Elzacher Löwenbräu Der Weisse Löwe

Brewed by Löwenbrauerei Elzach
Style: German Hefeweizen
Elzach, Germany

Serve in Weizen

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Bottle, bought at the brewery shop. Blonde, cloudy, foamy head. Banana, milk and clove in the aroma. Banana flavor, wheaty and somewhat yeasty. Light herbal bitter aftertaste.

Amber coloured and hazy with a big and stable head. Smell of yeast, clove and a little banana. Yeasty taste, a bit fruity, again clove and a bit of banana. Slightly malty, low bitterness, full body and fizzy.

Bügelverschlußflasche (kindly donated by Quack-Duck!): Deep golden, hazy, big and stable creamy white head, bubble-gum and raspberries in thesweetish-wheaty nose; moderate sweet-sourish flavour, very soft ad creamy, pretty slim; slightly increasing - but still mild - bitterness in the sweetish-fruity finish. A nice Weizen......

(swing top bottle, courtesy of Quack-Duck) Cloudy, golden colour with a blond and huge foamy head. Yeasty, slightly dusty wheat-malty aroma with shy notes of banana and strong phenolic spicy notes. Moderately sweet flavour, light to medium bodied with a modest carbonation for a Hefeweizen. Wheaty and moderately banana-fruity taste with clovy notes showing up quite early and lingering into the mildly sweet finish. A tad to spicy for my liking. 04.IV.12

Bottle 33cl, a cloudy golden-orange beer with huge creamy head. Nose is intense on banana, pineapple and fresh bread. Aroma is malty / weizen but dry with almond notes, finish is short and grainy, less complex as expected, interesting aroma but body is a bit watery.

My Bottom Line :
This cohesive Weizen showcases bananas, cloves and wheat bread until an earthy, herbal bitterness dries up the finish.

Further Personal Perceptions :
-A creamy veil of foam laces all around the cloudy orangey blond.
-Apple skin allusions add depth.
-A quenching tartness makes the beer even more drinkable.
-The frothy effervescence and relative dryness make this feel lighter than your average Weizen.
-Some minerals appear in the finish.

Bottle.

0.33L swing-top bottle - labeled Kleiner Löwe since it’s a smaller bottle). Banana, peach, clove, and wheat malt. Cloudy amber color with giant white head. Sweet banana, orange, light clove and wheat malt flavor. Body a bit watery. Not bad - a bit light.

Bottle 500ml @ fonefan
Pours cloudy golden with a white head. Aroma has notes of wheat and floral hops. Taste is light bitter with a dry ending. Texture is watery with moderate carbonation.

Bottle @ Southern/Western Denmark Tasting, Ulfborg. Pours hazy yellow with a small creamy white head. Wheat, banana and yeast. Quite sweet. Medium to thin palate.

Bottle, 5.0%. Bubble gum aroma. Cloudy yellow colour. Small stable white head. The flavour is a bit sweet with some bubble gum. Not sugary. Some wheat mouthfeel and a little sourish graininess in the finish.

Bottle. Golden with small white head. Flavour is malt, wheat, banana and spices.