

3/5  rDev -13.5%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
Light, too light, for the style, bordering on pale lager territory. Light golden and bubbly, thin airy head, but good head retention. Mostly cereal aroma and taste, light for hot day, but the German Helles have a bit more oomph to them,
Jun 07, 2023
 
Rated: 4.09 by Dalbeast from Wyoming

May 11, 2019
 
Rated: 2.94 by jbm1967 from Georgia

Feb 02, 2019
 
Rated: 2.04 by Bammer21 from Illinois

Jan 14, 2017
 
Rated: 3.7 by cd34 from Illinois

Jul 31, 2016
 
Rated: 3.45 by bplabernie from Michigan

Jun 03, 2016
 
Rated: 3.34 by Squire from Mississippi

May 22, 2016
 
Rated: 3.5 by StoutAtTheDevil from Alabama

Apr 27, 2016
 
Rated: 3.75 by craigbelly from Iowa

Jan 02, 2016
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Reviewed by Libeertarian from Montana

3.56/5  rDev +2.6%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
Slightly cloudy, mostly clear banana-yellow. Imagine twelve ounces of Mellow Yellow and one ounce of milk, well-stirred. Pure white wispy head of quickly-waning retention. Smells crackery, grassy. Grainy, bready palate, strangely peanut-like, but not bad. Possible yeast quality? Maybe just the malt. Different enough to be good, in my opinion. Finishes very clean. Degree of citric hopping and then almost nothing, maybe dry grass, and minimal peppercorn retro-olfaction. Light-bodied but towards medium, full of tingling and then smoothing carbonation, crisp.
Dec 21, 2015
 
Rated: 3.29 by MJ64 from Mississippi

Aug 18, 2015
 
Rated: 3.6 by Pacioli1445 from South Dakota

Aug 18, 2015
 
Rated: 2.5 by jpuetz from South Dakota

Aug 06, 2015
 
Rated: 4.18 by tjg584 from Tennessee

Aug 05, 2015
 
Rated: 3.54 by lemmy187 from Missouri

Jul 07, 2015
 
Rated: 3.5 by Eziel from Ohio

Jun 11, 2015
 
Rated: 3.75 by Knobs303 from Colorado

May 28, 2015
 
Rated: 3.25 by MisterKilderkin from California

May 08, 2015
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Reviewed by BeerWithMike from Nebraska

3/5  rDev -13.5%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
Sampled this evening on 4/29/15 while grilling on the upper patio deck. Bottle chilled down to 36 degrees F in my beer cooler and poured in to a handled-glass stein.

Brew pours a pale straw-yellow in color with a good 2-finger foamy white head that stayed around for a bit. A good amount of sticky lacing is seen when sipped. The aroma is of grass and sweet malts for the most part. Bit more was going on with the taste with some some pepper, light citrus (lemon zest?) and floral hops in the mix also. Slightly dry for the finish. Medium-bodied with good carbonation. Overall, it was just another OK one-time brew for me. Nothing exciting.
Apr 30, 2015
 
Rated: 3.5 by jshusc from South Carolina

Apr 29, 2015
Summer Helles from New Belgium Brewing Company
Beer rating: 79 out of 100 with 624 ratings