Live Oak Hefe Weizen

Brewed by Live Oak Brewing Company
Style: German Hefeweizen
Austin, Texas USA

On tap. Pours a nice yellow/ light golden color with a small oily head. Nose is clove an banana but it is a very understated aroma. Taste is extremely well balanced and has nice light wheaty taste, that is rounded out by a lemon and sour finish. When lemon was added it brought out the taste even more which is rare for me to do but as an experiment I tried it and the flavor really blossoms.

Yellowish cloudy gold color and smells very strongly of wheat, with some banana and clove, even more so than most hefeweizens. Taste is big and flavorful, bubble gummy, smooth and refreshing yet hearty and wheaty. For the style I can tell this is well done, very flavorful and a good beer all around. If you like the style, I think you’ll love this one.

Sampled on tap at the Fort Worth Ginger Man. Slightly cloudy, pale yellow pour, small white head. Huge banana nose! A small of clove underneath. Crisp, light, refreshing body – active carbonation. Flavor is dominated by the banana notes, spiciness comes out as it warms.

At Flying Saucer San Antonio. Tried this one while visiting from California. I had been looking forward to this one for a while. I was so hoping that I would like this one as much as the ratings suggest. Well, as soon as the bartender brought the pint over, I was a little worried. Absolutely no head whatsover, but that’s the way beer gets served to you most of the time. Ok, no big deal. But then the appearance. A slight orange tint, but not much haziness and easy to look through the glass, too easy! Ok, lets take a whiff. Ah, much better. The banana, clove, bubblegum aroma was there, and fairly strong. Very promising. Let’s taste this thing already. Mmm, very nice. A good sour kick, with the flavors that make a good hefe. Well, so where does this leave me? I was very happy with the aroma and taste of this beer. Although the appearance was lacking for me compared to other great hefes, I feel this one came through in the end. I’m glad I finally had the opportunity to try it.

On tap. Hazy, orangish color. Banana and some citrus on the nose. Very crisp taste. Lots of citrus. Nice.

On tap at the Flying Saucer Addison. Hazy, yeasty, bright yellow color. Nose is evident from across the table. Very fresh beer. Banana, wheaty, some spiciness. A very refreshing beer and one of, if not the best Hefeweizen on the market.

Tap at Alamo Drafthouse. Cloudy golden. Aroma of cloves, yeast. Wheaty flavor with pine hops with citrus.

On tap at the Flying Saucer. Poured a hazy golden color typical to most Hefeweizens. Smelled of bananas and cloves. The flavor was a bit lacking. I found it to be quite bland and felt that it absolutly NEEDED the slice of lemon it came with (when I normally prefer a hefe w/o the lemon). As someone stated before, it felt pretty thin in the mouth. It was decent, but if I am going to have a hefeweizen I will look elsewhere.