Premium Lager
Riverlands Brewing Co
- From:
- Riverlands Brewing Co
- Illinois, United States
- Style:
- Helles
Ranked #109 - ABV:
- 5%
- Score:
- 88
Ranked #17,856 - Avg:
- 3.99 | pDev: 5.01%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 4
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Oct 01, 2023
- Added:
- Aug 18, 2019
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
SCORE
88
Very Good
88
Very Good
Our 5% ABV Helles-Style Premium Lager is a perfect pairing for the hot, muggy summer days ahead. The malt profile is balanced with traditional Tettnang hops for a crisp, clean finish.
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Reviewed by emerge077 from Illinois
4.08/5 rDev +2.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.08/5 rDev +2.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Bright gold, visible carb trails, a finger of foam, some lacing.
Bready aroma, doughy biscuits. Taste is malt forward, bready with a slight grassy bitterness from the Hallertau. Slight bite, crispy feel, light bodied and dry. Overall it’s a well balanced, flavorful and drinkable lager.
Aug 08, 2021Bready aroma, doughy biscuits. Taste is malt forward, bready with a slight grassy bitterness from the Hallertau. Slight bite, crispy feel, light bodied and dry. Overall it’s a well balanced, flavorful and drinkable lager.
Reviewed by beergoot from Colorado
4.06/5 rDev +1.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4.06/5 rDev +1.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Light, golden hued body; lots of great carbonation; relatively thick head, frothy, some foamy sheeting. Wonderful aroma; light bread crust with a nice hop scent; light herbal and floral notes. The taste comes across as light yet complex, balanced and flavorful; very light malt flavor, slightly sweet; generally moderate hop bitterness; very clean. Light body; crisp and mild on the palate.
This is a beautiful, easy drinking lager. It delivers character and taste and is subtle and satisfying.
Poured at 52 F; CANNED ON 6/25/21
Aug 05, 2021This is a beautiful, easy drinking lager. It delivers character and taste and is subtle and satisfying.
Poured at 52 F; CANNED ON 6/25/21
Reviewed by metter98 from New York
3.96/5 rDev -0.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
3.96/5 rDev -0.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
A: The beer is clear golden yellow in color and has a moderate amount of visible carbonation. It poured with a quarter finger high white head that left a large, thin patch of bubbles on the surface and a narrow collar around the edge of the glass.
S: Moderate aromas of floral and grassy hops are present in the nose along with underlying hints of cracker malts.
T: The taste follows the smell, except that the flavors of cracker malts are a bit stronger and the hops also contribute a light to moderate amount of bitterness.
M: It feels light- to medium-bodied, clean and a bit crisp on the palate with a moderate amount of carbonation.
O: The taste of this lager has a very nice contrast between the flavors of malts and hops.
Serving type: can
Jul 27, 2021S: Moderate aromas of floral and grassy hops are present in the nose along with underlying hints of cracker malts.
T: The taste follows the smell, except that the flavors of cracker malts are a bit stronger and the hops also contribute a light to moderate amount of bitterness.
M: It feels light- to medium-bodied, clean and a bit crisp on the palate with a moderate amount of carbonation.
O: The taste of this lager has a very nice contrast between the flavors of malts and hops.
Serving type: can
Rated by Hopheadjeffery from Illinois
3.81/5 rDev -4.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
3.81/5 rDev -4.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
5 oz serving tasted in a snifter from draft at Riverlands Brewing Company on August 15, 2020.
Oct 12, 2020
Reviewed by REVZEB from Illinois
4.57/5 rDev +14.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.5
4.57/5 rDev +14.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.5
Had on tap. Crystal clear golden body with a classic white head. Smells strongly of honey, grains, bread, slight german hops, and malt. This is the best tasting helles I have had in a long time! Great depth to the breadiness, with crisp malts, crackled grain, honey, and yeast. Feel is crisp, full but not overbearing, bready and bright, everything a helles lager should feel like. Would love this beer with some pizza! The wife loved it maybe even more than I... maybe
Mar 06, 2020
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