Beer: Helios

Location: Victoria, BC

Brewery: Hoyne Brewing Co.

Style: Dortmunder/Golden Lager

Alcohol: 6%

You’ll be hard pressed to find something made by Hoyne Brewing Co. that isn’t awesome. Helios is just another feather in the large pimp hat they strut throughout the Victoria brewing community. In fact, I don’t know a single brewery in Victoria that the Hoyne brothers haven’t either worked for, inspired or influenced in some way. But enough about them, this is about the beer. This beer is the alcoholic equivalent of watching Die Hard. We’ve all seen and loved action movies but nothing quite makes you yell at the screen like Detective John McLane capping some terrorists. When you grab a bottle of Hoyne you know its going to be great. When Helios starts knocking off terrorists in your mouth like it’s the Nakatomi Tower, you will want to yell “Yippee ki yay Mother Fucker”.

If there’s any beer that can convert those turd heads away from the big breweries’ monkey piss, Helios is it. When this sexy little number enters your mouth you immediately taste that taste that fills all the categories of a great lager. That said, like everything Hoyne puts out, there is just something extra that kicks it up a notch or two. The flavour starts off lightly sweet like most other lagers, but Helios weighs in a little heavier in your mouth. There is a touch of hops and earthy malts that show their face near the end which just make everything in life “A” okay. The combination of flavours give this beer a richness that you just don’t find in other lagers out there. I’ve gone back time and time again for another bottle whenever it is available.

If you see Hoyne Brewing Co.’s Helios on the shelf, pick it up, it was out earlier this year and sold out quite quickly. Now that its back again, I suspect that it will not be around for very long.

If you want to check out another one of their awesome brews, check out their Off The Grid Red Lager here

Cheers.

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