Amstel Wheat

Brewed by Heineken Nederland
Style: German Hefeweizen
Zoeterwoude, Netherlands

Serve in Weizen

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Bottle, according to RB my 200th Hefeweizen (what an honor!). Lightly wheaten nose, a little lemon and citric spritz, pours pale yellow-golden with a bright white head. Taste is mildly sweet, very mellow and slightly slimy light-medium body, yeast and wheat overtones with light lemon. Not super clean, but refreshing and still somewhat bright.

Aroma of perm solution. Clear in appearance looking through the bottle with a dusty layer of yeast on the bottom. Pours clear until you roust the yeast and pour it in the glass. It seems like this beer can’t decide to be amstel light german style wheat or amstel light wit. The palate is thin, even for a wheat. Given the premium price, I’d expect something on par with Spaten hefeweizen or Hoegaarten. Bring back the Bud light wheat. At least it was a buck or two cheaper per 12, had fewer calories, and less carbs. Yep, I said it...1.5....1.5! The truth must be told.

From the 12 fl. oz. bottle with a number on the label that reads: 227052-R0533. It looks like an unfiltered wheat beer with its very murky, cloudy pale yellow and hefty white head. Success on that part. The aroma is thin on wheat but heavier on the citrus along with a slight skunkiness...even though it is in a brown bottle. The body is light to medium. The wheat is a little more evident in the flavor than on the nose. It ends clean.

Bottle. Aroma is wheat, banana, cloves, and yeast. Sweet with that banana yeast taste. Body is a little light in the finish. Finish also a nice banana aftertaste and some spices.

Bottle. Pours light golden with a fluffy white head. Solid head retention. Light citrus aroma. Banana, orange, wheat cereal and spice notes. Pretty solid wheat beer, but nothing outstanding.

12 oz. bottle from The Beer Store, Nashua, NH. $1.75. My Hacker-Pschorr glass shows a nearly clear yellow with lasting Fluffy head. Good retention. Average CO2. Nose smells like a combination of Amstel Light and a weak hefeweizen. Taste is all weak notes of banana, wheat, grain and a touch of bubblegum. Light body and a thin texture. Easy to drink and for the price better than any BMC product.

Tap at the Chicago Midway Airport. Pale hazy golden pour with a small pure white head. Wheat and lemon on the aroma and taste, palate may be a touch thin but not bad.

Bottle from Capone’s. Pours clear gold with white clingy head. Nose is wheaty pale malt, hopcitrus. Tastes watery, wheaty, pale malty, with finishing crisp hops. Not bad, but not something I’d buy again.

Aroma: oxidized hops with grainy backing , semi dry ,light on wheat notes. 5-
Look: nice, clear bright golden with plus sized white cap, good lace shown. 4+
Taste: oily soft front with gentle carbonation. Grainy feel with wheat notes being secondary. Dont get me wrong wheat is here but to make it softer palate and make nice crown. Quiet drinkable, if not overly simple ale. This easly could be Dutch lager with high dose of wheat...

Bottle. Pours hazy yellow gold with a white head. Wheaty base, light clovey spice, lemon, and bubblegum. Pretty good.