This Top Ten List of Munchner
Helles Lagers is from the results of the 2012 U.S. Open Beer Championship, Great American Beer Festival, and the World Beer Cup.
1. Helenboch Beer - Niagara College,
Niagara on the Lake, Ontario
2. When Helles Freezes Over - Morgan Street Brewing, St. Louis, MO
3. Full Sail LTD 3 - Full Sail Brewing, Hood River, OR
4. Urtyp Hell - Löwenbrauerei Passau, Passau, Germany
5. Löwenbräu - Löwenbräu, München, Germany
6. Helles - Kitzmann Bräu, Erlangen, Germany
7. Chuckanut Helles - Chuckanut Brewery, Bellingham, WA
8. Where in the Helles Gunner? - Emmett’s Brewing, West Dundee, IL
9. Órale, Del Norte Brewing - Denver, CO
10. Stoudt's Gold Lager - Stoudts Brewing, Adamstown, PA
Munchner Helles
This beer should be perceived as having low bitterness. It is a
medium-bodied, malt-emphasized beer; with malt character often
balanced with low levels of yeast produced sulfur compounds. Certain
renditions of this beer style approach a perceivable level of hop
flavor and character but it is essentially balanced with malt
character to retain its style identity. Malt character is sometimes
bread-like yet always reminiscent of freshly and very lightly
toasted malted barley. There should not be any caramel character.
Color is light straw to golden. Fruity esters and diacetyl should
not be perceived. There should be no chill haze.
OG: 1.044-1.050
FG: 1.008-1.012
Alcohol by Weight: 3.8-4.4%
IBU: 18-25
Color SRM: 4-5.5
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