Beers similar to Watzdorfer Hell

Helles Lager·Germany·One of 437 Helles Lagers in hopIQ·

hopIQ found 10 beers that share Watzdorfer Hell's malty and bitter character. Clear and golden yellow, with a strong malt aroma and a touch of fruit: Watzdorfer Hell tastes malty with grainy cereal notes and a mild bitterness, and it drinks light. It comes from a family-run Thuringian brewery that buys its malting barley from regional farmers and hands the spent grains back to local dairy farmers as fodder.

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10 beers like Watzdorfer Hell

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Burnt Mill Helles

Burnt Mill Brewery

United Kingdom · Helles Lager · 4%

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95%

FLAVOUR MATCH

Same fruit notes and bread notes as Watzdorfer, adds spicy-hop notes.

What carries overcrisprefreshingmaltycleanlight

Structure: very close

Compared to Watzdorferspicy-hop

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

Structure: very close

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Fohrenburger Stiftle

Brauerei Fohrenburg

Austria · Helles Lager · 4.8%

TWIN

93%

FLAVOUR MATCH

Shares bread notes and cleanness with Watzdorfer; adds dryness, but drops fruit notes.

What carries overmaltylightbittercleancrisp

Structure: very close

Compared to Watzdorfergrassydryspicy-hopfruity

Structure: Very close — a touch less sweetness, a touch less body.

Structure: very close

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Bergquell 1846 Hell

Bergquell Brauerei Löbau

Germany · Helles Lager · 4.6%

TWIN

93%

FLAVOUR MATCH

Alongside Watzdorfer on bread notes and lightness: adds spiciness, drops fruit notes.

What carries overmaltylightcleanbittercrisp

Structure: very close

Compared to Watzdorfersmooth-drinkingspicyfruity

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

Structure: very close

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Kitchen Brew

Switzerland · Helles Lager · 4.8%

92%

MATCH

A touch more citrus notes — fruit notes and bread notes as with Watzdorfer.

Structure: very close

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Track Brewing Co.

United Kingdom · Helles Lager · 5.2%

92%

MATCH

Keeps fruit notes and bread notes like Watzdorfer; adds citrus notes.

Structure: very close

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Schmucker Bio Hell

Privat-Brauerei Schmucker

Germany · Helles Lager · 4.9%

91%

MATCH

Mirrors Watzdorfer's bread notes and lightness — plus creaminess, minus fruit notes.

Structure: very close

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Hydes Helles Lager

Hydes Brewery

United Kingdom · Helles Lager · 3.4%

91%

MATCH

Like Watzdorfer on bread notes and cleanness — adds floral notes, but without the fruit notes.

Structure: very close

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Brauerei Uerige

Germany · Helles Lager · 5.2%

91%

MATCH

As with Watzdorfer, same fruit notes and bread notes; adds hop character, no bitterness.

Structure: very close

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Innstadt-Bräu

Germany · Helles Lager · 5%

90%

MATCH

Same bread notes and cleanness as Watzdorfer, adds hop character, but without the fruit notes.

Structure: very close

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Gräfliches Hofbrauhaus Freising

Germany · Helles Lager · 4.9%

90%

MATCH

Same bread notes and cleanness as Watzdorfer, adds herbal notes, but without the fruit notes.

Structure: very close

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