Rogue Half-E-Weizen (MoM Hefeweizen)

Brewed by Rogue Ales
Style: Wheat Ale
Newport, Oregon USA

This beer pous a gold that resembles a standard lager, but it is quite a bit deeper, hazier, and the head lingers longer--it is defined and not swampy. The nose is standard Rogue fair, meaning it neither adds nor takes away from the beer and it mimics the flavors. The primary taste is of apricots and they linger throughout. The sweetness is above medium and the bitterness is medium as well. This has very little "wheatiness" to it as the fruitiness stands out more than in a standard American wheats. Overall this is a very good beer in a style that strikes me as so so.

Bottle: Lemon cough drop aroma with some extra sweetness and spice. Pous a hazy orange with a small and quickly diminishing white head. Watery lemon candy flavor with a touch of hops and even lighter spice in the finish. Wish I would have passed. Suprised to see such low quality from Rogue.

Very nice. Better than Widmer’s, but that’s not really a surprise. Kind of fruity, with a banana overtone (my favorite). Nice head, and lovely pale yellow coloring.

Blonde trouble presque pleinement opaque. Arome marqué de gomme baloune, de gingembre, de lime / citron fraîchement pressé dissimulant aussi un peu de coriandre. Absence des phénols épicés souvent associés à ce style. L’utilisation du gingembre est originale et apporte une belle touche de fraîcheur à ce style. La carbonatation piquante combinée au flaveurs de gingembre suggère le ginger ale en bouche et même l’huile de sésame. Très intéressant!

Mild banana, coriander, ginger, lemon pith in the aroma. Opaque yellow-tan with generous and lasting cover of fine-bubbled white head. Strong ginger flavour with light citrus character, mild botterness and cake-like yeast. Light body with refreshingly high carbonation. Bottle (Bieropholie, Mar. 2005) enjoyed with beerbuzzmontreal, MartinT, Olivier_MTL, Rastacouere and Yowie.

Pours a hazy golden color. Appealing aroma of ginger, coriander and lemon. Very interesting flavor of ginger, coriander and lemon. Light to medium body, creamy texture, moderate carbonation. Definitely a good and interesting weizen.

Golden body shows intense carbonation initially which produces a lasting 1cm white head. Pineapple and banana make for a very estery yeasty nose. Lightly biscuity malt. Strong ginger and citrus skin components. Juicy palate, nicely tart, bitter and floral (straign petals flavors). Well rounded bitterness reminds of dried bananas as it blends with the malt. Medium body, high carbonation, slightly creamy. Pretty good.

This is an ok beer. It pours a golden amber with little head and no lacing. Aroma is citrusy, ginger, fruity/hoppy, and I found it to be, for some reason, slightly off-putting. Flavor is not very wheaty, distinctly spicy, with a hint of floral hops and a bit of lingering bitterness. Smooth-drinking, though, sort of reminds me of Oberon.