Helles / Dortmunder
Helles / Dortmunder
889 beers | 3.194 Avg ScoreThese 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 | |
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St. Georgen Bräu Helles Vollbier
Germany |
1 |
3.075
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Eisenacher Wartburg Export
Germany |
1 |
3.075
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Kapplerbräu Export Hell
Germany |
1 |
3.075
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Great Basin Generation Xport
NV, United States |
1 |
3.075
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Left Field Brewery Cannonball
Canada |
1 |
3.075
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Hard Times Craft Lager (Victory)
PA, United States |
1 |
3.075
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Wieninger Bräufaß (Braufass)
Germany |
1 |
3.075
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Old Bavarian Munich Helles
WI, United States |
1 |
3.075
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Nikl-Bräu Zwickl
Germany |
1 |
3.075
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Sockeye Lonesome Larry
ID, United States |
1 |
3.075
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Grand Lake Pumphouse Lager
CO, United States |
1 |
3.075
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Lang-Bräu U.hu Bier
Germany |
1 |
3.075
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Riedenburger Ur-Helles (Bioland)
Germany |
1 |
3.075
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Nikko Beer
Japan |
1 |
3.075
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Unser Bürgerbräu Alpenstoff
Germany |
1 |
3.075
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Ecker Bräu Export Hell
Germany |
1 |
3.075
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Ninkasi Helles Belles
OR, United States |
1 |
3.075
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Moosbacher Lager
Germany |
8 |
3.064
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Appenzeller Quöllfrisch Lager Hell
Switzerland |
5 |
3.063
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Bench Brewing Lincoln Lager
Canada |
2 |
3.060
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