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
	Tegernseer 1806 Max I. Joseph Jubiläums Export Germany	2	2.920
	Kronen Brauhaus Export Germany	2	3.260
	Troutbrook Thomas Hooker Munich Style Golden Lager CT, United States	2	3.340
	Edenton Helles Angel Golden Lager NC, United States	2	3.060
	Grebbestad Koster Sweden	2	2.800
	Wooden Shoe Lager Beer OH, United States	2	3.160
	Titletown Northwestern Export WI, United States	2	3.320
	Back Road Millennium Lager IN, United States	2	3.160
	Depot Street Loose Caboose Lager TN, United States	2	3.240
	Bad Wörishofer Löwenbräu Forsters Löwen-Krone Germany	2	2.900
	Ringnes Bayersk Lager Norway	2	2.900
	Perła Export Poland	2	3.080
	Dortmunder Union Export Germany	2	2.720
	Fauerbach Export WI, United States	2	3.020
	Moritz Fiege Gründer Hell Germany	2	2.920
	Schlafly Dortmunder MO, United States	2	3.320
	Borbecker Helles Dampfbier Germany	2	2.880
	MacTarnahans Zig Zag River Lager OR, United States	2	3.440
	5,0 Original Export Germany	2	3.060
	Ayinger Jahrhundert Bier Germany	2	3.140