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Helios Golden Lager
Hoyne Brewing Co.
- From:
- Hoyne Brewing Co.
- British Columbia, Canada
- Style:
- European / Dortmunder Export Lager
Ranked #21 - ABV:
- 6%
- Score:
- 87
Ranked #17,612 - Avg:
- 3.84 | pDev: 9.64%
- Reviews:
- 5
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Dec 17, 2023
- Added:
- Feb 19, 2014
- Wants:
- 1
- Gots:
- 6
In the tradition of the robust beers of the Ruhr district, this export golden lager is malt forward and moderately hopped.
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Reviewed by wildvanisle from Canada (BC)
3.97/5 rDev +3.4%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.97/5 rDev +3.4%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Thick white head over clear yellow-gold beer
Malt and yeast scent. Not unpleasant but nothing spectacular.
Crisp malty flavour.
Smooth and crisp mouthfeel. Very mild carbonation.
Solid lager.
Feb 12, 2023Malt and yeast scent. Not unpleasant but nothing spectacular.
Crisp malty flavour.
Smooth and crisp mouthfeel. Very mild carbonation.
Solid lager.
Reviewed by altstadt from Canada (BC)
3.8/5 rDev -1%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3
3.8/5 rDev -1%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3
Clear dark gold color. Poured a tall head that collapsed back to a thick skiff after a couple of minutes. Medium flow of small bubbles, mostly off the side of the glass instead of the bottom. Left some tiny dots and patches of lacing.
Malt scent with a light bread dough yeast. Just a hint of hops. Swirling the glass kicked up some light barnyard and a fresh out of the oven bread smell.
Toasty malt flavor dominates. Very slightly sweet. Mild bitters with a light hop flavor. Very light yeast flavor. The aftertaste has the malt quickly fade while a medium bitter and hops takes its place.
Mix of creamy and oily feel before it foams up a bit. Mild tongue tingling while it grows to a coarse foam. Feels a bit sticky. Slightly astringent.
I feel like this is on the edge of the style. It was tending more towards a bready ale than a malty Helles. Surprisingly heavy body. I liked it, but I don't think I would have more than one per session.
Mar 25, 2021Malt scent with a light bread dough yeast. Just a hint of hops. Swirling the glass kicked up some light barnyard and a fresh out of the oven bread smell.
Toasty malt flavor dominates. Very slightly sweet. Mild bitters with a light hop flavor. Very light yeast flavor. The aftertaste has the malt quickly fade while a medium bitter and hops takes its place.
Mix of creamy and oily feel before it foams up a bit. Mild tongue tingling while it grows to a coarse foam. Feels a bit sticky. Slightly astringent.
I feel like this is on the edge of the style. It was tending more towards a bready ale than a malty Helles. Surprisingly heavy body. I liked it, but I don't think I would have more than one per session.
Reviewed by Kobold from Canada (BC)
3.37/5 rDev -12.2%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.25
3.37/5 rDev -12.2%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.25
Look: Illuminated brass orb and shadowed by encroaching wings.
Smell: Sweet breads with grain crusts welcome the nose. Less prominent are dandelion leaves and flower buds, but they do manage to peek through the doughy foundation.
Taste: Those flower buds are far less coy in the mouth than in the nose, dusting the imbiber with sweet leaf aromatics. After the floral wave grassy herbs soon start to rampage. The message here is that this libation has been lagered by ruminants, deer, in particular, who have mashed together seed imbedded crusts with rich spears of grass of which these four legged munchers are connoisserus.
Feel: Smooth and teetering on flatness.
Overall: One mug suffices as the vegetable musings that is this beer tend to creep about before completely entangling the senses. I liken the moment to an encounter with aesthetics not far removed from Gaea's earthy furrows and verdant bowers.
Mar 12, 2016Smell: Sweet breads with grain crusts welcome the nose. Less prominent are dandelion leaves and flower buds, but they do manage to peek through the doughy foundation.
Taste: Those flower buds are far less coy in the mouth than in the nose, dusting the imbiber with sweet leaf aromatics. After the floral wave grassy herbs soon start to rampage. The message here is that this libation has been lagered by ruminants, deer, in particular, who have mashed together seed imbedded crusts with rich spears of grass of which these four legged munchers are connoisserus.
Feel: Smooth and teetering on flatness.
Overall: One mug suffices as the vegetable musings that is this beer tend to creep about before completely entangling the senses. I liken the moment to an encounter with aesthetics not far removed from Gaea's earthy furrows and verdant bowers.
Reviewed by LampertLand from Canada (BC)
3.94/5 rDev +2.6%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.94/5 rDev +2.6%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Hoyne Brewing's 'Helios Dortmunder Golden Lager' @ 6.0% , served from a 650 ml bottle purchased for $7
A-pour is a light gold from the bottle to clear gold in the glass with a big frothey off-white head leaving a sticky lace along the stein
S-smell's of noble/bitter German hops
T-crisp & clean tasting golden lager
MF-mild carbonation , medium to full body
Ov-what can I say , Sean Hoyne makes good/decent German beer's made in Canada
prost LampertLand
Mar 06, 2014A-pour is a light gold from the bottle to clear gold in the glass with a big frothey off-white head leaving a sticky lace along the stein
S-smell's of noble/bitter German hops
T-crisp & clean tasting golden lager
MF-mild carbonation , medium to full body
Ov-what can I say , Sean Hoyne makes good/decent German beer's made in Canada
prost LampertLand
Helios Golden Lager from Hoyne Brewing Co.
Beer rating:
87 out of
100 with
24 ratings
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