Wanderer
Tree House Brewing Company
- From:
- Tree House Brewing Company
- Massachusetts, United States
- Style:
- Helles
Ranked #14 - ABV:
- 5%
- Score:
- 91
Ranked #7,985 - Avg:
- 4.11 | pDev: 9%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 33
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Dec 11, 2025
- Added:
- Feb 03, 2020
- Wants:
- 5
- Gots:
- 7
SCORE
91
Outstanding
91
Outstanding
Wanderer is our unfiltered German-style Helles Lager. A meticulous, highly technical beer brewed utilizing traditional techniques and ingredients, Wanderer is crisp, bright, and immensely enjoyable. Wanderer pours a brilliant straw gold color in the glass with a puffy, bright white foam. It carries a flavor profile of doughy malts, light straw, clean lager yeast, and just the right dash of zippy noble hops. Beers that command your attention are a wonderful thing. Beers that can fade into the background and sort of be an unspoken companion to celebratory moments in life are also a wonderful thing and deserve to be held in equally high esteem. As a crisp, highly drinkable, and beautifully executed beer, Wanderer fits this profile beautifully. Enjoy!
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Reviewed by MutuelsMark from Kentucky
4.02/5 rDev -2.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4.02/5 rDev -2.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Very clear, straw yellow in color with a frothy, white head that leaves superb lacing!
Nose is bready and floral. Taste is slightly herbal and also bready. Mild bitterness.
Dec 11, 2025Nose is bready and floral. Taste is slightly herbal and also bready. Mild bitterness.
Rated by harrypowers from Massachusetts
4/5 rDev -2.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4/5 rDev -2.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Nice light bodied, crisp, hoppy brew.
Great for having more than one.
Nov 30, 2025Great for having more than one.
Reviewed by smcolw from Massachusetts
4.2/5 rDev +2.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
4.2/5 rDev +2.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
Light gold color and crystal clear. Decent starting head but it recedes to film and rim bubbles quickly leaving no lasting lace on the glass.
The aroma has a touch of sourness to it, like the wet malt sat out for a little bit. There's a crispness to the smell and unlike its German counterparts, this has a fragrant hop smell. Despite the color, there is some toastiness to the malt component.
The taste is richer (rounder) than the smell indicates with the malt being slightly stronger here. The ample carbonation keeps this Helles feeling like a Helles. I'm noting a fresh green (vegetal) element. The hop is subtly present in the swallow. Solid aftertaste for such a "light" beer.
Aug 21, 2025The aroma has a touch of sourness to it, like the wet malt sat out for a little bit. There's a crispness to the smell and unlike its German counterparts, this has a fragrant hop smell. Despite the color, there is some toastiness to the malt component.
The taste is richer (rounder) than the smell indicates with the malt being slightly stronger here. The ample carbonation keeps this Helles feeling like a Helles. I'm noting a fresh green (vegetal) element. The hop is subtly present in the swallow. Solid aftertaste for such a "light" beer.
Reviewed by Mortal_Wombat from Texas
4.66/5 rDev +13.4%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.66/5 rDev +13.4%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Poured from a can dated 06/06/22 into a willi becher.
Look: A lively, deep gold with a slightly off-white and rocky head. Perfectly clear.
Smell: Loads of crackery/white bread with some grain followed by grassy notes from the Noble hops and some sulfur.
Taste: Matches the aroma almost beat for beat. Bready/grainy malt up front with moderate sweetness. Follows closely with the noble hop grasiness and continues with just the slightest bit of sweetness at the end before finishing perfectly dry.
Feel: Medium body, low to moderate carbonation. Very crisp and smooth.
Overall: An outstanding helles. Arguably the best one I've had to date simply due to the freshness and perfect balance TH seems to have achieved.
Jun 22, 2022Look: A lively, deep gold with a slightly off-white and rocky head. Perfectly clear.
Smell: Loads of crackery/white bread with some grain followed by grassy notes from the Noble hops and some sulfur.
Taste: Matches the aroma almost beat for beat. Bready/grainy malt up front with moderate sweetness. Follows closely with the noble hop grasiness and continues with just the slightest bit of sweetness at the end before finishing perfectly dry.
Feel: Medium body, low to moderate carbonation. Very crisp and smooth.
Overall: An outstanding helles. Arguably the best one I've had to date simply due to the freshness and perfect balance TH seems to have achieved.
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