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Carolina Brewery

Carolina Brewery
1924 Centennial Lager

Category: Munich Helles

Date Tasted:
Country: USA
Alcohol: 4.8%
92 Points
Gold Medal
Exceptional

Carolina Brewery
1924 Centennial Lager

Category: Munich Helles

Date Tasted:
Country: USA
Alcohol: 4.8%
Golden yellow color. Aromas and flavors of warm bread, honey roasted nuts, toffee, and plantain chips with a velvety, lively, spritzy, dry medium body and a charming, medium-length finish with accents of toasted sourdough, noble hops and citrus zest, marzipan, and minerality. Crisp and clean with a nice malty backbone and wonderful sessionability.

Tasting Info

Beer Glass Style: Crisp & Lively
Aroma Aroma: warm bread, honey roasted nuts, toffee, and plantain chips
Taste Flavor: Same as aromas with accents of toasted sourdough, noble hops and citrus zest, marzipan, and minerality
Bitterness Bitterness: Faint
Enjoy Enjoy: on its own and with food
Recipes Pairing: Pad Thai Chicken, Eggplant Parmesan, Goat Cheese
Bottom Line Bottom Line: Crisp and clean with a nice malty backbone and wonderful sessionability.

The Producer

Carolina Brewery

The Producer
120 Lowes Dr, Suite 101
Pittsboro, NC 27312
USA
1 919-942-1800

Munich Helles

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Serve in a Pilsner Glass
Munich helles lagers are pale to golden in color and range in alcohol from 4.5-5.5%. These beers traditionally malt-accented with subtle hop character. They are generally weightier than standard pale lagers though less substantial than dortmunder export styles. The finest examples still come from the brewing center of Munich and are relatively easy to find in major US markets. Noteworthy examples of this style include: Full Sail LTD 03, Hofbräu Original Lager and Paulaner Original Munich Premium Lager.