Export Hell
Gunpowder Falls Brewing
- From:
- Gunpowder Falls Brewing
- Pennsylvania, United States
- Style:
- European / Dortmunder Export Lager
Ranked #17 - ABV:
- 5.6%
- Score:
- 89
Ranked #13,997 - Avg:
- 4.08 | pDev: 14.95%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 4
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Aug 30, 2025
- Added:
- Jun 13, 2014
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 3
SCORE
89
Very Good
89
Very Good
No description / notes.
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Ratings by Checkmarshall:
Rated by Checkmarshall from Pennsylvania
5/5 rDev +22.5%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
5/5 rDev +22.5%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
Can’t think of a better summer offering. Outstanding work.
Jul 23, 2017More User Ratings:
Reviewed by Spankyrightus from Maryland
3.69/5 rDev -9.6%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.69/5 rDev -9.6%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
On draught at the brewery. A straw colored pour with little lacing.
The toasted malt flavor has an underlying tanginess that seems a little off. The hops bitterness is a little low.
Aug 30, 2025The toasted malt flavor has an underlying tanginess that seems a little off. The hops bitterness is a little low.
Reviewed by bubseymour from Maryland
4.25/5 rDev +4.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.25/5 rDev +4.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Not much to look at as it’s didn’t produce much head at all. Basically looks like a glass of apple juice. But that really is the only knock on this beer. For a Helles Lager it checks out pretty solid in all other categories. Nice balance between malts and hop crispness as well.
Jun 07, 2020
Rated by drh88 from Pennsylvania
3.93/5 rDev -3.7%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.93/5 rDev -3.7%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Well done Dortmunder/Export style lager. Keep up the good work Gunpowder Falls. You're a lager oasis in a desert of IPA's.
Sep 17, 2019
Rated by bigred89 from Maryland
2.4/5 rDev -41.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 1.5
2.4/5 rDev -41.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 1.5
Bad batch? Undrinekable. Infected maybe.
Jun 24, 2018
Reviewed by Tucquan from Pennsylvania
4.07/5 rDev -0.2%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
4.07/5 rDev -0.2%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
Had this on 2017-11-11 in Lancaster, PA at Hunger & Thirst on-tap. Full review to follow.
A - Clear straw gold with a 1-finger white head and moderate lace.
S - Bready, honey, very light grassy-earthy Noble spice.
T - Full, rich Pilsner malt flavor. Nutty. Light pepper and appropriate bitterness.
M - Medium body and light-medium carbonation. Just right.
O - Very well done. Eorth seeking out.
Nov 11, 2017A - Clear straw gold with a 1-finger white head and moderate lace.
S - Bready, honey, very light grassy-earthy Noble spice.
T - Full, rich Pilsner malt flavor. Nutty. Light pepper and appropriate bitterness.
M - Medium body and light-medium carbonation. Just right.
O - Very well done. Eorth seeking out.
Rated by hesselrc2 from Maryland
4.89/5 rDev +19.9%
look: 5 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 5
4.89/5 rDev +19.9%
look: 5 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 5
love this beer - can't imagine summer without it.
Nov 09, 2017
Reviewed by scbeerman from South Carolina
4.06/5 rDev -0.5%
look: 4.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.06/5 rDev -0.5%
look: 4.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
This is an outstanding helles - possibly the best I've had.
Pours a crystal-clear amberish-gold with a finger and a half of foamy, white head which sticks around for a bit. Gorgeous beer.
Smell is of light bready malt and faintly grassy hops, very light but pleasant.
Flavor is mild; first thing you taste is light malty flavors of French bread and light, herbaceous and grassy hops. Very tasty and drinkable.
Mouthfeel is slightly thin but true to style; extremely drinkable and thirst-quenching.
Overall I strongly recommend this. I doubt it'll be a BA favorite but it's an excellent example of the style and I maybe kinda sorta drank the whole growler very quickly.
Aug 16, 2015Pours a crystal-clear amberish-gold with a finger and a half of foamy, white head which sticks around for a bit. Gorgeous beer.
Smell is of light bready malt and faintly grassy hops, very light but pleasant.
Flavor is mild; first thing you taste is light malty flavors of French bread and light, herbaceous and grassy hops. Very tasty and drinkable.
Mouthfeel is slightly thin but true to style; extremely drinkable and thirst-quenching.
Overall I strongly recommend this. I doubt it'll be a BA favorite but it's an excellent example of the style and I maybe kinda sorta drank the whole growler very quickly.
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