Shiner Hefeweizen

Brewed by Spoetzl Brewery (Gambrinus Company)
Style: Wheat Ale
Shiner, Texas USA

Serve in Shaker, Weizen

Purs a cloudy golden yellow-orange. Thinck but quikcly disappearing head. Bitter with a slight hop aftertaste. Citrus and yeast (almost bready), more orange peel than anything. Slight buttery on the tongue, almost thin except for that. Sweet on the sides of the mouth. Not terrible but not great either. (Bottle Pour 8/30/2005)

12 oz. bottle. pours a hazy pale yellow with a fizzy white head. mild aroma and flavors of lemon, yeast, banana and a hint of bread dough. unspectacular in every aspect.

On tap at Tokyo Steakhouse in Lewes DE. Pours a cloudy golden yellow small bubbly white head. Aroma of your typical hefe (lemon, wheat, yeast). Flavors of the same. Kind of light on both the aroma and flavor.

Bottle. Pours a yellow straw color with a white head. Aroma is full of wheat and lemon. Flavor is banana, lemon, and wheat. Nothing special about this beer.

Sorry, but this is definitely not a ’....classic unfiltered Bavarian-style wheat brew....’ This beer is more a Dutch / Belgian style Wittbeer, e.g. Hoegaarden. The taste is very similar to those. Slight bitter taste, not the strong full-bodied taste of a Augustiner, Paulaner or Erdinger Weissbier / Hefeweizen. Pale color with a smooth head missing that would be characteristic for a real Hefeweizen..

Pours a pale lightly hazy yellow with a decent frothy head. No standout aromas. Light flavor of wheat, citusand dough. Has a somewhat bitter finish. It’s alright.

I was at the food Giant in Morgantown WV while buying my daughter supplies for her house she is renting with her WVU schoolmates when I made a detour to the beer cooler. I could not resist making my own variety 6 pack from the 3 Shiner products they had there. Bottle. Poured a hazy yellow with a tall white head. The aroma had banana, lemon, and hints of orange. The flavor had banana, citrus, malts, and some spices. Smooth and enjoyable.

From 12oz Bottle. Pours a slightly hazy light banana yellow with a tall layer of soapy white head. Aromas of sourdough bread, lemon zest, ivory soap, wheat grass, and only the tiniest hint of banana. I must digress for a moment - my brain automatically classified this as a hefeweizen before tasting, so my first impression of the beer was that it smelled a lot more like an American Wheat than a hefeweizen. Seeing the classification now, its obvious to see why I thought that, and its also obvious that my previous observation could have been left out of this rate. However, I’m sure many other unsuspecting customers will have the same experience, so I’m leaving it in. Now that I’m a bit more enlightened, my impression of the beer changes a bit and makes me able to appreciate the freshness of the Americanized ingredients and not miss the strong, trademark banana and clove aromas of a hefe quite so much. Back to the rate. Light bodied, tingling mouthfeel. A hint of vanilla and cream of wheat breakfast cereal combine with a pleasant, grassy hops finish. Flavors of freshly baked cracked wheat bread, lemon grass, and dandelion flowers round out the refreshing palate.