Isartor
Schilling Beer Co.

 

 

12/04/24 can @ home

This one pours a clear golden yellow color, with a small head, and lots of lacing.

This smells nicely floral, with some light honey notes and baked white bread.

This tastes like lightly honey drizzled toast, with just a touch of floral and spicy hops on the finish keeping this all very balanced. Helles is supposed to be a celebration of subtle malt character, and this does that very well.

This is very light bodied, but super drinkable, and clean.

Schilling pretty much always understands the assignment, and makes so many beers I have enjoyed drinking.

 

 

 

Canned 2023/11/28
Pours a frothy 1/2 finger semi dense head with moderate retention, a bit of lacing, crystal clear pale straw color

Nose nice cereal grain, grainy-sweet doughy straw, rich decoction mash malt depth, plenty of doughy cereal, light herbal hop

Taste starts with more grainy-sweet malt, doughy cereal, grainy, straw, all of the great pilsner malt characters, hint of corn, raw bread dough, mild herbal earthy hop note, light bitterness, layered malt mash decoction richness, dry semi crisp finish, med-light bitterness lingering

Mouth is med to lighter bod, very soft doughy delicate, med small bubble carb

Overall great Helles, another well done lager by Schilling as usual, great decoction, soft lager, rich malts, right amount of hops, quite nice

 

 

From the bottom of the can, in a small black stamp: "112823 04652 1967"

Appearance: The body is a medium gold color with very good clarity, showing only a slight bit of haze. It has a medium-sized fluffy white head with a rippled top and excellent retention. It leaves some lacing on the glass.

Aroma: There is a slight mineral aroma with a light malt aroma.

Taste: It has a touch of honey and cereal grain up front with a light bit of toast flavor. It kind-of has a honey nut cheerios flavor. The center of the palate doesn't offer much development on the flavor as the slight sweetness fades, and it develops into a bit of a bitter herb note towards the back of the palate. It has a lingering bitterness but not any notable flavor in the aftertaste.

Mouthfeel: It is a somewhat softer beer with medium-high carbonation that approaches the upper edge of light bodied towards medium. It has a medium strength bitterness that leans a bit on the heavy side.

Overall: The beer opens well with some good flavors and sweetness, but the hops quickly overtake the beer and dominate it. As a whole it is off-balance in favor of the hop bitterness. The beer still has good enough qualities that make it drinkable, but it isn't something I'm likely to buy again. It's not a beer I would recommend for or against because while it does lean heavy on the hop bitterness it has some good malt qualities as well.

Full pour for $7 at their Store/Taproom. This is phenomenal. Way better than I expected, although I had high expectations. Also love that I just Isartor about a month ago while in Munich for Thanksgiving. This is so crisp and clean and smooth. Stellar malt bill with that grainy Helles flavor that true lager lovers look for. Schilling does it again!

 

16 ounce can - $4.25 at Woodstock Beer Market in Woodstock, Georgia.

112823.

Appearance: A rich yellow-hued body, fairly brilliant clarity with a lush, white head. Fair amount of lacing.

Smell: Sweetish, grainy nose with a decidedly herbal backing, though additional flower petals and lemon snippets persist.

Taste: A little bit grainy, a little bit biscuity, a little bit bready. Light honeyish sweetness. Quick pop of lemon ahead of the floral-herbal flavor. A light minerality nearing the clean, drying finish.

Mouthfeel: Medium-bodied. Medium carbonation.

Overall: I could drink this all damn day long.

 

Can't get enough of these delicious lagers from Schilling - they are just on point with their game. Helles is my fave lager style and this simply delivers every quality of malt and hop character I'm looking for. Yum!