Plank Hefeweizen

Brewed by Brauerei Plank Laaber
Style: German Hefeweizen
Laaber, Germany

Serve in Weizen

UPDATED: JUN 13, 2010 Refrigerated bottle poured into a glass. Nice lacing, highly carbonated, and medium fluffy head. Pours a hazy slightly muddy dark golden. Taste is lots of wonderful malt (caramel), banana, some clove, and a hint of bready wheat. First bottle I had chunks of yeast floating around, but this one doesn’t. This one is slightly underrated, is a little darker than most hefeweizens, and ultimately this is good beer.

50cl bottle from Leukens Liquors (Dunedin, FL). Pours a generally clear dark golden amber color with a massive white head that settles to nothing quickly. Aroma is sweet and malty with notes of banana, spice, honey, wheat, grass, hay, light floral esters. Sweet and malty with notes of honey, sweet malt, banana, grass, yeast, light citrus, hints of floral esters. Light to medium body with a light spicy finish.

Bottle. Clearish amber with a nice head. Aroma is wheat, a hint of cream, lots of banana/bubblegum, and a good dose of fresh grain. The flavor is basically the same.

Pours a cloudy dark golden yellowish orange with golden ripe banana hues when held to a light source and a three finger fizzy white head that quickly settles into a lasting cap. Bready yeasty aroma with hints of spicy clove and pepper as well as some ripe banana and subtle citrus peel notes. Slightly tart/funky smelling with a bit of earthy hops. Medium bodied and slightly hop forward with a prominent spicy clove, pepper and lemon zest flavor. Bready yeasty body with hints of ripe banana, sweet citrus fruit, mostly lemon peel with subtle orange/corriander notes. Very earthy tasting with a bit of dry hops that lasts into the dry, bitter and tart finish. There is definitely an earthy sour/tartness going on that balanced out the spiciness and the crisp flavor of the fruit. It adds a bit of complexity but kind of muted he others flavors, keeping it from becoming overly sweet. This tartness makes the beer pretty refreshing even though it is kind of odd and adds to its overall drinkability. An interesting take on the style but not something that you must sample.

Bottle 50cl.
Hazy medium orange amber color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate yeasty, fruity, light banana. Flavor is moderate sweet and light light acidic with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is watery to creamy, carbonation is soft. [20091003]

Bottle @ German Tasting Ulfborg. Pours muddy amber with a creamy white head. Tart, dry and citrussy flavor.

It’s unclear, dark golden with a creamy head. The aroma has notes of banana, yeast, wheat and caramel. The flavor is sweet with notes of banana, yeast, wheat, clove and caramel. It’s quite nice and full-bodied.

Dark yellow colored with brown hints, little yellow head. Yeasty aroma with grainy tones and thin banana, some spices and interesting licorice also here. Medium bodied, carbonated palate. Flavor is also grainy with thin banana and yeast, aftertaste dries with some grains.