Beer Styles  »  Munich Helles

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ABV: 4.7 - 5.4%    IBUs: 16 - 22    SRM: 3 - 5    OG: 1.045 - 1.051    FG: 1.008 - 1.012

Malty but fully attenuated Pils malt showcase.

Pleasantly grainy-sweet, clean Pils malt aroma dominates. Low to moderately-low spicy noble hop aroma, and a low background note of DMS (from Pils malt). No esters or diacetyl.
Medium yellow to pale gold, clear, with a creamy white head.
Slightly sweet, malty profile. Grain and Pils malt flavors dominate, with a low to medium-low hop bitterness that supports the malty palate. Low to moderately-low spicy noble hop flavor. Finish and aftertaste remain malty. Clean, no fruity esters, no diacetyl.
Medium body, medium carbonation, smooth maltiness with no trace of astringency.
Created in Munich in 1895 at the Spaten brewery by Gabriel Sedlmayr to compete with Pilsner-style beers.
Unlike Pilsner but like its cousin, Munich Dunkel, Helles is a malt-accentuated beer that is not overly sweet, but rather focuses on malt flavor with underlying hop bitterness in a supporting role.
Moderate carbonate water, Pilsner malt, German noble hop varieties.

		Beer Name	Brewery	ABV	IBUs
	(1)	Spaten Premium Lager	Spaten-Franziskaner-Bräu	5.2%	---
	(0)	Meantime Helles	Meantime Brewing Co.	4.4%	---
	(0)	Weltenburger Kloster Barock Hell	Weltenburg Klosterbrauerei	5.6%	---
	(0)	Aecht Schlenkerla Kräusen	Schlenkerla / Heller-Trum Brauerei	4.5%	30
	(0)	Ayinger Lager Hell	Ayinger Brewery	4.9%	---
	(0)	Kulmbacher Lager Hell	Kulmbacher Brauerei AG	4.9%	---
	(0)	Hell	Surly Brewing Co.	4.5%	20
	(0)	Aecht Schlenkerla Helles Lagerbier	Schlenkerla / Heller-Trum Brauerei	4.3%	30
	(0)	Zipfer Urtyp	Zipf Brauerei	5.4%	---
	(0)	Paulaner Original Münchner Hell	Paulaner Brauerei	4.9%	---
	(0)	Atwater Lager	Atwater Block Brewery	---	---
	(0)	Neuschwansteiner Das Echte	Privatbrauerei Höss Der Hirschbräu	4.7%	---
	(0)	Gorch Fock	Three Floyds	5.0%	25
	(0)	Neuschwansteiner	Privatbrauerei Höss Der Hirschbräu	4.7%	---
	(0)	Arcobräu Schloss Hell	Arcobräu Gräfliches Brauhaus	4.9%	---
	(0)	Bikini Blonde Lager	Maui Brewing Co.	4.5%	---
	(0)	Schlafly Summer Lager	Saint Louis Brewery, Inc. / Schlafly	4.5%	17
	(0)	Weltenburger Kloster Urtyp Hell	Weltenburg Klosterbrauerei	4.9%	---
	(1)	Victory Lager	Victory Brewing Co.	4.8%	---
	(0)	Hummin' Bird	Red Oak Brewery	4.5%	---