Bath Hefeweizen Hare

Brewed by Bath
Style: Wheat Ale
Bristol, England

Cask Handpump at the Penny Black JDW, Northwich 31/10/2009 Floral slightly spicy aroma. Small white head. Golden coloured with a fruity banana flavour. Crisp dry and a little bitter in the finish.

Handpulled cask at JDW Old St. Hazy gold with a dense white head. An interesting attempt at a german style wheat beer. I suspect that there is not too much wheat involved, but there is an undeniable spiceyness and the german hops make this beer very different from our run of the mill golden ales. Good effort.

Cask, William Wygston, Wigston. Golden with a small white foam. Aromas are wheat and citrus with caramel and cream. Flavours are caramel and gentle spices with bitter lemon. Some toffee and pear with yeast and some nutty, herbal notes. Decent.

Cask handpull at County Hotel, JDW, Ashford. Very hazy gold, no head. Banana estery aroma. It’s not as bad as I feared. However, the Germans have nothing to fear from this. NOt enough wheat for a kick off, still trying to be an ale rather than a full on wheat beer. It does make the usual mistake of trying to fall between 2 stools. Not a golden ale not a full on hefeweizen.

Cask-conditioned at the Commercial Rooms, Bristol 02/11/09. Golden in colour with next to no head. Fruity, citrus and yeast aroma. Flavour had the bananas and cloves, with some grain and caramel, before a dry finish. Unusual, enjoyable drinking.

[Cask at the Back of Beyond, Reading] Clear, pale gold, no head. For something named hefeweizen this tastes strangely like a belgian ale - yes I got lemon and pepper, but also very distinctive belgian yeast flavours - sweet banana and clove and ham. Strange, but quite a reasonable beer nevertheless.

Cask, gravity dispense, at the Back of Beyond (JDW), Reading. Straw coloured with no head; rich fruit aroma, but also slightly sour; the flavour has rich trpoical fruit, and is syrupy without being too sweet; the finish is dry, but also refreshingly fruity.