Wolfscraft, Das Helle!
Brewed by Wolfscraft
Style: Helles
Freising, Bavaria, Germany
Started in July 2016, this small craft beer brewery began when friends, after a conversation in a bar, decided to do something about the general staleness of the local beer scene in the town of Freising, in Bavaria, Southern Germany. They came up the name Wolfscraft to show that there beers were unpredictable and hard to pin down!
They use pure Alpine spring water and only the best regional quality ingredients to make classic German beers with a modern “twist”. They also only use ingredients from organic farming in the region.
They are known for the popular catchphrase “Wolfscraft, Das Helle!”. A helle of course, a traditional German pale lager beer, produced chiefly in Southern Germany. The German word hell can be translated as “bright”, “light”, or “pale”.
Review: 33cl brown bottle of Wolfscraft, Das Helle! : 4.9% vol.
Nice brown bottle with a very cool pic of a blue wolf, its logo. Really catches the eye.
On the pour I get a yellowish golden looking beer with a decent sized white head. A good bit of carbonation, fairly lively. Head maintains well, small but hangs around. Looks good, nice and sparkling.
The aroma is all nice and fruity, very nice on the nose, albeit a little light, which is a shame. Getting exotic fruits, regular citrus and the hops.
Onto the taste, getting hit with the hops straight off the bat, very bitter, bit off on the taste buds.
But it manages to settle down and after a while the taste improves, eventually getting nice big mouthfuls, nice and crisp. Exotic fruits, the malts and grains present, but all the flavours are quite light, it’s really all about the hops.
One to sip slowly, a slow burner, not smooth as the bitter aftertaste would see to that.
Not going to set the world alight, a little dull it has to be said and there are far better Helles out there for sure. Ok to relax with and nice enough to drink if no good alternative, but largely forgetful.
The brewing giant from The Netherlands, Heineken have always had a helping hand in the creation of this iconic brand. They came up with the idea of a brewery this side of the world, but were initially thinking of Indonesia, as the nation was a Dutch colony, but were denied. Singapore was then chosen. Together with Fraser and Neave (F&N), Heineken launched Malayan Breweries in 1931, and a year later we got Tiger Beer. Today, Heineken owns 42% of the shares of Asia Pacific Breweries.
Can find it as 5% vol. in other regions of the world. Comes in a bottle, can or from the tap. Popular in Asia especially as it is the perfect beer to have as the sun goes down.
Tasted like a regular lager, no real complaints there. Perhaps a little creamy off taste but generally it was ok. Getting the malts and grains, and the fruits, with the hops on the low level.
Founded in the year of 1777 by William Bass in the old industrial town of Burton-upon-Trent, in the centre of England. Bass Pale Ale was so popular that at one stage it was the biggest selling beer in the UK, and not only that but in the space of a hundred years, 1877, it was also the most popular beers in the whole wide world, 
Bought these cans, cheap, in local supermarket back home, and not sure exactly which version of the iconic beer I am trying. Is it the one brewed in the Uk, the old or new version, or the cheap import version from the States, or even the Belgian version! I think its the British version as that’s the one I have drank over the last few years. It used to be well popular growing up in Ireland and was a beer you would find served in pubs, but these days it has fallen out of favour. It was especially popular up in Dublin. But they sell them now in shiny cans with the famous iconic Bass image in the supermarkets here so that’s good enough for me. Whatever, the Irish version in the shiny can comes at a pathetic 3.8% alcohol volume!
On the nose I get a smell of some adjuncts, not great, overall very, very light smells and virtually odorless.
Built on the site of a former Franciscan monastery and well dating back to the year 1219, in Cork City, the brewery was founded in 1998 by publican Shane Long.
Have had this on draught which I loved, very crisp and so easy to drink. 
Also get a decent amount in the glass from the can, considering how tiny they are, not bad.