Helles Lager
Stockyards Beverage Company
- From:
- Stockyards Beverage Company
- Ontario, Canada
- Style:
- Helles
- ABV:
- 4.7%
- Score:
- +5 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.43 | pDev: 9.91%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 4
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Feb 17, 2025
- Added:
- Jul 01, 2022
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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This Munich Lager is brewed with German Hallertau hops and Pilsner malt, and offers subtle aromas of wildflower honey and green tea. A noble hop finish balances a soft mouthfeel with a biscuit malt flavour.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by talisen-crw from Canada (ON)
3.75/5 rDev +9.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.75/5 rDev +9.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
At my lady Pamela's house; canned and chilled, from the University Ave. West LCBO in nearby downtown Windsor. My second beer from the Kitchener, ON brewery.
Feb 17, 2025
Reviewed by pootz from Canada (ON)
3.18/5 rDev -7.3%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
3.18/5 rDev -7.3%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
Can from the brewery - pours a clear light gold with a 2 finger frothy white cap....aromas of boiled grains and light grassiness....medium-light body dry malty character....flavor has malts and hops in good balance short dry finish....a fair Helles, but a little underwhelming, not robust enough for the Munich style...a very toned down version
Jun 08, 2023
Reviewed by thehyperduck from Canada (ON)
3.65/5 rDev +6.4%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.75
3.65/5 rDev +6.4%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.75
473 mL can from the LCBO; dated 07/06/2022 and served slightly chilled.
Pours a foggy pale golden colour, crowned with at least two fingers of soapy, foamy white head that recedes within five minutes or so. A beautiful, messy coat of doily-patterned lacing is imprinted onto the glass, with a generous collar of frothy suds floating upon the surface - looks fantastic to me. The nose is clean - I'm mostly getting pilsner malts, which give a grainy, bready note to the aroma; there are also suggestions of grassy, herbal noble hops.
Not a bad take on a helles lager - perhaps a little light in general, but the flavours are there. Grainy and bready at the forefront, with honeyed sweetness and a hint of biscuit developing by mid-sip. Cereal sweetness and weakly earthy, grassy hops on the tail end, concluding with a light pilsner malt-y aftertaste that fades within a moment or two. Medium in body, with low carbonation that feels a bit limp on the tongue, resulting in a smooth, wet mouthfeel that I found a little lacking. Of course, the low carb also means this has no bloat factor whatsoever, and could be consumed en masse.
Final Grade: 3.65, a B grade. Stockyards' Helles Lager isn't the greatest Ontario-brewed example of this classic German style, but it's a reasonably strong effort nonetheless. My main complaints relate to its weak hop profile and the relatively flat mouthfeel - both minor complaints that might not even matter to someone who just wants to enjoy a decent, local craft lager. Like most domestic-made helles lagers, it doesn't compare to the German imports, but I'd still say give it a shot.
Sep 29, 2022Pours a foggy pale golden colour, crowned with at least two fingers of soapy, foamy white head that recedes within five minutes or so. A beautiful, messy coat of doily-patterned lacing is imprinted onto the glass, with a generous collar of frothy suds floating upon the surface - looks fantastic to me. The nose is clean - I'm mostly getting pilsner malts, which give a grainy, bready note to the aroma; there are also suggestions of grassy, herbal noble hops.
Not a bad take on a helles lager - perhaps a little light in general, but the flavours are there. Grainy and bready at the forefront, with honeyed sweetness and a hint of biscuit developing by mid-sip. Cereal sweetness and weakly earthy, grassy hops on the tail end, concluding with a light pilsner malt-y aftertaste that fades within a moment or two. Medium in body, with low carbonation that feels a bit limp on the tongue, resulting in a smooth, wet mouthfeel that I found a little lacking. Of course, the low carb also means this has no bloat factor whatsoever, and could be consumed en masse.
Final Grade: 3.65, a B grade. Stockyards' Helles Lager isn't the greatest Ontario-brewed example of this classic German style, but it's a reasonably strong effort nonetheless. My main complaints relate to its weak hop profile and the relatively flat mouthfeel - both minor complaints that might not even matter to someone who just wants to enjoy a decent, local craft lager. Like most domestic-made helles lagers, it doesn't compare to the German imports, but I'd still say give it a shot.
Reviewed by Pmicdee from Canada (ON)
3.69/5 rDev +7.6%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.69/5 rDev +7.6%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Pours a light straw colour that seems to get darker as it settles into the glass. Corny and grainy on the nose. Slightly sweet and a bit metallic on the taste. A bit hoppy also. Nicely carbonated
June 11 2023
Jul 01, 2022June 11 2023
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