Leopold Brothers Hefeweisen

Formerly brewed at Leopold Brothers Brewery
Style: German Hefeweizen
Ann Arbor, Michigan USA

Serve in Weizen

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Very hazy, dimished muddy golden, smells is very nice -- good esters of light clove, body is weak -- slightly thin, and there’s a light sour that’s a bit out of place. An oily mud rests at the bottom of the glass. Props to my sis for bringing this one back from AA.

Strange, a couple summers ago, this beer tasted as the description said, with the banana and clove. Perhaps they mixed up our orders of Hefe and the new Wiezenbock, because the wiezen tasted more like I remembered the Hefe to be. Anyway, what I had was a cloudy light amber with little head. Aroma was nice and yeasty and citrusy and so was the flavour. Both this and the weizenbock were very sour, but with the fruity flavours in there, it actually worked kinda nice. Not much hops, medium-light body and flavour. It certainly is different, but I wonder how intentional all this sour beer is...

Lots of wheat/yeast in the nose with just a bit of citrus. The taste is bland and not really that exciting. Drinkable but for the lovers of Hefe this will be greatly dissapointing.

This was a weird one. Farmhouse-like aroma and flavor, but also like an extreme wit. Flavors of white grapes and coriander with a pasty, musty finish and a weird, high carbonation fizzy spiced wit flavor. Tart as well. Certainly unique.

Flavor: white grapes, honey, some grapefruit, no wheat flavors
Palate: smooth but bubbly, no real perceiveable body
Overall: not like a hefeweisen at all--more like a mead or white wine in both flavor, aroma, and palate. Very interesting though--very drinkable if you like meads/white wines.

Tap: This is one of the tartest hefeweizens I’ve ever had. It wasn’t hazy, it didn’t have a yeasty aroma. As far as I’m concerned that is near treasonous. Maybe they poured of the wrong tap or something, but I doubt it. This beer actually made me pucker. It looked like a bud light in the glass. Not again, unless they fix it.

Hopefully I just got a bad batch because this stuff was aweful. Poured completely flat, very yellow, like a vitamin piss, overpowering citrus/pear taste that leaves a rotten film on the back of your throat. Good thing it was given to me, as will the next one have to be in order for me to try again.

I saw this at the beer store today, and since Ann Arbor is semi-local, I figured I'd give it a try. Pours a dark yellow/orange, but is supprisingly clear for an unfiltered beer. Smells very yeasty... Has a slightly sour, and very sweet taste to it. A decent beer, but doesn't compare to Oberon.

leopolds is first off just a cool place to goto. Relatively impressed with this; had after a bells oberon at home and it was easily better. Good standard wheat appearance. The finish seemed a bit sour though.

Bottle. Leopold Brothers just started bottling some of their beer for distribution. It is a nice brewpub just up the street from where I currently live in Ann Arbor. This one is a real treat. It has the traditional cloudy wheat look with a white laced head. A yeasty aroma and a strong flavor for a wheat. It is not spicy, but instead goes for a thick balanced approach.