Orville
Living Häus Beer Company
- From:
- Living Häus Beer Company
- Oregon, United States
- Style:
- Rauchbier
- ABV:
- 5.1%
- Score:
- +5 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.72 | pDev: 4.84%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 1
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Apr 01, 2026
- Added:
- May 27, 2025
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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Collab with Grand Fir
Grand Fir makes execptional beer, so we are very excited to have them work on this Smoked Helles with us. Orville is a classic Bavarian Helles with its bread doughy nose and lightly spicy hop finish, but gets a little kick of smoke from the oak smoked wheat malt. A chefs kiss, if you will.
Grand Fir makes execptional beer, so we are very excited to have them work on this Smoked Helles with us. Orville is a classic Bavarian Helles with its bread doughy nose and lightly spicy hop finish, but gets a little kick of smoke from the oak smoked wheat malt. A chefs kiss, if you will.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by vurt from Oregon
3.43/5 rDev -7.8%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.43/5 rDev -7.8%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
16-ounce can purchased at The Beermongers, Portland, OR. Date stamp reads "BATCH #489 05/12/25 LIL' SMOKIES!" Poured in stages into a 5-ounce Stone Brewing 12th Anniversary taster glass.
Look:
Orville has a pale straw yellow body with a touch of haze. It's capped with thick white foam which shows low retention but readily reappears when you swirl the glass. Not much lacing.
Smell:
Light doughy malt aroma, mildly toasty with a hint of sweetness. Subtle notes of floral hops and a bit of sulfur. Clean, no esters. And if smell could have an aftertaste, that's where the smoke shows up.
Taste:
As with the nose, the keywords are "mild" and "subtle." The beer opens with clean, bready malt that has a bit of toasty sweetness to it. Smoke and floral hops are a subtle presence in the middle, intertwining gracefully above the bed of malt. Light herbal and wintergreen notes float like fireflies. While it is a little hard to pick out the smoke character at first, it seems to accumulate in the finish, and by the middle of the can there's a persistent and tasty dry smoky note in the aftertaste.
Feel:
The beer is light-bodied with spirited carbonation and a texture that's more economical than luxurious.
Overall:
A clean and well-made helles that errs on the side of caution. It could use a little more of everything: malt, smoke, body. Still, what's there is nicely balanced, and if you like the idea of rauchbiers but are afraid of drinking liquid smoke, Living Häus Orville might be a good place to start.
May 31, 2025Look:
Orville has a pale straw yellow body with a touch of haze. It's capped with thick white foam which shows low retention but readily reappears when you swirl the glass. Not much lacing.
Smell:
Light doughy malt aroma, mildly toasty with a hint of sweetness. Subtle notes of floral hops and a bit of sulfur. Clean, no esters. And if smell could have an aftertaste, that's where the smoke shows up.
Taste:
As with the nose, the keywords are "mild" and "subtle." The beer opens with clean, bready malt that has a bit of toasty sweetness to it. Smoke and floral hops are a subtle presence in the middle, intertwining gracefully above the bed of malt. Light herbal and wintergreen notes float like fireflies. While it is a little hard to pick out the smoke character at first, it seems to accumulate in the finish, and by the middle of the can there's a persistent and tasty dry smoky note in the aftertaste.
Feel:
The beer is light-bodied with spirited carbonation and a texture that's more economical than luxurious.
Overall:
A clean and well-made helles that errs on the side of caution. It could use a little more of everything: malt, smoke, body. Still, what's there is nicely balanced, and if you like the idea of rauchbiers but are afraid of drinking liquid smoke, Living Häus Orville might be a good place to start.
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