Nodding Head Ich Bin Ein Berliner Weisse

Brewed by Nodding Head Brewery
Style: Berliner Weisse
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania USA

This style is not for everyone, but I love it as a real thirst quencher in the hot summer months. I like it straight, without the woodruff or raspberry syrup. Very light body which is appropriate for the style. Citrus acidity in the taste and finish. It is really good beer. Multi-award winning Berliner. A couple of medals at GABF & 2006 World Beer Cup.

Nose is orange with a slight sour taste. Flavour keeps this up adding a real lemonade quality to it. Large dose of DMS on the finish, but is not undesirable.

This is a beer I have been wanting to try for a long time, luckily I finally got the chance to try this multiple times at GABF 2008. The beer is a very pale, gold color and it is topped by a fizzy, fairly quickly disappearing, pale-white colored head. The aroma is noticeably tart with a light funkiness to it that lurks just beneath. This has lots of wheat character that reminds me of freshly crushed wheat berries; it really does have a hearty, whole grain character to it that is a mix of freshly threshed grain and expressive wheat aromatics.

The taste is exquisitely refreshing and this is so light on the Palate. It has a light, not aggressive, but noticeable / dominant tartness to it that cuts through most of the other flavor components. This is perhaps not nearly as funky as I might prefer, that the tartness makes this fantastically drinkable. After my palate adjusts to the tartness I start to pick up a solid wheat note in the flavor that adds a nice, expressive, grassy-grain and cracker-like notes to the finish.

This is one of those beers I just kept coming back to, a great example of the style and its light, refreshing qualities (yet with lots of flavor) kept me coming back for a Palate refresher.

Extremely tart even with the raspberry flavoring added. And it was damn good. Tart citrusy flavors, lemon in my opinion, as well as a slight hop bite. I believe its my first of this style , and hopefully i get to try more.

ADDENDUM: Had this again last night and I still really like this beer. The addition of woodruff syrup sweetens things up. A little is nice but you don't want too much or you'll smother the refreshing tartness. Nice wheat character in the finish. ORIGINAL: a nice, tart (slightly sour), effervescent, super refreshing beer. Glad to see this style offered. Great with the 'green' syrup or by itself. Have it as an aperitif.

GABF 2008. Extremely pale, transparent, brassy gold color with a thin head of fizzy white. A pleasantly refreshing, tart, lactic wheatiness greets the nose. Hints of lemon. Very light bodied, crisply carbonated mouthfeel with a moderate acidity. Flavors of wheat and lemon with a moderate lactic tartness. Extremely light and quaffable, with exceptionally clean flavors. Refreshing. Closely resembles Berliner Kindl Weisse, but the flavors seem cleaner and fresher.

Without the wsyrup. Straw yellow pour with a creamy white head and lace. Nose of wheat and light lemon. Amazing tart apple like flavor. Very nice aggressive carbonation. An excellent beer nice apple like after taste very refreshing.

Clear pour w/ a white head. Tart and sweet aroma, almost champagne like, hints of alcohol and fruit. I think it’s fantastic. Well carbonated, coating palate. Nicely crisp tart fruits w/ a champagne like taste. This is fantastic, and is way underrated... IMO.