Hebendanz Erstes Forchheimer Export Hefe-Weissbier

Brewed by Brauerei Hebendanz
Style: German Hefeweizen
Forchheim, Germany

Serve in Weizen

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Bottle: Hazy, golden to orangey coloured, smaller creamy lacing head, clumps of yeast visible; sweet nose: (mainly) bananas and lemons, cloves in the backyard; sweetish flavour with a very light fruity acidity, medium bodied, quite creamy mouthfeel; sweet-sourish fruity finish with a faint tartnee in the aftertaste. Well balanced, refreshing Weizen !

500 ml bottle. From bierzwerg.de.
Cloudy golden colour with small off-white head. Wheat, yeast, rubber and some sourish fruitiness in aroma. Flavour is wheat, wood, sourish fruitiness and yeast in flavour. Quite out of the ordinary Weißbier but I’m not completely sure if that’s a good thing. Get quite yeasty before the end of the glass.

Bottled (from landbierparadies.com). Hazy orange colour, not much head. Aroma is slightly yeasty herbal and hayish notes along with some sweet and bready malts, Flavour is sour wood, some wheat, mild tart fruityness as well as some yeast and mild acidic notes. A rather Berliner Weisse sour wheatbeer. Not sure if it’s intended or infected, but very Berliner Weisse like.

(bottle) pours a hazy golden colour with a rocky white head. aroma of wheat, pepper and light summer fruits, slightly grainy with a hint of clove, marzipan and caramel. flavour is smoother, with lots of caramel, peaches and wheat. medium-bodied with lively carbonation.

Pours a hazy yellow gold with a fading, initially puffy head. Nice clovey/banana impression on the nose, higher alcohols, savory wheat, and that’s about it, but all that’s really necessary for the style. The flavour is a bit milky and uncharacteristically sour. It’s got the general idea, but it’s just not that well executed. It tastes a little papery as well, so it may have spent a few minutes in direct sunlight. Uh oh, fusels. My head is starting to feel it already. The bitterness is hardy noble, but more solvent-like. The body is nice and full and very palatable. Meh, not all that great, but I need to reasses a non-photo-oxidized bottle.

50cl bottle. Hazy blond, white fine head. Well balanced clove and banana aroma with some vanilla as well. Tart and Spritzy in the mouth with some soft wheat and a touch of fruit. Needs some more spice carrying through the flavor. Well attenuated though.

Bottle. Sweet banana, orange, clove and wheat malt aroma. Cloudy pale yellow color with moderate head. Sweet banana, clove, and wheat malt flavor. Nice body - highly carbonated. Very nice.

Bottle @ Brugmansia/Fonefan Tasting, April 2010. Pours slight unclear yellow with a creamy lasting white head and lacings. Nose and flavor are yeast, orange and wheat. Very fruity flavor with a fair amount of hops and coriander. Dry end.

Bottle, 5.1%. Banana aroma. Cloudy yellow colour. Big stable white head. The flavour starts off sweetish, has a little burnt plastic, but no more than is tolerable. Some banana to the flavour as well. I imagine I can taste the old Hebendanz aroma hop, but that is probably just because I know it is a Hebendanz beer.

Cloudy with a foamy head. The aroma leans to the yeastier, wheatier side of things. Starts sweet, the becomes drier and yeastier later...a perfumey beginning begets a footy finish. Full body.

Bottle @ Annafest. Lively carbonation. Hazy warm yellow color with thick creamy white head. The aroma is fresh, floral and spicy. The palate is soft, juicy. Not sticky or yeasty. The flavors are dry, herbal. Perfumy. Enjoyably floral. Not to everyone’s taste but the perfume and flowers work for me.