Kros Strain Brewing Company Helles Creek

“Extremely pale with a fleeting white head. Classic light-lager aroma of corn flakes and herbal hops. Body cranks the dial to supreme drinkability with background flavors of corn and subtly floral hops. Finishes ultra-dry, almost sparkling water–like with a carbonic bite.”

Hazy pale yellow with gorgeous, sturdy, meringue-like foam. Complex, enticing aroma with clove-and-chamomile spice, herbal-grassy notes, a touch of horse-blanket funk, and underlying stone fruit. Lively but soft on the palate, with bright stone-fruit flavors and fine, peppery bitterness that dissipates with the sparkle, leaving some cracker, herb-bitterness, and low-level barnyard. Elegant, tasty, and dry. Hits all the right notes.

“Tropical, citrus, and sweaty notes blend well in the aroma with a touch of pine in the background rounding things out. Pillowy mouthfeel. The soft, lightly sweet malt body is a near-perfect complement to the crisp but gentle floral, tropical, earthy hop character with just enough lingering bitterness to extend the enjoyment into the next sip.”