Löwenbrauerei Passau Urtyp Hell
Bayerische Löwenbrauerei

Poured from 500mL bottle into my Higgins Ale Works tulip. Best by 3/25/26.

Appearance: medium golden hue with a crystal-clear body and a finger of frothy ivory foam atop which leaves a little bit of chunky lace. Lovely.

Smell: slightly sweet, slightly grainy malt aroma. It’s nice, but it’s not quite balanced to my liking.

Taste: again, sweetish malt, although with a less pronounced grainy element. The bitterness is nice with a nice noble hop character, but there’s something that comes across as just tiny little bit sour or astringent or something. Again, not a bad beer at all, but not in the top echelon either.

Mouthfeel: medium body with a decent carbonation and creaminess.

Overall: OK, like I said, this beer isn’t perfect, yet it is very drinkable. Goes down easy, even on this cold October evening. I can only imagine how refreshing it would be on a hot day!

 

November 14th, 2016 - An early gift from a Kirkland beer advent calendar, this Golden Helles brew has a beautiful blonde color, with a brunch worthy smell of custard, fresh dough and pear. It really does smell like a German pastry. The palate is lighter, showing off those same delicate pastry and summer fruit flavors, though it's a little light to enjoy after my tobacco pipe.

 

Appearance: Light golden body, with a bit of haze, crowned by a small, dense, and persistent white head. Thick and largely unbroken sheets of lace adorn the glass walls. Numerous columns of small bubbles drift lazily to the surface.

Aroma: White bread and cracker malts define the aroma, there are also grassy and floral hops, and a slight note of light caramel.

Taste: Opens with cracker and bread malt and mild herbal hops. There is just a hint of light caramel midway through the taste, and a mild bitter apple rind note. Late in the taste, there are hints of metallic and medicinal hops. Finishes with spicy and grassy hop notes that linger on.

Mouth feel: Fairly full, perhaps a touch on the thin side, with a little zesty carbonation.

Drinkability/notes: Nondescript, but certainly pleasant and drinkable.

Presentation: Packaged in a 500 ml, 16.9 ounce steel can, served in a standard Pilsener glass. Expiration date on the bottom of the can is 03/2019. Beer number ten (December 10th) from the 2017 Costco Advent Beer Calendar.

 

 

 

 

 

Pours a clear straw yellow with a finger of white head. Head retention is okay with a few dots of lacing left behind. Aroma is clean, with biscuit and bread malts, and a slight dose of resiny hops in the back. It has a sweet maltness to it, but is light and refreshing. Flavor profile is biscuit, and bread malts and resin, and herbal hop notes. It has a light, refreshing, and crisp taste. Mouth feel is crisp and medium in thickness. Overall, a crisp, refreshing brew.

Served in a 12oz snifter from a 16oz can.

 

 

From Costco. Can. In Bavaria hefe glass. Playing Fix me Fix you. Correct helles, without any out of place flavors, a pleasant maltyness and highly drinkable. However, its a bit flat.

Day 10 advent....500 ml poured into a Pilsner glass. Clear pale gold with a three finger head. Decent amount of lace retention. Grassy, floral aroma. The taste is the same,layer in some bread and biscuit, with a slightly bitter finish. Medium light feel and level of carbonation. Overall, a light lager worth a go.

From the Advent calendar. Poured into a snifter. Clear golden straw color with a one-finger white head. Floral and citrus aroma along with some grainy malt. The taste was more malt with cracker and white bread. Hope flavors were very muted with low bitterness. A muddled and somewhat metallic taste on the finish.

Golden straw appearance with soapy, puddle foam. Taste is creamy, malty dryness with subtle notes of bread and apples. Great take on the style. Probably best helles lager I ever had.