Redhook Hefe-Weizen

Brewed by Redhook Brewery
Style: Wheat Ale
Woodinville, Washington USA

Serve in Shaker, Weizen

Not as good as I would have expected from Redhook. Just didnt have the citrus flavors of a great hefe, and had a strange aftertaste.

This originally poured out of the bottle a clear straw yellow color, but I swirled hard to get some of the yeast in the glass to get a more traditional cloudy beer. Not much nose and a little, fluffy white head. Not much flavor and certainly no spicey tastes that I would expect from a german wheat. A little thin in the body and an odd flavor in the finish. Not a good hefe-weizen at all.

Bit yeasty/astringent aroma, nice wheat beer aromas. Cloudy (unfiltered) butterscotch amber - tiny head. Smooth, light carb with medium body. Many different flavor elements but not all meshed - hit you one at a time. Wheaty (though more like an American wheat, not German). Astringent finish and after, though pleasant.

Golden hue. WHite head dissipates very quickly. Light grain aroma. Different, by no means a real hefe-weizen. Sweet first, light bodied, bitter lingering finish. Im not too impressed.

I can’t find any major flaws with it. My only reluctance to give it a perfect score is that its still a an American adaptation of a Hefe-Weizen, not the real thing. However, for the price, availability and effort they’ve put in, its a great beer.

A tasty beer, but can’t compare with a real hefe wizen.

Flowery aroma, creamy head with a good cloudy appearance. Even had pellet sized residue at the bottom of the glass. Good full bodied sweet flavor. Strong finish - goes down smooth.

Thoroughly enjoyable, except the people who were kind enough to give it to me said it was good with a lemon and i felt bad declining the citrus so I accepted both. I’ll have to have it again w/o the lemon to get the real experience.