Beer: Helles lagers
Whatever happened to plain old beer?
Whatever happened to plain old beer? said Greg Kitsock in The Washington Post. If you’re tiring of spices and other odd additives, seek out a good helles. A bit less hoppy than a pilsner, a helles is an “immensely quaffable” golden lager with century-old roots in Munich. A good one “should have that appetizing aroma of biscuits rising in the oven.”
Fordham Gypsy Lager(Dover, Del.)Munich and Vienna specialty malts add “an elegant, almost vanilla-like sweetness” to this recently renamed helles.
Leinenkugel’s Hoppin’ Helles(Chippewa Falls, Wis.)“Aggressive” American hops give this beer a citrusy edge.
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Dogfish Head Piercing Pils(Milton, Del.)This pils is a helles in all but name, “striking a fine balance between the crackery malt and herbal hops.”
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