Andechser Spezial Hell
Andechser Spezial Hell, the popular festival beer from the Andechser Bräustüberl, shines a bright luminous gold. Its clear gleaming look and firm, fine pored head goes hand in hand with its fresh and pure aroma. Malty nuances are the first impressions. Spezial Hell is pleasantly tangy with a full, round malt body that cannot fail to fascinate. The soft flavour carries a distinctive balance of sweet accents and bitter hoppiness. It concludes on equally soft malty nuances – a classical festival beer in the tradition of old Bavarian brewing (13.5% original extract and 5.9% alcohol by volume).
3.2
498 reviews
Andechs, Germany
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500ml bottle. Clear, yellow-ish, golden colour with average to huge, thick, creamy, moderately lasting, minimally lacing, white head. Weak, pale malty and minimally grassy, hoppy aroma, hints of corn. Taste is slightly spicy, pale malty, slightly bitter, grassy hoppy, minimally fruity, hints of corn, a touch of green apple.
Watery texture, smooth and minimally dry palate, fine, mildly prickly carbonation.
Well hopped, very clean - OK.
18Dec2020 Sweet grain and cereal malts, caramel, molasses, honey, bread. Clear gold, medium, creamy, white head. Light sweet. Sweet grain malts, straw, hay, molasses, caramel, med carb, med bodied. Very nice for the style, sweet and malty. Bottle from The House of the Trembling Madness.
Nice helles, tasty, refreshing, really impressive. One of the best I have tried. Beautiful color, medium body, clear malt notes, a nice sweetness balanced by a fine bitterness, long aftertaste. Excellent!
Die Optik gestaltet sich klar und gut goldgelb mit schöner feiner Perlage. Die Schaumkrone fällt in wenigen Sekunden komplett in sich zusammen.
In der Nase zeigen sich feinaromatische Noten von süßlichem Malz, zarter Würze, leichter Frucht und Hefe - ein schönes Gesamtbild.
Der Antrunk wirkt angenehm spritzig und leicht ölig-süßlich. Der Mittelteil bietet ein sehr vollmundiges Bild. Zwar hemmt die Rezenz die Aufnahme der Aromen etwas, aber die deutliche Malzaromatik und die kräftige Würze wirken sehr gut. Ebenso kommt die fruchtige Komponente sehr gut zur Geltung. Zusammen mit der hintergründig eingebundenen Hopfenaromatik gibt das ein durchaus gelungenes Bier. Aufgrund der relativ hohen Rezenz bleibt das Mundgefühl etwas gedrückt - dennoch erreicht es eine ganz passable Süffigkeit.
Im Abgang wirken leicht süßliche, fruchtige bis estrige Noten. Diese verschwinden nach einigen Sekunden zugunsten einer eher getreidigen Malzaromatik und einer leicht trockenen Hopfenherbe.
"Andechser Spezial hell", Flasche von Getränke Hoffmann, Berlin. - Leuchtend goldgelb, blank. - In der Nase feines, zart fruchtiges helles Malz mit etwas Birne, ein wenig Brot und milder aber ausreichender Hopfengrundierung (Kräuter). - Antrunk fein zitrusfruchtig hellmalzig, etwas Orange (nicht bitter) und Birne, dezent malzsüß und schön malztief - die höhere Stammwürze schmeckt man. Milder rezent, vollmundig; eine leichte Trockenheit verleiht dem Bier noch mehr Tiefe. Im Abgang dezente herbale Herbe. - Ausgezeichnetes Bier von sehr schöner Malzigkeit und feiner, sehr gediegener Hopfennote, die dem Bier Charakter verleiht. Steht für meine Begriffe zwischen Export und Märzen - für ein richtiges Festbier ist es doch etwas leicht. (4.8.2021.)
Meget lys, med meget lidt skum. God og frisk humleduft. Meget let og fyldig med frisk bitterhed.
Old rating - 500ml bottle, pours clear golden with a white head. Aromas & tastes of lemon, cereal, biscuit, grass, spice & hops. Medium body. Light bitter finish
Bottle at home in Hackney - picked up from HOTM. Pours clear yellow-gold, lightly effervescent, with a small, creamy white head. Moderately sweet with lovely fresh biscuits, cereal, subtle bitter straw, nips of sun-kissed honey. Light bodied with fine, massaging carbonation. Nicely rounded finish, more biscuity pale malts, white bread, fresh cereal. Tasty beer. Majorly drinkable.
Optisch Gold, feine Perlen. In der Nase Getreide, im Trunk ebenso, erst süß, dann leicht bitte, Anfangs etwas wässrig, mittig besser. Okay.
