Pearl Street El Hefe

Brewed by Pearl Street Brewery
Style: German Hefeweizen
La Crosse, Wisconsin USA

Serve in Weizen

Tapper was a light gold with foamy head that faded to a nice lacing. Aroma of malts and cloves. Taste was similar - a typical hefe with clove and banana hints and mild hopping. Palate was OK. Overall, a fairly average hefe.

Pours a light yellow with no head and a strong alcohol aroma. Flavor has a touch of banana and lemon and not much else. Water. Do not recommend. I wonder if the beer is old?

This beer is really pretty decent, but still nothing much to it. I like some more complexity.

Bottle - Pours slightly hazy golden amber with a small fluffy white head. Lightly spicy clove mingles with a touch of lemon and a just a bit of bubble gum. Very subdued and not as pungent as the great examples of hefes I’ve had. Taste is a bit of banana, sweet wheat, and a touch of clove and nuttiness (?). Nice and full-bodied with some zesty carbonation. Not as terrible as some of these reviews, but certainly not great.

Not good. Whether they used a Bavarian strain or not this beer is limp and watery and not true to style.

Light yellow color with a thin white head. Slightly sour aroma with a hint of bananas. Flavors of wheat, yeast and cloves with a moderatly tart finish. This brew has high carbonation but lacks the cloudy appearance of a traditional hefeweizen.

Pours a clear, very light amber. Initially abundant, quickly fading beige head. Aroma mostly carbonic, with some pale malt and a twist of citrus. Flavor similar, banana tinged wheat beer. Has a note of clove spiciness that comes off as somewhat chemical. Medium body, somewhat flat on the palate.

I like cloudy, banana, bubble gummy Hefe, and this is not one. Seemed closer to an American Wheat Ale