Schneider & Brooklyner Hopfen-Weisse

Bottle (thanks, Jonas!). Head is initially large, frothy, off-white, mostly lasting. Body is hazy light amber. Aroma is lightly malty (toasted grain), moderately to heavily hoppy (resin, grapefruit, apricot), with a note of gum, hint of plastic. Flavor is moderately sweet, lightly to moderately acidic, lightly bitter. Finish is lightly sweet, lightly to moderately acidic, moderately bitter. Medium body, watery texture, lively carbonation, lightly to moderately alcoholic. Not much better than the Brooklyn-brewed edition, maybe a little better balanced in the mouth but pretty much the same beer. These go beyond hop-accented to hop-dominated, and suffer greatly as a result.

Bottle. [thank you, sk8viking]
Poured in my Erdinger Weizen-glass. Poured with a big, beautiful slightly dirty white head - even poured ’correctly’. Very frothy, creamy at the centre and bubbly nearer the glass. The liquid in a deep, deep, golden copper with a slight haze to it, but otherwise clear. A stunning array of bubbles surges towards the head that have only lowered about 1cm while I’ve written all the above :o).

Aroma is quite ’deep’ with lots of wheat, ripe banana, apples, a touch of viniousness and a citric tartness as well. Very creamy mouthfeel, lots of small bubbles, but t still feels rather low in carbonation. But it sticks nicely to my teeth and the inside of my cheeks. Feels wonderful.

At first the taste underwhelms me, feels as if the aroma is better and more complex. It begins like a powerful regular hefe, where wheat, yeast and slight German hops appear. But as it warms up, and I balance it around in my mouth, lots of other things happen. The ripe fruit, sweet with banana at the forefront, are more pronounced. The hops are more apparent, flowery, peppery and rather bitter, actually. The fruit add a little tartness as well, slightly citric. And there are ginger, vanilla and pepper tones throughout. Wonderful balance, wonderful beer.

Pours a muddy orange colour. Sweet aroma with wheat, ripe bananas, yeast and a slight sourness. Good mouth feel. the flavour has some sweetness with a good fruitiness, wheat, banana, alcohol and a good bitterness. Wheaty fruity finish.

Fruit cocktail bouquet of banana, strawberry, pineapple, and apricot. There also seems to be a slight rubber smell to it as well. Dingy golden color with a huge, cream colored and textured head. The initial taste is toffee of good strength. It quickly transitions to one of bananas, apples, pears, and perhaps pineapple. The finishing hops taste of thistle and are perfectly well chosen for this unique beer. It seems to be better warm. I had heard and read about this beer all summer, but could not find it anywhere in my area. As luck would have it, I found a bottle in a shop near my parents’ house over the holiday, which is 300 miles from my home. It is more bitter than I expected, but has an enormous amount of potential.. The hefe-hop interplay is fabulous. With a tweak to either the recipe or process, this could be a perfect beer. Kudos on the collaboration and congratulations on a great first release. I’m dying to try the draft version.

Golden orange/yellow with a nice sized white head. Aroma of banana and citrus. Very smooth crisp drinking beer in which the abv is excellently masked. Tastes of banana, lemon, grapefruit and other citrus fruits. Overall a nicely balanced tasty beer.

An orangish golden pour with gooey white head and lace. An aroma of citrus hops and sweet bannanas. Pretty good flavor of bannana fruitiness with a hard hint of abv and a presence of hops. Carbonation is a bit agressive if this beer is served too cold but becomes much better as it warms. All round good experience for me.

Bottle. Orange-yellow pour with a white head. Aroma of bright citrus, yeast, malt and some perfumey floral hops. Flavors of sweet malt, caramel, citrus hops, lemon zest and light pepper. Medium body, highly carbonated hoppy/malty with a bitter/yeasty finish. Pretty good stuff.

A wonderful collaboration of American creation and German old style. With in banana aroma. Strong alcohol with dark rich malts and toffee flavors. almost a work of art