Bottle directly from the brewery. Clear gold with a moderate head. Has that rounded German Helles earthy lager aroma. Nice hint of sweetness, clean, spicy hops on the finish, full flavor and great mouthfeel. Excellent export Helles.
Cerveza de color amarillo con una cabeza de espuma de color blanca brillante de tamaño medio.
Aroma a malta dulce con algunos lúpulos florales y herbáceos.
Sabor a malta dulce al principio, ligeramente amargo en el regusto. Es de cuerpo medio con carbonatación muy suave.
Una cerveza muy agradable y fácil de beber.
Ochutnáno během pivní domácí akce 17. dubna 2021. Více informací dodám později.
Bottle. Clear golden color, beautiful thick white head. Grass, hay, light floral aroma. Medium dry, medium bitter taste. Honey, cracker biscuit malty aftertaste. Full body, medium carbonation.
Bottle at home from Trembling Madness, 10th April 2021. Pours clean and clear with a golden sheen. Aroma is malty and grains, aromatic. Taste is clean and citrus, medium bitter, some sweetness from the malts, grass, oily, very drinkable and enjoyable
A golden beer, a head is quite big and blond. Aroma has maltyness, light grain, honey and grass. Taste has maltyness and light grass. Medium bodied. Just as simple as expected, but pure. Good beer.
Bottle from Appellation Wines, cheers Ash! Pours clear golden with a thin white head. Aromas of light corn and caramel. Taste is light sweet, light corn, light spice. Light sweet finish.
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How: Bottle.
Where: Royal Oak, Eskilstuna.
Appearance: Golden colour with a white head.
Aroma: Fruit, yeast, malt, some hops.
Body: Medium body and carbonation.
Flavour: Malt, fruit, yeast, caramel.
Another strong Helles, not as sweet as the example from Tergersee Brewery and with a striking aroma
Bottle from Appellation Wines.
Appearance - pale but bright golden. Decent lacy head.
Nose - bread and lemon.
Taste - brown bread, custard, hop spice and a touch of lemon zest on the finish.
Palate - light bodied, dry hop and malt bitterness through the middle and finish.
Overall - very nice.
Bottle delivered from House of Trembling Madness. Golden pour with thin head, sweet malt, some grain, solid beer
Really nice beer. Nice malt ness and sweetness. I'm not a lager drinker but this is very nice.
Presenta amarillo oro muy transparente con media cabeza de espuma de larga retención, aromas a grano, herbal, pan y flores; en boca entrada limpia y suave con ligero amargor, notas a cereal, refrescante y fácil de beber, cuerpo ligero y media carbonatación, muy correcta en estilo.
Botella 500ml Dorada con espuma blanca,fina,alta,retencion media.Aroma malta,cereales,herbal con notas dulces.Sabor dulzor moderada,malta,cereales,herbal.Muy buena
Bottle from Beers Of Europe.
Pours a clear golden colour with a medium sized throthy white head.
Aromas of malts, grains, hay, grass, straw, white bread and hints of honey. Taste is fresh with more of the notes from the aroma with some light peppery spice on the finish.Medium to full body, smooth buttery mouthfeel. Excellent lager one of my favourites for sure.
De Labirratorium. En copa hefe de Bavaria. Leyendo C9 Ch7. Buena helles, con las notas maltosas y la bebilidad esperadas en el estilo, y quizás un leve toque oxidado de esos que incluso mejoran la experiencia
15.8.2020: From tap at The Thirsty Heart, Graz. Clear golden with a white head. The aroma is lightly to medium malty with sweet pale malt, cereals, sweet grains, some honey and biscuit. Medium body with a light to medium sweetness and a light bitterness. The flavor is similar to the smell - sweet malt, honey, biscuit, cereals, sweet grains, hints of cardboard, light earthy hop presence. Finishes with a light residual malt sweetness, sweetish grains and a light hoppy bitterness. Well balanced.
Aroma: 6
Appearance: 3
Taste: 7
Palate: 4
Overall: 12
14.08.2020
AR: malzig, etwas langweilig
AP: opales goldgelb
TA: malzig, süffig
500ml Bottles from Oswald Getrankefachhandel, Mettlach, Germany and Suhl's Harzspezialitaten, Wernigerode, Germany (2008).
Golden coloured with a very thin white head of foam. It has a rich lemon, fruity, toffee and grassy flavour with malt and warming biscuit on the smooth finish. Not bad.
Copper coloured and crystal clear, the head dissipated quickly. Faint musty noble hop aroma. Slight honey-like sweetness. Has that weird, thin almost apple feel that you get when hop extract is in the recipe. Light carbonation. Rather light on flavour given the heavy gravity. Not really my cup of tea.