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Croucher Hef


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A German Hefeweizen brewed by
Croucher Brewing

Rotorua, New Zealand

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112.76/5.02.76/5.05%15.7 Weizen P  Stats

Commercial Description:
The HEF is a German-styled cloudy wheatbeer.
Our Hefeweizen, a Bavarian-style cloudy wheat beer, is bursting with banana, tropical fruit and spicy clove characteristics.

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DiscoForever (58), Dunedin, New Zealand
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/102/57/105/514/20
Aug 16, 2007  
The label is beautifully designed and I’m intrigued... It pours palest gold with a fizzy white head that vanishes in half a minute. Some slow and sparse bubbles too. Aroma is wheaty and yeasty with some lychees but no banana for me in this bottle. A little spice and a hint of sourness. Refreshing tart/sweet balance in the taste with a nice finish. Here I get bananas in the sweetness, a briefest tart edge before yeasty sweet finish. This beer has a quenching medium body with light carb feel that makes it a great summer beer. Although a little too sweet for me, this will become a popular and accessible hefe. Nice one Croucher!


 kempicus (159), Wellington, New Zealand
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/58/103/515/20
Feb 1, 2008  
Slight woodiness maybe papery on the nose but has an overall good banana nose. Good palate and to their credit a very traditional flavour. Also tried the pale but it was dead flat and off so I won’t rate it


 yalnikim (640), Wellington, New Zealand
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/103/514/20
Jan 14, 2008  
Tasted 15/01/2008. 330 bottle from Regional Wines and Spirits (batch 10). Cloudy gold, with an airy - and disappearing - white head. The nose kicks up banana first, then some mealy wheat, followed by bubblegum and clove. Though the carbonation and malt give it a fullish feel in the mouth and the malt character is quite sweet, it’s nicely crisp with a lingering phenolic finish. Banana makes a late appearance on the palate. Nice beer that is heading in the right direction - a little too sweet to drink pints of but probably a good drop for breakfast. A couple of extra points for the label - there is nothing better, for the craft beer lover, than to see a batch number on the front of the label... top marks Mr Croucher!


 bozoNZ (360), Christchurch, New Zealand
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/56/104/513/20
Aug 31, 2007  
330ml bottle batch H008. Poured a pale emon colour in the glass some head but not alot. Wheatish nose with hints of mellow banana and a touch of spice. Light carbonation if a little ’spritzyl feeling. Very muted flavours. Soft wheats, sweet bananas and spicey hints with a surprising gentle dryness in the yeasty finish. Well crafted if a little under done flavourwise


 sunevdj (1365), Copenhagen, Denmark
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/102/56/102/512/20
Feb 19, 2008  
On tap at Manukau Festival. Pours a hazy dark ellow with no head. Quite sweet with wheat sugary aromas. Slightly yeasty. Light flowery hints. Medium bodied. Soft to flat carbonation. Dry, flowery finish.




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