FireHouse Hefeweizen

Brewed by FireHouse Grill & Brewery
Style: Wheat Ale
Sunnyvale, California USA

Serve in Shaker, Weizen

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Sampler perched at the bar of the brewpub, 31/08/12, scribbling notes like a lunatic in retractable pencil on a scrap of paper. Grey-apricot haze skimmed with white. Lactic-edged, milky banana aroma. Farley’s rusk dunked in banana milk and lemondrop character. Not a classic but perfectly drinkable.

I’m glad this is classified as a wheat ale instead of hefeweizen. It stands up much better in a style without as much expectations. The pour is cloudy yellow, and it has a pleasantly crisp wheat character, a slightly tart middle and a lemon peel finish. A little doughy, and I did pick up some slight buttery diacetyl, but overall it was a nice refreshing wheat ale. No spicy yeast flavors to speak of at all.

Hazy yellow colour. DMS, dirty dishwater and diacetyl. Watery palate. There’s very few redeeming qualities to this one.

Draught at the brewpub. Hazy blond with a white head. Spicy nose with a hint of banana and wheat. A little sweet, but a good ester profile that has a nice mix of subtle clove and banana. Restrained, but still plenty of character. Low on the hops, but that’s to be expected. Highly carbonated and light in body. Pretty good hef.

On tap. Pours a cloudy opaque golden with an off-white head. Sweetish fruity nose - but not very bananaish. Medium body, sweet fruit with only a discreet edge of yeast. Dry finish, OK as such, just not very Hefe-like. 250709

From tap at the brewpub. Pours murky yellow with a small white head. Aroma is mild citric, light wheaty. Mild wheaty and subdued estery fruity flavoured. Light bitterness into a dry wheaty and slight phenolic finish.

Date: July 12, 2009
Mode: Draft
Source: Brewpub
Appearance: cloudy dark yellow with a light orange hue, fine white head, solid lace
Aroma: light wheat aroma with a light spicynss
Flavor: lightly sweet wheat flavor, touch of sweet fruit with the slightest hint of banana
Aroma: 4/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 4/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 8/20
Rating: 2.3/5.0
Drinkability: 6/10
Score: *+/4

Draft at the brewpub. An unclear dark golden beer with a thin white head. The aroma is sweet and dominated by wheat but also light notes of banana and fruity esters. The flavor is sweet with notes of wheat and light notes of citrus, leading to a lightly dry wheaty finish. The body is on the light side.

pours a clear yellow with a small white head. some lemon, not a lot going on. but easy to drink

First of, this is not a German Hefe, it is and American wheat all the way though. Hazy yellow with white head. Smell and taste of wheat. There is no banana / clove nots of the German style. As an American Wheat it is very good. No problems at all, clean and nice overall.