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Alarmist Brewing

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From:
Alarmist Brewing
 
Illinois, United States
Style:
Helles
ABV:
4%
Score:
+5 ratings needed
Avg:
3.71 | pDev: 4.58%
Ratings:
5 | reviews: 4
Status:
Retired
Rated:
Jun 04, 2022
Added:
Jun 10, 2021
Wants:
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Gots:
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Recent ratings and reviews.
Ratings by NeutroMan:
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Reviewed by NeutroMan from Illinois

3.94/5  rDev +6.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
16 oz can into a pint glass. Clear pale straw color with an initially large sudsy white head that very quickly faded but left a little lacing. Smells of hay/grass and sweet adjunct like corn. Malt flavor is pleasantly doughy with just enough sweetness. Minimal funk, very smooth and easy drinking.
Apr 09, 2022
More User Ratings:
 
Rated: 3.75 by ssimpson89 from Illinois

Jun 04, 2022
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Reviewed by sulldaddy from Connecticut

3.42/5  rDev -7.8%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
Sampling a cold 16 oz can of this beer poured into my .5L dimple mug. Ive had the can for about 2 years in my fridge. No date stamp so cant tell for sure.

the beer pours a bright golden color with a fizzy bleached white head of 2.5 cm foaming up. This foam fades to a thin edge layer soon after the pour. The aroma is some crackery malt ad some grassy hops with a little bit of black pepper on the nose too. generally a mild nose.
First sip reveals a light and crisp body with fine prickly carbonation. Beer feels almost a little watery and drinks very easy.
Flavor is some cracker malt a little grassy hop and I am getting anice and black pepper on the finish each time I swallow. Im surprised by these flavors, more so the anice anyway. Its not a flavor that I like and not one that I anticipated from the style.
The beer is crushable, the spicy notes I dont like, but otherwise its fine. Not something I would seek out again though.
Dec 12, 2021
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Reviewed by thebeers from Pennsylvania

3.75/5  rDev +1.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Hazed straw with a half-finger of off-white head. Modest, soapy lacing.

A little corn, a little grass and a little sulfur in the fairly crisp aroma.

Taste follows nicely. Modest grassy bitterness rounds out the finish.

Light to medium bodied with tight carbonation.

Probably wouldn’t have pegged it as a helles blind, but it’s a nice, drinkable lager nonetheless.
Jul 05, 2021
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Reviewed by TMoney2591 from Illinois

3.7/5  rDev -0.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
Served from the can in a Lagunitas mason jar.

As the editor, do I transition to the opening credits with a smash cut or something smoother? Regardless, this stuff pours a clear sunrise brass topped by a finger of fairly white foam. The nose comprises mild grass, mild biscuit, and a hint of honey for good measure. The taste brings in more of the same, the flavors a bit more robust than their aromas, allowing for a rather pleasant helles drinking experience. The body is a hefty light, with a light moderate carbonation and a smooth feel. Overall, a rather nice helles, not necessarily anything I'm going to write home about from Bavaria, but something I could easily see myself crushing several cans of in this dreadful Summer heat.
Jun 10, 2021