Sea Dog Hefeweizen

Brewed by Sea Dog Brewing (Shipyard Brewing Co.)
Style: German Hefeweizen
Topsham, Maine USA

Serve in Weizen

My bottle says Wheat beer. It is a nice wheat, more American in style then german due to a slightly hoppy undertone. Coloring is done right, smells good. Maybe not the very best I ever had but I love this style and this one ranks up there. Taking out a few hops would improve it. Flavvor is good though and it has the thickness missing from lesser wheat brews.

Not the best Hefe I’ve had, but I ’grew up’ on Paulaner. This is quite dark for a Hefe, but its certainly not a Dunkel Weizen either. The aroma was hard to detect due to the lemon garnish. Had a good flavor, with accents of citrus of some kind (even after I took the lemon off the glass). A somewhat bitter aftertaste developed after some time, but not at all unpleasant. A good effort at a good style.

I liked this rendition. No, it’s not a strict hefe-weizen, but it’s pretty darn good. I would say that it has a lemony flavor (and not because of the garnish). a very slight bitter finish which enhanced the overall taste.

Hefes aren’t my favorite style, but this was one of the tastiest I’ve ever tried. It was full of flavor - very complex and ’wholesome.’ It even had a real nice fruity flavor (although, I don’t know which kind of fruit it exemplified). It may be seasonal - I couldn’t find it bottled either (tried it on tap in Bangor).