Style Information

The Munich Helles Lager is a light colored lager originally from Munich, Germany. The color for the style should be pale, usually pale yellow to golden. The aroma should have very low hop tones and bitterness, with a malty or grassy sweetness slightly apparent. A slight bready yeast tone should also be notable. The aroma should be somewhat muted. The taste Should also have a low hop bitterness. A mild malt sweetness should be notable, along with a bready yeast flavor. Lightly toasted malts are usually noted as well. The feel should be medium bodied. ABV should range from 4.5% to 5.5%. IBUs should be low, from 18 to 25. From Wikipedia: "...in 1894, the Spaten Brewery in Munich recognised the success of these golden lagers and utilised the methods that Sedlmayr had brought home over 50 years earlier to produce their own light lager they named Helles, which is German for 'light coloured', 'bright' or, in beer terms, 'pale', in order to distinguish it from Dunkelbier or dunkles Bier (dark beer), which is another type of beer typical for the region, being darker in colour and sweeter than Helles."

Glassware	Description
Mug	Typically very heavy and sturdy. A mug (or stein) is most commonly made of glass or stoneware. Traditionally German, one advantage is clinking glasses together without worrying about breaking th... [more]
Pilsner Glass	Pilsener glasses are primarily designed for serving pilseners, but they do well with many other lighter beer styles also. They tend to start with a short neck at the bottom and taper unwards to ... [more]
Pint Glass	Pint glasses are what most people recognize as a typical beer glass. There are actually three different types of pint glasses - shaker pints, nonic pints and tulip pints. The shaker ... [more]

	Beer	Consumed
1.	Hell by Surly Brewing Company	227
2.	Summer Lager by Schlafly Beer	59
3.	Weihenstephaner Original by Brauerei Weihenstephan	22
4.	Paulaner Original Münchner by Paulaner Salvator Thomasbraeu AG	11
5.	Aecht Schlenkerla Helles Lagerbier by Brauerei Heller-Trum	7
6.	Smokehaus by Spoetzl Brewery	6
7.	Bob's '47 Munich Style Lager by Boulevard Brewing Co.	5
8.	Bikini Blonde Lager by Maui Brewing Co. (Brewpub)	4
9.	Gorch Fock by Three Floyds Brewing LLC	4
10.	Spaten Munchner Hell (Premium Lager) by Spaten-Franziskaner-Bräu	3

	Beer	Avg Score
1.	Bavarian Lager by Capital Brewery	88
2.	Aecht Schlenkerla Helles Lagerbier by Brauerei Heller-Trum	86
3.	Hell by Surly Brewing Company	84
4.	Weihenstephaner Original by Brauerei Weihenstephan	83
5.	Bob's '47 Munich Style Lager by Boulevard Brewing Co.	80
6.	Paulaner Original Münchner by Paulaner Salvator Thomasbraeu AG	80
7.	Lux by Ninkasi Brewing Company	78
8.	Smokehaus by Spoetzl Brewery	78
9.	Spaten Munchner Hell (Premium Lager) by Spaten-Franziskaner-Bräu	70
10.	Gorch Fock by Three Floyds Brewing LLC	67