Does “hell” mean something in Deutsch than it does in English? Because this is literally the third “hell” bier that I’ve come across over the last 15 days, and I can’t imagine that there’s such a fascination with the unholy underworld that there’d be this many beers named after it in the first place. A cursory Google translate shows that the word “héll” in Deutsch means “bright,” and I’m wondering if all these hell beers are referring to the fact that they’ve all been fairly light in color, and not that these are biers suited for the dark afterlives in actual, fire and brimstone, devil with a pitchfork, hell-hell, despite the fact that all of them seemed to have been missing the accent mark over the E.
Anyway, as for this hell, by some brewery that I’m renaming Burgerlick Brewhouse, wasn’t a bad brew, but at the same time, it wasn’t anything particularly memorable. It tasted fine, but doesn’t stand out, but more importantly, it doesn’t have any poor negative after tastes or flavor notes that make it fall further in my rankings.
It seems very fitting that a bier such as this one fell on a Tuesday, because whether it was deliberate or not, it tasted just like a beer on a Tuesday should taste; necessary but forgettable, not great, but at least it’s not a Monday. Now I know that’s about as shitty of a description as they get, but it’s really to say that it’s not great, but it really could be worse. Ranking it #10 out of 15 days is indicative of that attitude, but under the right perspective, one could say it’s on top . . . of the bottom third of the rankings.
It’s an easy beer to drink, and much like the other hell biers I’ve tried, they’re of a lighter body, and at least the case of Burgerlick, I could easily settle down with Altbairsch hell, and drink 2-3 of them to get a nice buzz, but while doing so, wishing that I had something slightly more exciting.
Current Rankings:
- First Coral (#2)
- Kirta (#5)
- Turbo Prop (#6)
- Schwarze Tinte (#13)
- Perlenzauber (#9)
- Loncium Vienna Style Lager (#12)
- Jubiläumsbier 333 (#7)
- Zwönitzer Steinbier (#4)
- Grandl (#11)
- Altbairisch Hell (#15)
- Hell (#1)
- Tannen Hell (#8)
- Tradition (#10)
- Hallertauer Hopfen-Cuvee (#14)
- Käuzle (#3)
