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Church Brew Heavenly Hefe Weizen


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A German Hefeweizen brewed by
Church Brew Works

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania USA

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202.88/5.02.87/5.0Summer4.1%25.7 Weizen P  Stats

Commercial Description:
a special style of beer made with malted wheat and malted barley. Hefe weizens are from Germany. This beer is top fermented (an ale) with a very special yeast. The Hop levels are kept deliberately low in order to bring out the character of the yeast. If you notice the nose of the beer, it has a clove-like or fruity aroma. The grain bill includes 50% wheat malt and 50% barley malt. It is served very carbonated and a touch cloudy. It is cloudy because it is served unfiltered. The remaining yeast contributes flavor, adds B vitamins, and improves the beer as it ages.

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 argo0 (6145), Washington DC, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/56/102/512/20
Jul 27, 2003  
(SCBE2003): Hazy golden with small off-white head. Aroma is banana, clover and wheat -- all in good balance. Taste is lemon, clover, some wheat and banana, finishing lemon with slightly unplesant aftertaste. Light watery body, not especially crisp.


 Aurelius (2447), Tallahassee, Florida, USA
2.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/102/510/20
Aug 12, 2006  
Breight, cloudy yellow-white with an eighth-inch of clear beer at the top. Small fizz ring, not much head. Olive juice aroma. Lots of esters, but vinegary. Light diacetyl, light spice. Medium light body. Desperately needs a lemon.


 Drew (2375), Kent, Ohio, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/103/512/20
Jul 30, 2003  
An easy hefe - I recomended it to my mom - she liked it a lot. Herbal/clove, lemony and smooth. Finished nice and dry. (at their pub 7/26/03)


 Vac (2231), San Diego, California, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/513/20
Aug 12, 2003  
Pours with a cloudy golden body topped by a thin head. Slighlty sweet and lemony aroma with yeasty notes. Slightly sweet and lemony wheat flavor with yeasty notes and a crisp clean finish. Light bodied and smooth with a slight dryness.


 Nate (2212), Indiana, Pennsylvania, USA
2.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/102/55/102/59/20
Aug 17, 2006  
Very weak aroma, with mild wheat and only a little hops. Hardly any citrus or sweetness. Pale yellow golden, hazy, with thin fizzy head. Thin watery body with medium carbonation. I guess this is a German Hefeweizen, but it is extremely weak with little or none of the characteristics of a good wheat. No banana and clove, no yeasy wheat flavor. Only has the mildest of wheat sweetness and a tang of citrusy bitterness. Watery.




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