The Helles
Alewife Brewing
- From:
- Alewife Brewing
- New York, United States
- Style:
- Helles
- ABV:
- 5.1%
- Score:
- +5 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.39 | pDev: 13.57%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 2
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Jul 06, 2023
- Added:
- Jul 16, 2020
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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No description / notes.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by teromous from Virginia
2.5/5 rDev -26.3%
look: 2.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5
2.5/5 rDev -26.3%
look: 2.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5
Part of the stamp on the bottom of the can is on the rim and is hard to decipher, but it appears to read: "CANNED ON 05/10/2021 0949 HELLES YEAH!"
Appearance: The body is a light gold color. It has a good deal of haze where everything on the other side of the glass looks like a crisp shadow. The head is very short and white which fades out to a very thin layer on the surface of the beer along with a sparse ring. No lacing.
Aroma: There isn't much aroma here. Occasionally there is a very light hint of an evergreen-like scent but it is very difficult to detect.
Taste: Up front there is a lime and pine character which is nice. It sours a bit towards the center of the mouth and this sour lime flavor accentuates. Towards the back of the palate it is bitter lime and it tapers off.
Mouthfeel: It is light bodied and crisp but there is this unnecessary tartness to the beer. There is also this pithy unwelcome bitterness.
Overall: It is a drinkable beer but the can clearly states that this is a "HELLES LAGER" and it doesn't deliver. As a whole I wouldn't recommend it and it's not something I'd pick up again, but it's drinkable but it every element is out of place in this beer.
Jul 23, 2021Appearance: The body is a light gold color. It has a good deal of haze where everything on the other side of the glass looks like a crisp shadow. The head is very short and white which fades out to a very thin layer on the surface of the beer along with a sparse ring. No lacing.
Aroma: There isn't much aroma here. Occasionally there is a very light hint of an evergreen-like scent but it is very difficult to detect.
Taste: Up front there is a lime and pine character which is nice. It sours a bit towards the center of the mouth and this sour lime flavor accentuates. Towards the back of the palate it is bitter lime and it tapers off.
Mouthfeel: It is light bodied and crisp but there is this unnecessary tartness to the beer. There is also this pithy unwelcome bitterness.
Overall: It is a drinkable beer but the can clearly states that this is a "HELLES LAGER" and it doesn't deliver. As a whole I wouldn't recommend it and it's not something I'd pick up again, but it's drinkable but it every element is out of place in this beer.
Reviewed by metter98 from New York
3.68/5 rDev +8.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.68/5 rDev +8.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
A: The beer is clear golden yellow in color and has a light amount of visible carbonation. It poured with a short white head that rapidly dissipated, leaving a narrow collar around the edge and some specks of bubbles on the surface.
S: Light aromas of cracker malts are present in the nose along with hints of honey and bits of floral hops.
T: The taste follows the smell but has stronger notes of floral and spicy hops along with hints of honey. There is a light amount of bitterness.
M: It feels medium-bodied and very clean on the palate with a moderate amount of carbonation.
O: I liked the contrast of the sweetness of the malts/honey and the bitterness of the hops in the taste of this beer.
Serving type: can
Jul 19, 2020S: Light aromas of cracker malts are present in the nose along with hints of honey and bits of floral hops.
T: The taste follows the smell but has stronger notes of floral and spicy hops along with hints of honey. There is a light amount of bitterness.
M: It feels medium-bodied and very clean on the palate with a moderate amount of carbonation.
O: I liked the contrast of the sweetness of the malts/honey and the bitterness of the hops in the taste of this beer.
Serving type: can
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