Helles / Dortmunder

These two lager styles are very similar and are often grouped as only one style. The helles ("bright") style originated in the Munich / Bavaria areas of Germany, while the Dortmunder from Dortmund in Northern Germany. Both are golden yellow pale lagers with somewhat showy white heads. They feature grainy, bready, biscuity, even cookie-like (but never caramel) malt backbones with a noticeable hops presence (Dortmunders tend to be slightly more hopped than Helles). Both styles fall short of the hop levels typical of Pilsners, but they are crisp and clean, somewhat balanced lagers with a sometimes dry finish. Both also make for good "session" beers due to their high drinkability.

	Beer | Location	Reviews	Score
	Topvar Helles Bier Slovakia	2	2.760
	Wooden Shoe Lager Beer OH, United States	2	3.160
	Traunstein Fürstenquell Export-Hell Germany	2	3.240
	Windhoek Export Namibia	2	2.740
	Bad Wörishofer Löwenbräu Forsters Löwen-Krone Germany	2	2.900
	Pint Pursuits The Answer Canada	2	2.860
	Howe Sound Lager Canada	2	3.100
	Kulmbacher Monchshof Bayerisch Hell Germany	2	2.960
	Amerisports Half Court Light MO, United States	2	2.940
	La Choulette Bière du Nord La Triboulette France	2	3.080
	Braustolz Spezial Germany	2	3.020
	Sonnenbrau Lager Hell Switzerland	2	2.920
	Bayreuther Brauhaus Hell Germany	2	3.040
	Lost Craft Divercity Helles Lager Canada	2	3.040
	Borbecker Helles Dampfbier Germany	2	2.880
	Saku Hele Estonia	2	3.180
	Brock Street Signature Series: Munich Lager Canada	2	3.200
	Arcobräu Mooser Liesl Helles Germany	2	3.200
	Frankenmuth Twisted Helles MI, United States	2	3.100
	Bench Brewing Lincoln Lager Canada	2	3.060