Elzacher Löwenbräu Der Weisse Löwe

Brewed by Löwenbrauerei Elzach
Style: German Hefeweizen
Elzach, Germany

Serve in Weizen

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

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.