Edelsud Festbier
Innstadt-Bräu

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From:
Innstadt-Bräu
 
Germany
Style:
Helles
ABV:
5.5%
Score:
84
Avg:
3.66 | pDev: 10.66%
Reviews:
16
Ratings:
29
Status:
Active
Rated:
Jul 07, 2021
Added:
Jun 11, 2008
Wants:
  3
Gots:
  1
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Ratings by DoubleJ:
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Reviewed by DoubleJ from Wisconsin

4.1/5  rDev +12%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
On-tap at Hollingshead's in a half-liter mug, on to the beer:

If you've had this style of beer before, you don't need me to tell you that it's shimmering straw yellow in color with a big billowy head on top. Also, if you've had a fresh German lager on-tap, you don't need me to tell you that it tastes pretty good too. Lovely mix of floral, grass, sweetish pale malt notes, with a subtle citrus finish. Great thirst quencher too, even after riding my bike 6 miles in the afternoon to get to the establishment.
Jun 11, 2008
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Reviewed by stevoj from Idaho

3.49/5  rDev -4.6%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
500ml bottle at Das Alpenhaus. Cloudy amber pour, foamy head dissipates. Aroma is caramel malts and some yeasty funk. Malty taste, sweet, caramel, with a faint sourness, which I recognize from roggenbiers.
Jul 07, 2021
 
Rated: 3.79 by SCW from New York

Jun 04, 2015
 
Rated: 3.92 by clarknova from Germany

Mar 19, 2015
 
Rated: 4 by GClarkage from California

Sep 19, 2014
 
Rated: 4 by Mike-Harms from California

Aug 15, 2014
 
Rated: 4 by wrightst from Maryland

Aug 10, 2014
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Reviewed by BeerWithMike from Nebraska

4/5  rDev +9.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Sampling right now on 8/3/14. Comes in a nice 500ml (16.9 ounce) bottle. Bottle chilled down to 36 degrees F in my beer cooler and poured in to a 'Urhel' tulip glass.

Pours a slight hazy golden in color with a good 1-finger white foamy head that settles down to a nice layering along the sides of the glass. A good amount of lacing is seen with each sip. The aroma is of sweet cereal grains with a hint of honey. Lots going on with the taste with the sweet malts with some honey and even orange mixed in. Medium bodied with a good amount of carbonation but not overly done. No harsh or bitter aftertaste either as this brew went down pretty easy. Overall a good brew.
Aug 04, 2014
 
Rated: 3.25 by dcmchew from Romania

Mar 20, 2014
 
Rated: 3.5 by micromaniac129 from Pennsylvania

Feb 15, 2014
 
Rated: 3 by nygannon from California

Dec 20, 2013
 
Rated: 3.5 by Ciocanelu from Romania

Aug 31, 2013
 
Rated: 3.5 by Luiz0930 from California

May 31, 2013
 
Rated: 4 by BeerForMuscle from New Jersey

May 20, 2013
 
Rated: 3.5 by westcoastbeerlvr from California

Jan 09, 2013
 
Rated: 4.5 by gemutlichkeit from Missouri

Aug 22, 2012
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Reviewed by largadeer from California

3.63/5  rDev -0.8%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
Draft at Gourmet Haus Staudt.

Milky straw yellow topped by an inch of dense, sticky froth.

Malty, grainy, clean aroma. Lager yeast is evident, bringing a mild sulfuric note.

There's more sweetness than the aroma suggests, though it's by no means a rich beer. Bready pale malt backed by mild fruitiness, honey, spicy noble hops. On the sweet side for a helles, a bit creamy in texture with very little bite in the finish. Medium body, perhaps a bit heavier than I like for the style. Very good on the whole, but a step down from their stadl-bier.
Apr 27, 2011
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Reviewed by woodychandler from Pennsylvania

3.35/5  rDev -8.5%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Transcribed from undated notes.

The pour produced a finger of bone-white head with great retention, eventually resulting in some nice lacing. Color was a hazy lemon-yellow. Nose was slightly lager-sweet, but frankly rather muted from what one might expect from the style. Mouthfeel was medium with a definite honey-lager sweetness on the tongue. Finish was mellow, lager-like, tasty. Nothing terribly notable, but not bad, either.
Aug 10, 2010
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Reviewed by tempest from New York

3.25/5  rDev -11.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5
Picked up a swing-top bottle from Abe's for $4. I wish I knew the age of this beer, but there's no date on it. The aroma and flavor have a nearly cidery caramel bread taste with only a hint of bitterness. This beer is a bit sweet, but is otherwise smooth and drinkable. It just doesn't taste like a good example of the style.
May 29, 2010
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Reviewed by Japerrault from Idaho

3.08/5  rDev -15.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3
A: Hazy golden ale. Thin white head.

S: Raisin-like cereal grain. Also, honey aroma.

T: Bran and dried fruit, somewhat oxydized flavors throughout. No good hop flavor to speak of.

M: Not bad, medium light body with full carbonation.

D: Odd flavors for me. Not something I care to look for again. Maybe just a bad example.
May 21, 2010
Edelsud Festbier from Innstadt-Bräu
Beer rating: 84 out of 100 with 29 ratings