Live Oak Hefe Weizen

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

On tap at the Gingerman in Fort Worth, TX. Cloudy gold with a small white head. Aroma is of banana, clove and wheat. Taste is of banana and wheat.

Growler from JW77. Weird beer. Yeasty and lemony with an odd perfume note. Both in the aroma and flavor. I am wondering if this was oxidized? Not sure, but it wasn’t too good.

I always thought Franzikaner Hefe would be the best hefe ever. Turns out that on a side by side comparison in Austin, TX, I chose Live Oak. The beer greets you with a slightly abundant sulphur smell. This is not a smell that I usually would enjoy on a beer. For this one, I cannot explain why - but it works and works really well! The rest of the aroma brings in clove and a bit of banana. The banana and clove follow throughout the the taste and with an ample amount of carbonation. Delicious. The mouth is left slightly bitter wanting another sip. This beer makes me happy.

Growler courtesy of stopbarking. Pours a hazy amber with a nice white head. Smells of citrus, coriander, ginger. Tastes of bananas, citrus, spice. Nice, but lacking the slight tartness I’m used to in a hefeweizen.

draft, great golden pulpy color with tight foam, aroma has a lot of bubble gum, flavor is good wheaty banana and spices, well balanced very drinkable, when are they going to bottle this stuff?

Pours a hazy gold like an unfiltered honey with a noce frothy white head; nice lacing. Aroma is more bubblegum than banana here. Flavor is hard to pin down other than the expected wheat notes; fruity without being sweet at all. Long, cleansing astringency. Good body.

6/1/09 notes: on tap at Draught House in Austin. Pours beautiful yellow orange with a white head. Aroma is full of clove primarily, followed by banana, bubble gum and apricot. Flavor starts off with strong, flavorful banana, then kicks into spices and ripe pear. Really a wonderful hefe. Palate is smoother than most, some might even call it under-carbonated for the style, but all in all the feel of this beer is soft as to allow all the flavorful full attention. One of my favorite hefeweizens I’ve tried.

on tap at gingerman. poured a hazy yellow with white head and lacing. aroma of lemon, clove. flavor was the same with the addition of banana. body was medium with low to medium carbonation.