Einhorn Hefeweizen

Einhorn Beer Company
Brewed at Skyscraper Brewing Company
Style: German Hefeweizen
San Luis Obispo, California USA

Serve in Weizen

A: The beer pours a slightly cloudy golden orange color with a finger of white head. S: Definitely has some spice notes to it. Quite a lot of clove and actually some banana notes to it as well. There is a touch of spiced/mulled cider in there and sweet bread and malt aromas. T: The flavor is a bit bland, but generally unoffensive. Mostly bready malt with a little bit of grass and citrus peel. Clove flavors are present as is some banana. A touch light/watery on the finish. M: Light to medium bodied with medium to high carbonation. O: Certainly not the worst American hefeweizen, but there are plenty of much better examples out there.

31-Jan-11 (12-oz bottle: Purchased 03-Nov-10 for $1.39 at Total Wine & More in Tustin, CA) This is not one of the better examples of a hefeweizen, and frankly, it’s pretty poor. The beer pours hazy amber, so it’s quite a bit darker than expected, and the fleeting head is barely more than a bubbly, wafer-thin layer that dissipates quickly and completely. The doughy, papery nose is heavy on the clove with a bit less contribution from ripe banana, but the aroma also exhibits traces of acetone and vinegar. The flavor is decidedly doughy, bready and papery, and the clove is quite strong relative to other flavors such as the hint of banana. Medium in body with medium, but prickly carbonation. Overall, this is not enjoyable at all. There is no bottling date on the bottle, so there’s no telling how old the beer is, but it doesn’t taste especially fresh. At least, I’m hoping that’s the case. In either case, the brewery needs to put bottling dates on the product so consumers and retailers alike can identify old beer.

Bottle from Total Wine. Pours with a only a lightly hazed gold body and a quick to fade white head. Aromas of banana, brash clove, vanilla and dill pickle brine (acidic/vinegar/dill/garlic). Flavor is bad. Rotten garbage, cotton balls, umami, dill, orange, vinegar. Pretty poorly made (at least in this form). Acidic finish. Lively bubbles. Not a fan to say the least.

This one doesn’t quite do the trick for me. Not enough banana and clove in here. It’s there at the bottom (so to speak) but otherwise a little on the too subtle side.

Pours a cloudy orange with small white head and has notes of banana. Flavors of banana, citrus, and clove hit the palate and has a light bitter finish. Not too shabby.

Bottle; poured a dark gold/amber with a small and quickly diminishing white head. Aroma of clove and herbs predominantly; some wheat and caramel. Didn’t really catch any banana in there. Flavor was really weird for the style, and quite honestly not very good. Seemed more honey than wheat. Some spice and medicine. Didn’t come close to finishing.

hazy dark golden color/ fleeting white head. Citrusy banana mild tart wheat aromas. Medium body. taste is citrusy orange, banana, with mild nuts and smoke, tart wheat. not bad.

12 oz bottle from Sandy’s Liquors. Nose of lemony citrus hops, banana, and yeasty white bread. Cloudy yellow with a medium, lightly lacing, pale yellow head. Flavor is very peppery and and little tart with some background banana. Not a great hefe.