Flying Dog In-Heat Wheat Hefeweizen

Brewed by Flying Dog Brewery
Style: German Hefeweizen
Frederick, Maryland USA

Golden color with large foamy head. Fruity aroma. Sweet malty taste. Probably one of the better Hefeweizen beers I’ve had since it didn’t taste like banannas.

12oz bottle. Pours a hazy pale amber with a thin head and little carbonation. Aroma is fruity with scents of banana, hoppy citrus, and some spices along with earthier hints of malt and yeast. Aroma is surprisingly full and malty with a taste of banana, malt, and spice giving way to a long fruity finish. Too sweet of a hefe for my taste, but the full body still makes for a pleasant brew.

Fairly middle of the road. Murky golden pour. aroma of malt and bananas. Sweet taste with no bitterness.

Bottle. Metallic aroma, sharp lemon citrus. Cloudy appearance. High carbonation, decent frothy white head. Jeez, extremely high in carbonation. Did it just shoot to my brain? Second gulp. Better but still very gassy. Sweet ale. Tangy but with not much flavour. I found this beer weak and thin. Its like a chameleon, changes as you drink it. Much better once its settled down.

Pretty standard hef here. Some banana and clove flavors but not a whole lot. Flavor is dry. Goes down easy.

smell of greatness. the taste is well also mmm not to shabby in a way i taste a lil beans and weiners... I always taste a little bit of that in hefe’s.

cloudy, golden amber, not good head. kinda citrus in aroma, but nothing inviting about the scent. light bodied, slight carbonation at first, and goes down smooth. slight apricot/ citrus flavor.

12 oz bottle purchased at Holiday Wine Cellar. You got to admit, the bottle label is hilarious, but if not at least it made me laugh. Anyways, the hefe poured as a gloomy and vibrant glowing whitish yellow and was topped by a fat pillow of dissipating foam. The aroma had a pleasant scent of yeast accustomed to German hefeweizen’s with the notice of strong banana, clove and light herbal spices but it also had a soapy nose that made reminded me this was an American made hefe. In the flavor, I find a big spice profile that is unique and adds a firm backbone of personality to this brew. The flavor just completely shocked me since I wasn’t expecting such bold and distinguished yeast/ spice flavor and the well paired wheat flavor, but that’s indeed what I found. The only complaint I have, is that this beer wasn’t made available to me during the hot dreaded summer days instead of the cool temperatures of autumn.