3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
22 oz. bottle from grocery. Pale yellow pour with medium carbonation and a minimal head. Smells of banana and some wheat. Strong citrus/banana flavors with some sweetness. Nice finish with a bit of fizz. I like it.
3.5 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 17/20
On tap at Venti’s South. Crisp and well carbonated. Citrus and cloves balanced with a candy sweetness. Finish is dry with a touch of spice.
4.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
This hefeweizen is light and refreshing. Citrus notes in the middle replace the banana and bubble gum flavors so prevalent in the style. This pushes El Jefe solidly into the category of American wheat beer. It's probably my second favorite American wheat beer, behind Boulevard Wheat.
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3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
On tap @ Wallingford Pizza House. Pours cloudy straw yellow. Aroma is light spice and citrus. Taste is tart wheat, crisp hops, light citrus, clove spice, and a clean dry finish. Light and delicious. Perfect with a lemon slice. Hale’s kinda flies under the radar in Seattle, but has the occasional gem like this.
2.5 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 9/20
From tap at the brewpub. Pours hazy yellow with a small white head. Aroma is dry estery wheaty. Dry and estery. Simple wheaty, loads of estery banana notes.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Tap @ brewpub. Cloudy, whitish yellow appearance with a foamy white head. Yeasty, banana, clove, pale wheat malty nose. Fairly crisp, dry, moderate banana, light clove, yeasty, light wheat flavor. Ok hefeweizen.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Hazy dark golden color/ white head. Nice tart wheat, clove, banana aromas. Medium bodied. Dry side tart wheat flavors with a mild banana clove spicy sweetness.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Was great. Poured nice a smooth with a malty light head. Smell was like a German hefe. Which was impressive, great for a Seattle beer
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Colour: cloudy yellow and orange mix. Nose: Salty butter, very ripe barley, fruit basket. Taste: Pineapple and grapefruit all over!, very tart, late mellow barley. One of the most puckering beers I’ve tasted, surprisingly tolerable though.
2.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 10/20
Spicy aroma. Nearly no head. Very clear fluorescent yellow. Lengthy sour finish but not overpowering. Not my favorite style, but would drink again.
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