"Helles Yeah" for #Beersaturday
Beersaturday time. I'm here with another review - right on schedule. Get ready for two Lagered beers coming your way. Let's check them out.
Helle Lager
Brewery: Wellington Brewery
Origin: Guelph, ON Canada
Style: Helle Lager
Abv: 4.5%
IBU: 20
SRM: 2
Marketing: White and silver can with Wellington Boot brand logo displayed prominantly up front and center. Simple and effective design.
Lots of additional information about the beer on the back (always appreciated), and gold and silver medal awards subtly showcased.
I especially like the catchy humorous "Helles yeah!" Written on the can. Who doesn't love a nice play on words? I think I'll incorporate that into the post title this week...done!
Color: The beer poured a very nice, very rich, golden yellow color. On top, a white head of foam to trap all the delicious smelling aromas.
Nose: Speaking of aroma, this one had a nice smell of sweet corn and fresh grass.
Taste: Sweet upfront, slightly tangy, with a fairly mild bitter finish. I'm getting some subtle corn and apple flavors coming through. Pleasant.
Texture: Nice frothy bubbly carbonation, like most lagers. Light to medium bodied in my opinion.
Impression: Watch me try and take a photo while I pour the beer into the glass... This was a great beer overall with a lot of flavor. I used to live in Guelph ON and have been to the Brewery and done a tour there. It's a neat spot with some superb beers on offer.
Spilt it everywhere. That was an idiot move. I wont try that again.
Lug-Tread
Brewery: Beau's Brewing Co
Origin: Vankleek Hill, ON Canada (Never heard of the place. No idea where it is but guessing that it's a small town somewhere.
Style: Lagered Ale
Abv: 5.2%
IBU: Unknown
Marketing: A milky white color can with an old school, green, farm tractor image. The can has a very obvious "farm life" feel about it. Craft beers in Ontario often go with either a farm or cottage themed design it seems.
Color: The beer poured a golden yellow, like farm hay, and had a decent amount of frothy foam on top. Hurrah!
Nose: Grass and bread dough come through in the nose along with cereals and a very subtle skunkiness (not overwhelming but noticeable).
Taste: The taste is tangy with a nice balancing bitterness in the finish. I get some pear or apple flavors coming through along with that mild skunkiness I mentioned above.
Texture: Standard mouthfeel with a good amount of carbonation. Nothing special to report here.
Impression: This is a decent beer that to me is like a better ingredient, fresher version, of a domestic premium brand. It's an everyday drinker type of beer. There was the little bit of skunkiness that I mentioned but it didn't detract from the enjoyability of the beer. I find that a lot of lagers have that quality about them for me. This isn't my go to beer but I've drank it quite a fews times and would drink it again for sure.
Well thats it for now. Until next time, thanks for stopping by.
Cheers everyone!
Cheers everyone!
Oh ya Beau’s and Wellington are a couple of the breweries that rescued me from mass produced boring beer into craft beer, which used to be called microbrew.
I always enjoyed the darker beers by Wellington and really miss those big 600ml bottles of lug tread which were perfect for parties.
Awesome that you have the light and clear covered in our region while I can focus on the hazy and ridiculously hoppy. I might actually feature a lager this week in tribute!
Two pretty great breweries overall.
Oh yeah I remember those big 600ml bottles. Those were great. I haven't seen one in forever now. Nostalgic
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What an informative beer post.....yes...to the Wellie Lager...Delectably described...sounds lovely!
The other is intriguing...definitely deserves a taste test. ^__^
Thank you for this Beer Post!
Cheers!
Both were pretty good. Can't go wrong with either really.
Glad you liked the post!
Cheers 🍻
Helles yeah!
Love it. Some more good uns! I have often spilled leads when trying to take a pouring photo. Tis damn difficult!
Haha yeah. Half of the stream was in the glass and the other half outside of it 😆 😅
I won't try that again
Just needs a bit more practice 😀
Sounds like a lot of wasted beer in the process...
😂
Yeah, I thought exactly the same, it's very easy to catch the attention with that slogan, and I'm not just talking about the brewery but your post title hahaha.
A day of light beers and white cans xD Uff I know what you mean about taking pictures at the same time as pouring a beer, but practice makes perfect hahahahaha
Glad you appreciated it!
I don't know if I'll try that photo again. Don't want to waste anymore beer! 😂