helles
ABV
5.0%
IBU
17
Glassware
Willibecher/Stein
Availability
On Tap Year-Round
6-Packs: Limited Time
An everyday session bier, light in color but massively flavorful. Balanced, light, and crisp on the palate with bright, vibrant flavors with an old-world earthiness of pilsner and Vienna malts and a very traditional light noble hop flavor.
What’s Inside
Malt
Weyermann Premium Pils, Weyermann Vienna
Hops
Hallertau Mittelfrüh
Yeast
Augustiner Lager
Water
Purified, then built to style spec.
How It’s Made
Husk separation, single decoction, open fermentation, horizontal lagering, natural carbonation, ceramic filtered.
Pairs With
- Bratwurst
- Potato salad
- Leberkäse
- Roast chicken
Recognition
Great American Beer Festival
Bronze
2026
Munich-Style Helles
Munich's answer to Pilsner was not to out-hop it. Helles went the other way — soft, bready, barely bitter, built to disappear a liter at a time. It's the bier Bavarians drink when they're not thinking about bier.
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Fresh Helles on tap at all four biergartens. Prost!
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