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
	Baumer Export Hell Germany	1	2.900
	Eschenbacher Urtyp Germany	1	2.900
	Riegele Feines Urhell Germany	1	2.900
	Fiedler Export Germany	1	2.900
	Falken Edelfalke Spezial Hell Switzerland	1	2.900
	Freudenberger Hell Germany	1	2.900
	Slottskällans Uppsala Sweden	1	2.900
	Beer House Helles Light Estonia	1	2.900
	Stockyards Brewing Helles Canada	1	2.900
	Baisinger Spezial Germany	1	2.900
	Wohn Braumeister Original Germany	1	2.900
	Czarnków Noteckie Poland	1	2.900
	Ringnes Bayersk Lager Norway	2	2.900
	Spalter Edel-Export Hell Germany	1	2.900
	Oettinger Export Germany	3	2.900
	Bavaria 1460 Costa Rica	1	2.900
	Fürst Carl Schlossgold Export Germany	1	2.900
	Svyturys Ekstra Draught Lithuania	6	2.889
	Fort Collins Doktor Lager CO, United States	4	2.886
	Wurzburger for Oktoberfest Germany	2	2.880