Augusta Hefeweizen

Brewed by Augusta Brewing
Style: German Hefeweizen
Augusta, Missouri USA

Serve in Weizen

Draft sample at the St. Louis Brewers Heritage Festival 2011. Pours a cloudy golden-orange color with a small white head. Aroma of orange citrus, banana, sweet doughy malts, faint clove, and honey. Flavor of banana, clove, sweet bready malts, tangerine, and tropical fruits. Light-bodied, with moderate carbonation and a fruity, juicy mouthfeel. The fruitiness to this maybe takes it a little out of the traditional hefe style but it doesn’t matter to me because it’s so clean and refreshing. I could drink this all day.

Tasted on tap at Augusta Brewing in Augusta, Missouri. Light orange (lighter than a typical German Hefeweizen) appearance that’s mostly hazy but not completely. Sweet wheat malty aroma. This is a German Hefeweizen but a bit more bitter like an American Hefeweizen.

Sample at the brewpub. Mostly clear golden with an aroma that is mostly cloves and some banana. Just a hint of butter. This is not as sweet an offering as many of its style. There is some bitterness from orange peels, perhaps, light bananas, and fruit. Pleasant but it could use some umph.

Cask Stillage from the Jug at the GABF, Colorado Convention Center 26/09/2009 Big banana fruit aroma. Golden coloured strong in alcohol hoppy and wheaty with a crisp and slightly bitter finish.

On tap @ the sister brewpub, Square One. Appearance is very thick golden, cannot see through it. The beer is basically an esters gone bad hefe. There just isn’t much else backing it up. It is watery banana, some orange peel, and fruit sugar throughout. Also needs a bit more carbonation.

On tap at Augusta Brewpub. Unfiltered banana yellow with a thin white head. Aroma of lemon, herbs and mild banana. Lively palate tastes of banana, wheat, lemon and yeast.

Sample at the brewpub. Pours an unfiltered yellow-orange color with a thin and foamy off-white head that diminishes steadily. Spotty lacing on the glass. Aroma of bananas and citrus plus touches of wheat. Medium, clean body with fruit and wheat flavors along with notes of yeast. The finish is sweet and fruity with banana and light yeast aftertaste. Slightly above average overall.

On tap at the 2006 Best of the Midwest Brewers’ Festival. Pours cloudy yellow with a hefe appearance. Unfortunately, my glass was filled with chunks of fungus from the jockey box that had most likely never been cleaned. Good banana and clove esters to the aroma and flavor. Not bad at all. A good enough beer that I refuse to slam it for being served under such filthy conditions. Clean your lines, you cheap-skate lazy bastards!