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
	Amundsen Helles Good Lager Norway	1	3.075
	Archetype What the Helles? NC, United States	1	3.075
	Elisabeth Bräu Maibier Germany	1	3.075
	Aichinger Landbier Spezial Germany	1	3.075
	Great Basin Leave No Trace NV, United States	1	3.075
	Erdinger Brauhaus Helles Lagerbier Germany	1	3.075
	Alefarm Sparks Denmark	1	3.075
	Monday Night Saint Monday GA, United States	1	3.075
	Expedition Brewing Loch Ness Lager Canada	1	3.075
	Little Cottage Bodil GA, United States	1	3.075
	Weihenstephaner Helles Germany	1	3.075
	La Voie Maltée Libertine Canada	1	3.075
	Will-Bräu Original Bayerisch Hell Germany	1	3.075
	Valaisanne Hopfen Gold Switzerland	1	3.075
	Great Basin Generation Xport NV, United States	1	3.075
	Eisenacher Wartburg Export Germany	1	3.075
	Kapplerbräu Export Hell Germany	1	3.075
	St. Georgen Bräu Helles Vollbier Germany	1	3.075
	Left Field Brewery Cannonball Canada	1	3.075
	Hard Times Craft Lager (Victory) PA, United States	1	3.075