Ramstein Blonde

Brewed by High Point Brewing Company
Style: German Hefeweizen
Butler, New Jersey USA

Serve in Weizen

Draft at Sippin by the River ’ 05. How dare they call this a german Hefeweizen? Lemon zest and miller, if you ask me. Forgettaable.

Wheat, lemon, kinda musty with orange and cream in the nose. Some lemon, orange, wheat. Somewhat chalky finish. Boring.

smooth drinkable beer, easy medium mouthfeel, with moderate yeast. Good carbonation. Banana aroma. Muted yellow, little head. Fruit, led by apple, cloves. Hint of lemon. Malt at end, virtually no bitterness. Fresh found at Olivers in Albany.

12 oz bottle-pours a thin white head. Color is a semi-cloudy gold/straw. Aroma is wheat&sweet. Taste is wheat, pear (clove) and has good carbonation.

Thanks for the bottle, Duane. Poured a light gold with a small, white head. The aroma has hay, horse apples and some lemons. The taste is light bananas with a hint of clove. There is also a strange grassy finish. It is weirdly dry and makes me crave some sweet food.

At the 2005 Garden State Brewfest. Decent example of a Hefe. A little light for a hefe, though it did not dissappoint me on that hot summers day. To me, there are only a handful of hefes that really stand far and beyond. This one is a solid beer, but nowhere near the top few.

Moderate amount of sediments float around the murky golden body that see the little head it initially has disappearing after seconds. Off-putting very tart cookie smell, flour and wheat in abundance, a bakery yeasty smell. Short-flavored, very tart, but more in an apple matter and paired with an unpeasant and rough bitterness, reminiscent of chewing on wood as I imagine it. Atypical, very sharp but not cohesive nor very deep, certainly not too malty and sadly thin. Poor bottling job I fear. if not oxidized yet, the fill certainly could have been more generous. Too bad, I liked the High Point beers I’d had before.

Pours a cloudy pale yellow gold hue, with suspended particles. Small lingering compact white head. Cereal, banana, lactic, faint clovey spice. Quite quaffable, light refreshing body. Cereal malts, faintly apple, finishing with a crisp citric notes, and faint herbal hops. Very nicely done. I wish these guys would come to Massachusetts!