75th Street Hedgehog Hefeweizen

Brewed by 75th Street Brewery
Style: German Hefeweizen
Kansas City, Missouri USA

Serve in Weizen

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Full pour in a weizen. So named because the brewers’ first impression was "Man, that’s a big banana". Figure it out. ;) Pours a hazy dark iced tea with a fluffy off-white head. The nose is of huge banana esters, clove, candy sugar and wheat. Light-bodied and soft with a clean wheaty mouthfeel and finish. The flavor follows the nose with a slight drop-off. This is a solid hefeweizen, and IMO should replace the less-than-stellar Cowtown Wheat in their regular lineup.

6oz sampler @ brewpub. Pours beautifully with a thick, large head that never goes away. It took a while to pour this 6oz sample glass. The beer has a lightly hazy yellow color. Aroma is very, actually extremely sharp candied sweetness. Its almost too much because its a once sided type of ester with nothing behind it. Taste is watered down with that sharp sweetness through. However, with the watered down surrounding flavor it comes off as very cheap. Calm down the esters just a bit and add some other flavors.