Roaring Table (2022)

I was lukewarm about their last Pale Ale (Chill Kit) too, but damned if it wasn't good.

What I've found out about RT is that their versatility is their strength.

 

Won't be long before they add something new.

Festbier season is in sight.

 

I need to revisit their Helles after trying Art History's and More's.

Though not quite pale, I highly recommend the Vienna if you haven't already tried it.

FWIW -- and seeing you're in WI, the Gurnee Binny's has RT Pils in stock. Can't vouch for canning dates, but I enjoyed the RT Fest well into February of the following year of its last release.

 

Just got an email notice that RT Helles has been canned again and will be available this Thursday. Along with the Rice Lager collab with Art History -- I'll leave that one for the rest of you as rice likker doesn't sit well with me.

Also being released is an Imperial Pastry Stout and Hazy IPA -- again, if you're inclined to lean that way.

 

It's like Dovetail's Helles to me -- I love it on tap, but it loses something when canned.

Neither of them are as good as what I enjoyed in Munich (and I really don't taste the effect of decoction in Dovetail's), but yeah -- they're highly drinkable.

 

Going from Ron Pattinson's comment here:

https://www.beeradvocate.com/commun...brewers-returned-to-decoction-mashing.660156/

Post #35.

Maybe if the Helles is only a single, that's why I find it thin in character. However, I just found some fresh H-P Munich Gold and the flavor confirms what I always find missing in American attempts at Helles.

I want to do a side-by with the H-P, More, Art History, and RT -- when their next batch of Helles comes out.

 

Of course.

No Helles? I have a beer run planned for tomorrow -- hoping to find the Helles.

 

Helles in the Haus -- Okay, not my favorite Munich-brewed Helles, and maybe not perfectly spot-on to style, but this is drinking pretty good.

It's got more of a hop bitterness bite than I look for in a Helles, but it doesn't go full-on Pilsner. I wish it had some bready malt like Munich Helles, but it does have a nice crackery spine to it.

On top of all that -- it's just about as drinkable as any beer ought to be -- smooth and refreshing with a great elegance of flavors that says beer, but doesn't slap you in the face with extreme character.

 

Interesting. I'm pretty hypersensitive to hoppy bitterness in beer -- and I get the RT is more bitter than the usual Helles, but I didn't find this new batch so overpowering -- especially since some of the Munich Helles seem to be pushing up their bitterness.

I have a very fresh can of H-P Munich Gold that I want to try alongside the RT -- should be telling.

But one and done? I could probably drink the RT Helles all night... if they didn't have other beers to sample!