Heroes Helles
Ironshield Brewing
- From:
- Ironshield Brewing
- Georgia, United States
- Style:
- Helles
- ABV:
- 4.8%
- Score:
- +6 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.93 | pDev: 6.36%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 3
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Apr 24, 2023
- Added:
- Sep 17, 2020
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 1
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Taste: Clean, Toasted Malt, Bread-Like
Aroma: Sweet, Honey-Like Aroma
Mouthfeel: Light-Bodied
When you think of German beer, this one is likely one the first that comes to mind. Our version of this golden lager is a little bit toasty, with some robust floral notes from classic noble hops. Lightly sweet and supremely balanced, this is a beer you’ll drain without thinking twice.
Pair this one with a light cheese plate, spicy Thai food, and those big soft pretzels with beer cheese with some awesome stone ground mustard.
“Helles” (pronounced HELL-us) is a nice midway point between a step up from a light lager and a darker Dunkel. Pilsner malt and the classic noble hops combine to give Heroes subtle malty notes and a supremely clean-drinking experience. It’s simultaneously smooth, drinkable, and complex.
We pour this beer in a Willi Becher pub glass. The tapered edge promotes proper head retention – which helps keep the aroma intact – and highlights Heroes’ gorgeous golden color. You could use a regular shaker pint, but let’s be honest. This glass is way cooler.
Aroma: Sweet, Honey-Like Aroma
Mouthfeel: Light-Bodied
When you think of German beer, this one is likely one the first that comes to mind. Our version of this golden lager is a little bit toasty, with some robust floral notes from classic noble hops. Lightly sweet and supremely balanced, this is a beer you’ll drain without thinking twice.
Pair this one with a light cheese plate, spicy Thai food, and those big soft pretzels with beer cheese with some awesome stone ground mustard.
“Helles” (pronounced HELL-us) is a nice midway point between a step up from a light lager and a darker Dunkel. Pilsner malt and the classic noble hops combine to give Heroes subtle malty notes and a supremely clean-drinking experience. It’s simultaneously smooth, drinkable, and complex.
We pour this beer in a Willi Becher pub glass. The tapered edge promotes proper head retention – which helps keep the aroma intact – and highlights Heroes’ gorgeous golden color. You could use a regular shaker pint, but let’s be honest. This glass is way cooler.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by BigGold from Mississippi
3.85/5 rDev -2%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
3.85/5 rDev -2%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
Had Heroes Helles at Ironshield taproom, Lawrenceville, Georgia, on draft into willi becher.
Pours deep copper-gold with clarity and 1-finger off-white head, with good retention, pulling some lace down the glass. Mild spice aroma off pour, which continues, joined briefly by a hint of herbals, before mild bready malt and floral aromas take over. On tasting, begins nicely malt sweet, then moderate hop spice joins, over a nice full body, which carries into a little, mild citrus, and a crisp, still rather bready finish.
The copper-gold color adds interest to an otherwise bog-standard helles.
Apr 24, 2023Pours deep copper-gold with clarity and 1-finger off-white head, with good retention, pulling some lace down the glass. Mild spice aroma off pour, which continues, joined briefly by a hint of herbals, before mild bready malt and floral aromas take over. On tasting, begins nicely malt sweet, then moderate hop spice joins, over a nice full body, which carries into a little, mild citrus, and a crisp, still rather bready finish.
The copper-gold color adds interest to an otherwise bog-standard helles.
Reviewed by Davidstan from Alabama
3.76/5 rDev -4.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
3.76/5 rDev -4.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
Great helles brew, not too malty and balanced out well with the hops used here. Not as aggressive as the Creature Comforts lagers but still good stuff
Jun 12, 2021
Reviewed by ATL6245 from Georgia
4.36/5 rDev +10.9%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4
4.36/5 rDev +10.9%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4
Appearance: Clear, brilliant gold, almost amber color. Fluffy white head with moderate retention.
Aroma: Mostly floral aroma with some grain.
Flavor & aftertaste: Floral, spicy and grainy. Restrained, but present bitterness.
Mouth-Feel: Full bodied. Low carbonation on the back end. Finish is moderate, crisp with a mild lingering bitterness.
Overall: A solid, well crafted Helles style. This one is quite tasty and well balanced. Appearance wise, it had too short of a head retention and it is much darker than true German Helles (leans more toward a 7 - 8 on SRM scale). None the less, it hits the other marks well - floral & spicy hops, a little grainy, slight bitterness, full bodied and well rounded. I'll definitely drink this one again.
Oct 16, 2020Aroma: Mostly floral aroma with some grain.
Flavor & aftertaste: Floral, spicy and grainy. Restrained, but present bitterness.
Mouth-Feel: Full bodied. Low carbonation on the back end. Finish is moderate, crisp with a mild lingering bitterness.
Overall: A solid, well crafted Helles style. This one is quite tasty and well balanced. Appearance wise, it had too short of a head retention and it is much darker than true German Helles (leans more toward a 7 - 8 on SRM scale). None the less, it hits the other marks well - floral & spicy hops, a little grainy, slight bitterness, full bodied and well rounded. I'll definitely drink this one again.
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