On tap at Ambulance, dry helles lager pits dewy pilsner malts against grassy-hopped herbal musk and distant lemon rot.
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SINGLECUT LIFTON HELLES LAGER WITH GREEN TEA & LEMON VERBENA
On tap at Ambulance, well-designed green tea-infused lager with zesty lemon verbena tartness gains lightly spiced lavender, fern, sage and clove influence. An offbeat herbal lemon tea alternative.
FORDHAM GYPSY LAGER
On tap at Grey Fox Grille, pasty off-dry helles lager utilizes herbal Perle hops and corn-buttered Vienna malts to bolster murkily raw-honeyed orange and fig notions, but fails as its vegetal bottom drags down the musty fruit-dried finish.
SIERRA NEVADA HELLES IN THE TROPICS
Easygoing summertime helles bock combines zesty lemon, juicy orange, tart pineapple, salted guava and spiced peach tropicalia over dry pale malt breading, retaining proper Euro hop astringency (and peppery herbal wisp).
TWO ROADS CRUISE CONTROL LAGER
On tap at Growler & Gill, ‘easy riding’ aluminum-cleared helles lager brings tart lemon-dropped green grape esters and mild orange oiling to grassy herbal hop restraint above musky wet-grained sourdough breading.
INDUSTRIAL ARTS SPRING LANDSCAPE
On tap at Seven Lakes Station, nebulous pale honey bock brings musky wet-grained Vienna malting to slightly viscous raw honey astringency and spicy hop tingle in relegated manner. Closer to a dewy autumnal ale than a springtime bock. On second passing, raw-honeyed orange souring gained musky black tea rusticity and minty lavender afterglow that’s muskier and sourer than stylishly expected.
LAGUNITAS LAGUR SUMMER LAGER
On tap at Growler & Gill, spritzy summer lager brings floral-perfumed lemon zest to the fore above light wood musk. Grapefruit-orange rind bittering stays subtle for crisply clean moderation.
DEVILS BACKBONE MAIBOCK
Indifferent Helles lager lets dry sourdough-breaded pale malting top laidback orange-peeled grapefruit and tangerine desiccation. In the recess, astringent leafy hop residue contrasts withering honeyed cherry-berry sweetness. Needs firmer stylistic distinction and conviction.
THREES SHORT FUSE SMOKED HELLES
On tap at Ambulance, abstruse foudre-fermented helles lager combines reserved vanilla-sugared marshmallow sweetness with mild tropical fruiting above subtly smoked pale malt dryness. Foudre casking adds ever-so-slight toasted wood parch.
HOFSTETTEN SAPHIR HELLES BOCK
On tap at Ambulance, decent dry-hopped pale-yellowed moderation needs more pronounced helles bock features. Tropical Saphir hops bring zesty lemon, tangerine and orange tang to the fore, but timid sugared pale malting diminishes. Sweet floral-perfumed citrus spicing eventually contrasted by lightly embittered clover honey astringency.
ROGUE DEAD ‘N’ DEAD AGED IN WHISKEY BARRELS
Extremely popular Dead Guy Helles Bock soaked in Dead Guy Whiskey Barrels retains soft-toned oaken vanilla buttering, creamy sugared malting and tangy orange spicing. Dry rye whiskey sedation soaks into brown-sugared grain malting as well as caramel, toffee, almond and coconut undertones.
HILL FARMSTEAD MARIE
On tap at Ambulance, muskily dry helles lager coalesces raw-honeyed maize, wet-grained cellar mustiness and herbal hop spicing embed sour yellow fruiting to gummy sourdough base. Horse-blanketed straw, hay and alfalfa rusticity deepens finishing acridity.
