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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]helles (countable and uncountable, plural helles)
- A type of lightly-hopped pale lager traditionally produced in southern Germany.
- 2000, Horst D. Dornbusch, Bavarian Helles: History, Brewing Techniques, Recipes, Brewers Publications, →ISBN, page 2:
- On the other hand, the brewing and fermentation processes that turn these straightforward materials into a helles are complex and very precise— brewing a helles is pure haute école. Some of the more robust beers can be somewhat forgiving ...
- 2005, The New Brewer, volumes 22-23, page 32:
- I never re-pitch yeast into a helles. Only when I make bock, which is more robust, will I pitch yeast out of another fermenter.
- 2013, Tom Acitelli, The Audacity of Hops: The History of America's Craft Beer Revolution, Chicago Review Press, →ISBN:
- ... which Bennewitz discovered were all the rage in the nascent craft beer movement (ales would have taken significantly less time to make); and the lagers they did brew, including a helles, a schwarzbier (or dark lager), and a pilsner, were not ...
- 2014, Corey Herschberger, Brew It!: 25 Great Recipes and Techniques to Brew at Home, Fox Chapel Publishing, →ISBN, page 83:
- Similar in flavor to a pilsner, helles are usually a little bit sweeter and drier in finish, as well as slightly maltier. They are not heavily hopped, instead focusing on barley flavors and mild, bready notes. CraftBeer.com calls the helles a […]
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Adjective
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Middle English
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From helle + -es (“plural ending”).
Noun
[edit]helles
Etymology 2
[edit]From helle + -es (“genitive ending”).
Proper noun
[edit]helles
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