Midnight Sun Old Whiskers Hefeweizen

Brewed by Midnight Sun Brewing Company
Style: German Hefeweizen
Anchorage, Alaska USA

Serve in Weizen

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UPDATED: SEP 14, 2005 (22 oz bottle: $3 at Midnight Sun Brewing Co. in Anchorage, AK) I can tell just by the aromatics from simply pouring the beer that this isn’t your garden variety hefeweizen. The strong presence of spices immediately becomes apparent with the first sniff of this highly aromatic beer. Yes, there’s clove, but also some other spices I can’t identify, and it’s making me hungy. Also a bit of stinky feet and a modest tartness. Spices once again aren’t shy in the flavor -- ginger, lemon peel, and coriander are jumping out -- with a very light wheat maltiness as a base, and a moderate citrusy tartness in the finish. I think there’s a touch of orange citrus, or maybe that’s orange peel, but I’m definitely picking up hints of it here and there. But I’m getting no banana in this beer at all unless maybe if I close my eyes and imagine really hard. Nope, that’s not even working. Light bodied, perfectly carbonated, and very clean, tingly and refreshing on the palate. The disappointing color is pale straw, and the beer is more hazy than actually cloudy, but given how light the malt component is, I guess the pale color isn’t surprising. A small, white head settles to a ring, but leaves plenty of patchy lacing on the glass. If it’s supposed to be a German Hefeweizen, I’d like some banana esters in the beer, but as it is, it comes across as a very spicy cross between and American and Belgian Wheat to me. But it’s still a very tasty and refreshing brew, and because of the clean, spicy flavor, I can keep drinking this beer without palate fatigue, so it truly seems perfect for a hot summer Alaskan day (and yes, they do have them).

Bottle. Bright clear golden color, scant white edge head. Aroma of banana bubblegum and heavy clove. Taste is up front clove, citrus. Average.

Gold in color with a large white head. Aroma is of wheat and fruit. Taste is of citrus, wheat and yeast.

Bottle:   Dirty golden, pale haze, moderate white head, frothy, fairly decent lacing.   Faint banana, clove, and bubblegum.   Not too shabby in the nose department.   Better than most American examples.   A little more mealy than wheaty on the tongue, but does retain some clove and banana.   Not too heavy, a little lighter.   At least not as filling or heavy as many German examples.   Seems fairly clean, exit is balance between wheatiness and a mealy sort of flavor.   Some dirty ice water like flavors linger tho after the finish.   You know, kinda like sucking on an icicle thats hanging off the roof, yeah that.   Its actually better than I expected though.

Golden color beer with a huge pillowy off white head. Light floral nose with some spice. Flavors of the traditional banana, clove and bitter orange peel flavors. It is an okay hefe.

Bomber. Poured a light yellow, slightly cloudy with a full thick white head. Peppery aroma. I can’t discern any banana or clove notes. Taste is straight up malt/wheat and pepperiness. Prickly mouthfeel with a crisp finish. Chucks of yeast. Decent.

Super hazy golden coloured body with orange highlights and a thick tan head - looks nice! Aroma of coriander seed, curacao, wheat, cardboard and a bit of sugars. Light-bodied; Sharp pungent wheatie flavour with some yeast, curacao, malt, sugar and citrus flavours coming through. Aftertaste is very mild, with only wheat tastes noticeable and a hint of citrus sugars. Overall, a decent beer, and a decent hef, but nothing special and really nothing to buy - especially when there are so many other better options from the brewery! I sampled this 65 cL bottle purchased on 23-June-2010 from Brown Jug in Anchorage, Alaska sampled in Seward, Alaska on 27-June-2010.

Old Whiskers Hefeweizen--2001 22 oz. Bottle. 5.00% ABV. (4.0 / 5.0) Light spicy Belgian wheat front. Hazy lemon golden color. Spicy crisp wheat favor. Spiciness mellows with sediment. Medium rich wheat citrus body. Clean end. Bavarian Belgian flavor. Medium maltiness. Nice. Sampled 3/16/2001.

Bomber; pours bright gold with faint haze and trace white head; stale lemons, mild wheat aromas; flavors of a little clove, banana and lemony stale wheat; grainy texture with faint sourness; pretty simple overall and quite light on the wheat; smooth and drinkable

22 oz. bottle shared by shigadeyo. Pours a slightly hazy golden color with a small white head. The nose is crisp, fruity, grassy, yeasty with a small amount of clove. The flavor has a fresh fruity lemon zest upon a toasted bready malt base. The finish is dry with mild spices. Medium bodied and average at best.

(22oz bottle, courtesy of AmEricanBrew) Pours a lightly hazy yellow body with a moderate white head. Aroma of wheat, lemon, florals, and banana. Flavor of wheat, citrus, banana, and light clove.