When Helles Freezes Over
Morgan Street Brewery
- From:
- Morgan Street Brewery
- Missouri, United States
- Style:
- Helles
- ABV:
- 5.5%
- Score:
- 79
- Avg:
- 3.26 | pDev: 14.42%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 4
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- May 29, 2016
- Added:
- Dec 13, 2011
- Wants:
- 1
- Gots:
- 2
SCORE
79
Okay
79
Okay
Pleasant, bready, and sweet are all adjectives describing this classic German styled lager. There is a presence of medium to low spicy hop bitterness. The appearance of our Munich Helles is slightly darker in color than its commercial counterparts, but it boasts clarity and a creamy white head. Helles has a medium body with medium carbonation. This beer truly shows off Munich malt at its best.
18 IBU
18 IBU
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Reviewed by Suds from Missouri
3.67/5 rDev +12.6%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.67/5 rDev +12.6%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Hazy, orange-tinged gold color. It has a white head. Sweet, slightly holy aroma. Very clean with a little yeast and malt in the taste. Medium-full in body. The finish is clean, and ther is a pleasant lager aftertaste.
Aug 08, 2015
Reviewed by zeff80 from Missouri
3.26/5 rDev 0%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.25
3.26/5 rDev 0%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.25
On tap. Poured out a clear, golden-yellow color with a small, off-white head. It smelled of caramel and grasses. It tasted of sweet caramel malt with a slight bitterness. Pretty bland.
Jul 19, 2015
Reviewed by BigBry from Canada (AB)
3.25/5 rDev -0.3%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
3.25/5 rDev -0.3%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
12 oz can, brought back from St. Louis. Black, generic Morgan Street can, with "When Helles Freezes Over, Munich Styled Helles Lager" sticker.
Clear, dark copper color, thin white head. Head quickly faded, minimal lacing.
The aroma has some malted grain, and some floral hops.
The taste was decent, lots of malty sweetness, then finished with a hint of spicy hops.
Light to medium in body, mouth feel was a little thin.
Very drinkable.
Jun 30, 2015Clear, dark copper color, thin white head. Head quickly faded, minimal lacing.
The aroma has some malted grain, and some floral hops.
The taste was decent, lots of malty sweetness, then finished with a hint of spicy hops.
Light to medium in body, mouth feel was a little thin.
Very drinkable.
Reviewed by GossageBrewery from Missouri
2.7/5 rDev -17.2%
look: 2.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5
2.7/5 rDev -17.2%
look: 2.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5
Served this Munich style Helles lager on tap, at the brewery, in a pint glass. It poured a clear copper color, produced a thin white head and featured poor head retention and produced only minimal lacing. The aroma overall was weak only a slight smell of pale malted grain, and some floral hops. The taste was light in body, mouthfeel was a little thin. Overall a thin.. easy to drink, decent summer beer when water just wouldnt do. Taste of pale malt and some floral hop at the finish. Below average overall for the style.
Dec 13, 2011
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