Beers similar to Das Helle

Helles Lager·Germany·5.1% ABV·One of 364 Helles Lagers in hopIQ·

hopIQ found 10 beers that share Das Helle's malty and noble-hoppy character. The first beer of Munich brewmaster Tilman Ludwig's label: an amber lager, spicy and easy-drinking, with an intense hop aroma and a pronounced fruitiness. Tettnang and Chinook hops meet pale, dark and caramelised malts from barley grown on the Munich gravel plain, in the Chiemgau and in the Jura-Oberpfalz. 12.3 °P, 5.1 % ABV, brewed at Gut Forsting near Rosenheim.

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10 beers like Das Helle

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Weihenstephaner Original Helles

Bayerische Staatsbrauerei Weihenstephan

Germany · Helles Lager · 5.1%

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82%

FLAVOUR MATCH

Alongside Das Helle on spiciness and drinkability: adds bread notes, drops fruit notes.

What carries overcleansmooth-drinkingspicymaltynoble-hop

Structure: very close

Compared to Das Hellebreadyspicy-hopbitterfruityhoppy

Structure: Same structure — body, sweetness, bitterness and texture all land on the same spot.

Structure: very close

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Meckatzer

Germany · Helles Lager · 4.9%

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80%

FLAVOUR MATCH

As with Das Helle, same spiciness and drinkability; adds bread notes, no fruit notes.

What carries overspicynoble-hopmaltysmooth-drinkingclean

Structure: very close

Compared to Das Hellebreadysmoothfruityhoppy

Structure: Same structure — body, sweetness, bitterness and texture all land on the same spot.

Structure: very close

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Berg Herbstgold

Berg Brauerei

Germany · Helles Lager · 4.1%

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80%

FLAVOUR MATCH

Same caramel notes and drinkability as Das Helle, adds bread notes, a notch softer, but without the fruit notes.

What carries oversmooth-drinkingcaramelmaltynoble-hoplight

Structure: a notch softer

Compared to Das Hellesmoothbreadyfruityhoppy

Structure: Same structure — body, sweetness, bitterness and texture all land on the same spot.

Structure: a notch softer

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Saint Arnold Brewing Company

United States · Helles Lager · 4.9%

80%

MATCH

Mirrors Das Helle's hop character and spiciness — plus nutty notes, minus fruit notes.

Structure: very close

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Helles Pülleken

Brauerei C. & A. Veltins

Germany · Helles Lager · 5.2%

77%

MATCH

Like Das Helle on hop character and drinkability — adds bread notes, but without the fruit notes.

Structure: very close

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Schanzenbräu Helles

Schanzenbräu

Germany · Helles Lager · 4.9%

77%

MATCH

A touch more fullness, no spiciness — hop character and fruit notes as with Das Helle.

Structure: very close

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Einsiedler Hell

Einsiedler Brauhaus

Germany · Helles Lager · 5.2%

77%

MATCH

Keeps drinkability and cleanness like Das Helle, adds honey notes, drops fruit notes.

Structure: very close

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Schönbuch Braumanufaktur

Germany · Helles Lager · 4.8%

76%

MATCH

Shares hop character and drinkability with Das Helle; adds bread notes, but drops fruit notes.

Structure: very close

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Fyne Ales

United Kingdom · Helles Lager · 4.5%

76%

MATCH

Same drinkability and cleanness as Das Helle, adds sweetness, but without the fruit notes.

Structure: very close

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Sapporo Classic

Sapporo Brewery

Japan · Helles Lager · 5%

76%

MATCH

Same drinkability and cleanness as Das Helle, adds floral notes, but without the fruit notes.

Structure: very close

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