Helles Creek
Kros Strain Brewing

Most rancid smell I've ever smelt from a beer can, and I used to drink 211 Steel Reserve and Natty Daddy on the regular.

Not sure if there was something wrong with the can I got (can was dated February, and I'm drinking it in March, barely a month old), but the stuff smelled like a dirty urinal where a morbidly dehydrated man had just pissed right after getting sprayed by a skunk. I gagged.

Held my nose and tasted it, and it thankfully did not taste at all like it smelled. Taste was like a pretty average macro lager, certainly not worth suffering though that smell, so down the drain it went.

I'm sad, I like supporting local breweries when I can, and the other stuff I've had from Kros Strain has been at least decent, but this makes me much more wary to try anything new from them again. Worst beer experience I've had in a very long time.

Aroma is beery/grainy malts medium sweetness. The flavor is mild fruit, slightly earthy and a long and mildly sweet/beery malt/rather dry/hoppy finish.

Pale gold body with excellent clarity; tight white head; poor cap retention leaves small island of micro dots; thin ring; no lacing. Light floral hop and cracker nose. Bready malt; light DMS. Watery light body; moderate minus carbonation. Overall meh; light corny linger.

 

 

 

 

nice german style helles beer refreshing ad smooth

 

 

12oz can. Poured out a clear, straw-yellow color with a small, off-white head of bubbly foam. It left sudsy sheets of lace on the glass. It smelled floral with grains, grasses and hay. Sweet biscuity malt taste with a hint of citrus and a light bitterness.

 

 

 

 

L-somewhat cloudy golden color

S-Light honied malt...light spicy hops

T-A little bit of grainy malts...some honey sweetness...touch of spicy hops

F-Medium bodied....

O-No-one is going to mistake this for a german helles but it's ok as a beer overall...

 

12oz can canned 4/21/21 poured into a tall lager glass.
L: Pours a light pale straw yellow, med-low carbonation, thin head, zero lacing. It has a very light yeast haze.
S: Malty, yeasty, caramel, raisins.
T: Crisp pale lemon then quickly white bread, yeast and malt. Caramelized malt. It has a lightly sweet finish and remains crisp throughout the 12oz. Malting really shines in this beer.
F: Crisp, brisk, light, light bodied, low hops and the overall taste profile does not spread out over the palate. It is a gentle beer.
O: A very drinkable and accessible German lager. It reminds me of beers from August Schell. Got a 6pk and have tried it poured and also straight from the can. It is a very lovely and stable beer. Quite tasty and light.

Aggressively poured into pilsner glass... very little head , smells like colt 45. Come to think of it, I can not tell the difference between this and the previously mentioned beverage. In appearance and in all ways, it tastes like a run of the mill Malt beverage. Recommend to anyone who likes Mickeys or Old English as well. if I had paid for the beer I would be disappointed.

Pours a nice light gold with a pure white head. Smells lightly of sweeter malts with some slightly spicy and floral tones to it. The taste is very good. It's got a light yet full bodied malt flavor that perfectly balances the hoppy bitterness. At first you get the breast malt followed by an almost spicy and floral flavor then right at the end you get a perfect flash of bitterness. It's slightly more carbonated than most beers, but it adds to the style and makes it very refreshing to sip outside and goes pretty well with food.