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This Top Ten Munchner Helles List is from America's
Top 10 and from the results of the 2011
U.S. Open Beer Championship. 1. Shiner Old Time
Alt - Spoetzl Brewery, Texas
2. Full Sail LTD - Full Sail Ales, Oregon
3. Fort Collins 1900 - Fort Collins Brewing, Colorado
4. Spaten Premium Lager - Spaten-Franziskaner-Bräu - Germany 5. Bavarian Lager - Capital Brewery - Wisconsin
6. Bikini Blonde – Maui Brewing - Hawaii 7. Gold Mine – Silverton Brewing -
Colorado 8. Paulaner Original Münchner - Paulaner Salvator Thomasbraeu 9. Ayinger Jahrhundert Bier - Privatbrauerei Franz Inselkammer / Brauerei Aying 10. Hacker-Pschorr Munich - Hacker-Pschorr Bräu - Germany
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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