Erdinger Festweiße

Brewed by Erdinger Weissbräu
Style: German Hefeweizen
Erding, Germany

Serve in Weizen

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Bottle as Erdinger Oktoberfest Weissbier. Hazy medium amber orange color with a average to large, frothy, good lacing, fully lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate yeasty, yeast, light caramel / toffee. Flavor is moderate sweet with a average duration. Body is medium, texture is watery, carbonation is soft to flat. A bit borring not a bock and not a weisse bier ! (071007)

Dark yellow slightly unclear beer with a very beutiful head. The aroma is faint but of fruit and wheat. The flavor is fresh, slightly sour as wheatbeers with malted wheat usually is - but this is only slight. It has a distinct wheat flavor - the alcohol doesn’t show in the flavor. Probably the strongest wheatbeer I’ve ever tasted. A very nice and refreshing beer.

(Bottle 33 cl) Comes as "Erdinger Oktoberfest Weizen". Lightly hazy amber golden with a delicate, creamy head. Malty, soft lightly caramelish aroma. Extremely smooth mouthfeel. Light, malty flavour with some wheaty notes, but without the typical notes of citrus and banana normally found in a Hefe. Lacks a bit of personality, but still this is an interesting and pleasant brew. 131005

50 cL bottle as Oktoberfest Weissbier. Pours hazy golden orange with a huge and creamy off-white head. Aroma is of wheat and somewhat malty. Creamy texture. Flavour is wheaty with a decent caramel malt base. Dry wheaty notes but not really with esters as such as the caramel/biscuit malt seems to take that out. Medium dry finish.

Bottled (as Oktoberfest Weissbier, thanks omhper!). Deep hazy golden colour, big creamy beige head. Aroma is wheat, hops and some malts. Flavour is malts, hops and wheat in a quite obscure mix. Very experimental, and drinkable.

UPDATED: JAN 29, 2008 Bottled (as Erdinger Oktoberfest Weißbier). Cloudy pale orange, brief head. Aroma of plastic. Sweet with hard, sparkling mouthfeel. Some very light clove character, but mostly plastic. Whea and vanilla hides behind. No bitterness. Simplistic and pointless. None of the refreshing characteristics the real hefeweizens have. Typical Erdinger.

Draught at Bishops Arms, Norra Vallgatan, Malmö. Hazy yellow coloured with a medium sized white head. Fruity aroma of caramel with notes of spices and marzipan. Fruity flavour of caramel with notes of spices, yeast, hops and marzipan. Hoppy finish. Quite unusual german hefe.

Bottle. Golden colour. Boring flavour... of wheat, I guess. OK mouthfeel.

Date: 10/13/2005
Mode: Bottle
Source: Wild Wing Cafe, Marietta

light malt aroma, huge out of control head, light malt flavor with slight sweetness, nice touch of carmel character
-------- /> Date: 10/23/2006
Words: Bottle
Words: Tasting

opaque light orange, fine white head, traces of lace, light malt aroma with a hint of banana, creamy body, nice malt flavor, nice sweet banana finish, easy to drink but not a whole lot of flavor or character,
-------- /> Date: 05/19/2007
Words: Bottle
Words: Tasting

hazy dark gold, fine white head, drippy lace, sweet bready malt aroma, rich malt flavor, touch of munich sweetness, light wheat character,

Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 6/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 11/20
Rating: 3/5.0
Drinkability: 8/10
Score: *4

Cloudy gold with full white lasting head. Wheat & banana - light sweetness. Lively carbonation. Dry end. Very close to the regular Erdinger, a bit more muddy perhaps!