 crowderm (203), St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
Apr 2, 2008
Pours a deep amber color with an awesome soapy white head. The aroma is full of apple, cloves, and general wheaty spice. The flavor I must admit is a little bit disappointing - the apple comes through nicely, fading into a very pleasant yet bitter green apple/sourdough bread finish. While this is all good, the flavor is pretty straightforward and one dimensional; not quite as lively as a great hefe should be. The mouthfeel is similarly lacking - while the beer is relatively full bodied and very drinkable, the carbonation is a bit lacking. This beer doesn’t have the lively combination of spice/carbonation that I really enjoy in a hefeweizen. This is a good beer (I especially like the unique apple flavor), but not my favorite example of the style.
benwah22 (14), , Florida, USA
Nov 1, 2008 A good quality beer, but not completely to my liking. A bit of banana, a bit of cirtrus and a little tangy. For some reason there’s almost a numbing component for the palate. If you drink it you’ll probably be able to know what I mean. There’s pretty full carbonation when you take a swig and it leaves a watery after effect.
zvikar (37), , Israel
Oct 31, 2008 Blue bottle, nice aroma of clove and banana, orange banana flavour with some clove, too cirusy and not sweet enough.
cgreb (84), Marburg, Germany
Oct 31, 2008 bottle - brown beer with white head. Typical yeasty banana aroma. The same for the flavour.
BigBeer45 (502), Troy, Michigan, USA
Oct 30, 2008 500ml bottle, pours a cloudy dark honey and brown, has a good size white head, there is a good amount of effervescence, aroma of banana, wheat, malt and some sweetness, flavor of wheat, malt bread and bread sweetness, has some citrus and pepper on the tongue at the finish, medium or so bitterness at the finish, has a nice creamy mouth feel, a good Hefe.
darkguardian (206), Florida, USA
Oct 30, 2008 16oz bottle. Really lovely pour of dark amber, unusual for a hefe with an outstanding long lasting head. Nose is some clove and banana but a heavy wheat aroma that tickles the nose. Flavor has perfect carbonation, a much deeper more intense flavorful hefe than most with an awesome yeasty middle and a lovely banana finish with lots of laid back clove notes throughout and a bit of nutmeg and coriander. There is a reason why this is considered the original. If its not better than Ayinger, than its damn close.
|
