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.