DC Brau El Hefe Speaks!

Brewed by DC Brau Brewing Company
Style: German Hefeweizen
Washington DC, Washington DC USA

Serve in Weizen

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A-spot in German Hefe aroma with a slight sweetness T-nice wheat base with a slight caramel. Appearance is the nice cloudy gold you look for with a 1" white head that didn’t last long. A little dry after its fine

Can->weizen. Cloudy gold with huge frothy white head. Aroma: wheat, citrus, banana. Taste: banana and wheat with some spice notes.

Bottle. Golden with no head. Aroma of banana yeast esters and dusty wheat. Nilar taste, a little sticky. Too Much banana

bottle at home ... light hazy amber ... small white head ... soft floral lemon ... light banana nose ... sweet zezty banana ... soft floral hop ... ligth bananna ... nice and easy

22 fl oz bottle. Pours clear and golden yellow with a small white head. Aroma is estery and light phenolic. Dry, estery and banana to cloves estery. Bitter and dry estery. Banana finish.

On draft at Churchkey in D.C. The beer is hazy and yellow hued, with a half inch of fluffy, white head that leaves some decent lacing on the glass. The aroma is pleasant, but understated, even weak. Fortunately, the flavor picks up the slack a bit. Nice balance, with soft wheat malt and light notes of banana and clove. This beer really shines in the mouthfeel category. Creamy, soft, and smooth, this brew goes down effortlessly. Overall, a solid brew. It’s a good omen to see more quality brews emerging from our relatively new local brewery. Serving type: on-tap Reviewed on: 09-03-2011

22 ounce bottle
Thanks to tastybeer for sharing this during an impromptu tasting. This is a fine example of a light summer beer that is about halfway along the spectrum of banana and yeast. I don’t know if it is a one off or a seasonal but check it out anyways.

Aroma / Appearance - A cloudy orange body shimmers with light. A clean crisp white head is bright like white frosting. Sweet oranges and banana esters provide a tangy bite that feels like whipped ice cream.

Flavor / Palate - Orange creamsicle, yeast, banana nut bread, and chocolate chips sweeten the palate before a dry finish that offers yeasty promises. This is the sort of thing I think of when someone says German hefeweizen even if it comes from the East Coast of the United States.

Location: 22 oz bottle from jcos, 9/3/12

Aroma: The aroma has banana and citrus fruit, a good amount of spice/clove, wheat, and yeast
Appearance: It pours a cloudy golden-orange color with a small white head and no lace
Flavor: The taste has a lot of traditional hefeweizen sweetness, with a nice amount of balancing spice
Palate: The body is medium (though it feels fuller for this style) with a fairly tingly carbonation
Overall Impression: To me this was a more then solid example of the German Hefe style. It is drinkable and refreshing. I really didn’t find any major qualms, but at the same time, I didn’t find all that much to make it a standout beer.

Bottle. Pour is cloudy orange, big white head, very good retention/lace. Aroma of banana, bubblegum, light clove, grassy, citrus. Taste is banana, bubblegum, wheat, dough; a bit sweet. Palate is dry, soft, slick. Good.

Bottle, 07/22/2012. Pours cloudy yellow orange, sparse bubbly head. Aroma of clove, banana and bubblegum, nice wheat underpinning. Taste has clove, more of a citrus character, light banana and mild wheat finish. Light palate, goes down easy.