Magnolia Half-Step Hefeweizen

Brewed by Magnolia Pub and Brewery
Style: German Hefeweizen
San Francisco, California USA

Serve in Weizen

Draft. An unclear golden beer with a thin lazing white head. The aroma has notes of wheat and some weird fruits between them I can detect mango and peaches. The flavor is sweet with nots of wheat and fruits - here oranges dominated, and leads to the dry and wheaty finish.

Sampled during RBSG 7/9/2009 on tap at the brewpub. This hefeweizen pours a hazy light gold color from the tap. Medium sized white foamy head. The aroma is banana and clove, fruity and sweet. A light to medium bodied hefeweizen. The malt are banana and clove, some wheat. The hops are earthy and floral. Nice balance. Nice soft mouthfeel and carbonation. Mouthfeel is full and round. Finish is clean and smooth. Aftertaste is slightly sweet and wheaty.

On tap. Hazy yellow with an off-white head leaving laces. Aroma dominated by yeast, but also some banana. Soft mouthfeel with a somewhat low carbonation. No bitterness as such. 090709

From tap at the brewpub. Pours hazy yellow with a small white head. Aroma is sweet fruity and estery to wheaty. Mild orange fruity and banana flavoured. Dry estery and phenolic flavoured into the finish.

Date: July 09, 2009
Mode: Draft
Source: Brewpub
Appearance: cloudy yellow, fine white head
Aroma: sweet banana aroma, light clove
Body: creamy body
Flavor: sweet banana flavor, light clove
Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 6/10; Palate: 7/10; Overall: 11/20
Rating: 3.1/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: *4

Draft @ the brewpub. Pours a hazy pale yellow color with a small white head. Has a wheat malty and slighlty spicy aroma with some hints of banana. Sweetish wheat malty flavor with some spicy hints. Has a sweetish wheat malty finish.