Schneider & Brooklyner Hopfen-Weisse

Brewed by Weissbierbrauerei G. Schneider & Sohn
Style: Weizen Bock
Kelheim, Germany

500 ml pours hazy tawny with a thick off-white head. Aroma of pithy ruby red grapefruit and aromatic piney hops. with currants and touch of ripe pineapple. Ripe grapefruit, wheat and currant dominate flavor with fruity esters infinish. Well balanced and innovative. Distinct from most traditional German-brewed weizens (with elements of SPF 45).

Hazy orange of color with a white head. An aroma of hops, wheat, sweet and citrus. A flavor of wheat, hops, citrus, sweets and a fresh finish.

A hazy golden beer with a white head that leaves lace. Aroma is spicy hops, with a bready, yeasty, base and light fruit (banana). The flavor is a nice tart fruity weizen, kinda orangey, with more pronounced hop bitterness at the end, but not overwhelming. I’m not a weizen fan, generally, but this is a good beer!

Bottled. Aroma has yeast, pines, some spice and hops. Hazy, yellow coloured with an off-white head. The taste is slightly sweet, more bitter towards the finish. Quite dry. haz pine, some wheat and citrus. Medium bodied.

A hazy yellow weizen with a thick off white head. Aroma of interesting c-hops, pinhey and aromatic, with light bananas and pineapple. In mouth, a silken weizen, with fruity esters in beginning, followed by c-hops and grapefruits, well balanced and fruity. Wow! Shared with Probstk, May 5 2009.

The 2nd side of this pair. I was very hopeful for this beer, as I loved Brooklyn’s version. 50 CL bottle from Binnys (Orland Park, IL). Pours a glowing rich gold with hints of fiery orange, very hazy, with big bubbly offwhite head that sticks around well, laces. Aromas evident straight from the pour, pushing hearty wheat and fruity esters, banana, clove, lemon with a nice floral hop bouquet with light lemony citrus. Very inviting. Initial is a decent body, pushing banana and lemon, clove and fresh flaked wheat, fruity esters and cereal grains mixed well. Nice bitterness towards the finish, pushing some florals and citrus, balancing the earlier fruity banana esters. A bit strong really, but I really like this. Preaches a good bodied brew, good flavors, and a nice balance of hop and wheaty goodness. I think I liked the Brooklyn version a little more, but this brew is great also. Cheers!

(Draught at Oliver Twist, Stockholm) Cloudy orange/yellow colour with frothy, off-white head. Malty, spicy nose with citrus, grass, yeast, banana, vanilla and coriander. Malty, fruity taste with notes of lemon, yeast and a touch of spices (coriander, clove), while grassy, floral hops give the finish a certain hop bite. Slightly above medium body, fairly sweet. Very interesting cooperation and a nice beer.

Wheaty-banana components plus crisp hop bitterness, much like a pale or ipa. Sweet, fruity, like apricot mixed with a piney-resinous hop flavor. But its got that more musty-earthy component from the german side. Very drinkable, much like the aventinus. Overall: Fruity, hoppy, banana-y, wheaty. Nice.