Edelweiss Weissbier Dunkel

Brewed by Hofbräu Kaltenhausen (Brau Union)
Style: Dunkelweizen
Hallein, Austria

Serve in Stein, Weizen

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(bottle) Hazy, brown colour with a huge tanned foamy head. Slightly sweet and sourish citrus-fruity aroma with notes of banana and a delicate toasty elements and moderate spicy, mostly clovy phenols in the background. Mildly sourish flavour, light to medium bodied with a lively carbonation. Fruity malty and moderately wheaty taste with clovy spices towards the slightly tart and minimal bitter finish (13.VIII.09).

Vom Fass @Bieramt, Wien. Unclear dark amber. Dense tanned head. Perfumey fruit aroma, some banana and hint of yeast. Mellow, light sweet and wheaty malt flavor. Pretty nice fruitiness, yellow fruits and mild citrus. Mid-bodied. Very soft in the mouth. Fruity endnotes. Harmonious and easy on the palate.

UPDATED: APR 30, 2012 Bottle from Austria. Poured pale brown colour with realatively stable pale white head. Banana and hefe in the nose, some roasted malt, moderate aroma. Mild, silky taste, though it has a strong banana feel with some dark traces. light bitter. A very good one from Kaltenhausen, I like this one much better than the average Edelweiss hefe.

Pours brown deep orange reddish cloudy, with white rocky head. Aromas are banan, vanilla, nuts.. Palate is slick, medium bodied and fizzy, watery carbonation lively, crispy. Taste is sweetish, roast malty, with notes wheat and dryness. Finish is medium long, fruity with plums and mild end. Average Weissbier, mild, and thinly textured. Drinkable.

UPDATED: FEB 14, 2012 Tap at the Dublin pub, Herzliya. Pours hazy copper-brown with a big white head. Nose: ripe-rotten banana, caramel and some sourness. Mouth - overly sour. beer probably gone bad. Light body, thankfully shirt finish. To be re-tasted, re-rated. 8/5/4/2/8=2.7 Tap at Little Prague, Tel Aviv. Pours clear brown with a dense, tan head. Aroma: malt, ripe banana, subtle bubblegum.Gently sour and bitter. Smooth, thin body, mild carbonation, medium finish. 8/4/7/4/14=3.7

spruce, coffee, basement aromas, clove, rocky head, clear, black, brown, brown foam, medium sweetness, medium bitterness, medium sourness, medium body, sticky, soft carbonation,

UPDATED: FEB 13, 2012 Bottle in Vienna. Hazy brown colour with an off white head. Wheat, caramel and light fruity aroma. Moderate sweet wheat flavour. Light banana, caramel and slight fruity.

Bottle. Hazy dark amber/brown colour with a nice white head. Aroma and flavour of raosted malt, spice and fruit.

500ml Bottle. Appearance is copper-brown color with medium, foamy tan head. Aroma is pleasant with strong spice element with hints of fruit. Taste has a strong roasted grain and wheat base along with some fruit notes and a strong spice character. There’s some unpleasant earthiness and mineral taste that’s present. Palate is medium-bodied, smooth texture, average carbonation, and a weak, somewhat bitter finish. An okay Dunkelweizen but nothing to write home about.

Clear dark orange / light amber color. About 2cm vast white head. Smell malts, grains and banana. Taste sweet, malts and wheat. Low carbo and body.

Pours hazy brown with a medium head. Aroma is some malts and sweet banana. Flavor is malts, banana, wheat and some alcohol. Quite nice dunkelweizen.