Pronunciation ? - Munich Helles

[Andyoesq]

Dumb question, I brewed some but don't know how to pronounce it.
How do you pronounce the Helles in Munich Helles?
Is it "HELL-US", "HELLS", "HEALS", "HELS", "HELL-ES"?
I'm guessing the first.

 

[drainbamage]

Kind of between the first one and last one. The emphasis is on the first syllable.

 

[rekoob]

One of the beers I had overseas that I couldn't get when I came back to the USA that prompted me to start brewing!

I agree with drainbamage and would lean to the last one.

 

[TheCADJockey]

Well people still swear I say bagel weird; something like beggel. Who cares? They know I'm talking about a gluten frisbee with a hole in it. I just say everything loud and confident. Even if someone says it correctly, just say it different than they did and with sharp articulation to make them feel stupid.

That's what I would do.

 

[jtratcliff]

Based on how my german wife says it, i would have gone with the last one but the German Beer Institute says its the first one:
http://www.germanbeerinstitute.com/helles.html

 

[PlexVector]

Kind of between the first one and last one. The emphasis is on the first syllable.

I get it (maybe)! A local brewery has a beer called "Hell Yes Ma'am". It's described as a Belgian style golden, so is that a play on "Helles"? Is a belgian style a Helles, subset or super set there of?

 

[drainbamage]

My knowledge of German is rudimentary, but Hell/Helles/Heller is the word for light, I believe. So a maibock is sometimes referred to as a hellerbock. A Belgian blonde/golden ale is similar in composition, aside from ale/lager differences.

 

[PlexVector]

I get it (maybe)! A local brewery has a beer called "Hell Yes Ma'am". It's described as a Belgian style golden, so is that a play on "Helles"? Is a belgian style a Helles, subset or super set there of?

My knowledge of German is rudimentary, but Hell/Helles/Heller is the word for light, I believe. So a maibock is sometimes referred to as a hellerbock. A Belgian blonde/golden ale is similar in composition, aside from ale/lager differences.

I'll take that as a yes.

 

[drainbamage]

I'll take that as a yes.

Sorry...I meant to say a Belgian golden ale has similar ingredients to a German Helles, except for different yeast strains. So, yes. My wording was just awkward.

This is why I don't write articles for the front page...

 

[stpug]

Based on the video below, the 's' is fairly silent

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=yebNcSmk2AU#t=26

 

[stpug]

But this one the 's' is well pronounced

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=it3d5tHeGDY#t=29

 

[iijakii]

Just wait until the Californians brew it. "Munich hella, bro"

 

[rekoob]

Well people still swear I say bagel weird;

LOL... My wife and kids tell me the same thing!

However it's pronounced... It's delicious!

 

[ArcaneXor]

It varies slightly depending on the dialect, but it's closest to HELL-es. Say the "Hell" part with a smile

 

[mkeomotupp]

The emphasis is on the first syllable.

 

[Brew_G]

HELL-iss, with not much focus on the "i." Kind of a combination of "-iss" and "-uss."

 

[DromJohn]

If y'all are going to attempt to pronounce "Helles" "correctly" then you shouldn't half ass it by combining Helles with the English word for München.

Let's call the whole thing off.