 Beershine (1059), Miami Beach, Florida, USA
May 12, 2008
Draught, Miami location. Murky brownish-yellow and sludgy-looking. Slight diacetyl sourness, vanilla, and bubble gum. Flavors include an interesting hint of smoke. Sweet with lots of banana, candy, bubble gum. Sticky, thick palate. Too sweet, not good.
carruthm (218), USA
Jul 2, 2008 Standard visual and aroma for a german hefe, much in the vain of a franzikaner, but the taste packs a wallop of flavor with banana spices in a more muted tone than the franz it provides a better balance.
puzzl (1625), New York, New York, USA
Jun 19, 2008 Tap at the DC brewpub. Nice clove and black pepper in the aroma, good wheat. Very lemony flavor with muddled, muddy malt. A bit of pepper here too, but with too much fruit. The pour is way off on this for a hefe. A bit sour, too, oddly enough. A miss.
JoeMcPhee (3614), Jackson Heights, New York, USA
Jun 14, 2008 Tap at the DC location. Cloudy yellow orange with a thick creamy head. The aroma is very wheaty and light bananaish. A bit of melon and soft wheaty spiciness as well. Not a lot of clove. Flavour is okay with a prominent tartness. Light banana fruitiness and a crisp wheaty acidity. Fairly light-bodied but with it over 100 degrees right now, I’ll talke it.
Oakes (6776), Miami Beach, Florida, USA
Jun 11, 2008 Dark tan colour and cloudy. Big banana with light spice and autolyzed yeast. Sweet and soft with an appley, clovey character. Underpinning of sweet malt and a hint of wheaty tartness. The finish is a bit cloying. I respect where they’re going here but I don’t know that I like it.
theisti (951), Leawood, Kansas, USA
Jun 8, 2008 .5 L draft at the Gordon Biersch Power and Light District - Kansas City. This was enjoyed on the patio on a nice summer afternoon with people watching a plenty (Rock Fest was that day - I’m glad I don’t have daughters. Seriously). Pour is cloudy cheddar cheese [tm] orange with a bunch of floaties and a pretty white head. Aroma of banana, wheat and bubble gum. Had a pretty generic "Hefe" nose. Taste reveals some citrus tartness, then the banana, wheat and bubble gum. Some spice and clove also is evident. Palate is medium, tough still crisp and refreshing. This was a nice warm day patio beer.m
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