Pinkus Hefe Weizen

Brewed by Brauerei Pinkus Müller
Style: German Hefeweizen
Münster, Germany

Serve in Weizen

(Draught) cloudy yellow color, white frothy head, looks nice and great lacing. Nose of spices, light lemon, clean, but lacking any real character. Taste matches what the nose shows, clean, lightly spicy, bready, very little lemon, banana, or other typical hefeweizen characteristics. Just sort of bland. Easy to drink, but not enough of what I want in a hefeweizen.

The beer in the glass has a very light yellow color, the foam is medium-pored, soapy and short-lived. It smells surprisingly more hoppy than yeasty. Starts very tart, lemony-fruity with a hint of peach and little yeasty. The aftertaste is fruity-fermented, slightly musty. The further course is very acidic, still with no trace of yeast-aroma. Strange Weizen. Could almost pass as a Belgian Wit ...

Kind of thin and watery, but not bad. Citrus-y taste, without much banana or spice. Has a nice floral aroma.

Bottle. Cloudy milky yellow, white cream. Light citric notes on banana, medium to light body, quick finish. Quite fresh. Makes me think most about american wheats, slightly fuller though.

50cl bottle. Cloudy gold-yellow tan pour with no head. Lemony fresh scent with crisp wheat malts. Flavor is crackery and bready with touches of cakiness and citrus oil. Dry bready/wheat finish with a touch of tartness. Crisp body. Overall, an interesting hefeweizen quite different in character than many other German examples of this style. It is more citrusy and is missing a lot of the fruit and spice from fermentation that Bavarian hefeweizen tends to have.

500 ml bottle @ Kahdet Kasvot.
Pours a hazy yellow colour with a white head. Aroma of citrus, banana and some malts. Flavour of citrus, wheat, malt and dried fruits. Medium bodied with a thick mouthfeel and some carbonation. Hefeweizen without any new tricks.

Bottle. Pale golden, hazy, small and fully diminishing head. Light to moderate malty – wheaty and lightly sweetish, some spiciness and hoppyness together with light banana. Body is light to average, malty –wheaty and lightly sweetish flavor, light spiciness and hoppyness together with faint notes of banana. Finish is short to average, malty – wheaty. OK light bodied dryish hefe weizen.

50cl bottle. Poured hazy, orange color with a thick white head. Sweetish fruity aroma, chewing gum. Mild fruity flavor, banana and spices. Light but very refreshing. High carbonation.