Shiner Hefeweizen

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

Serve in Shaker, Weizen

Nose shows banana and citrus but no clove. Lightly tart with a nice wheaty flavor. Carbonation is sprightly and that mixed with the tartness make a decent summertime quencher. Finish is long and fruity. Not to style, but tasty nonetheless.

"This came with the Shiner Family Reunion Sixer. Bought it for $9 at a Fairfield Liquors in Newark DE. A - Gold, big head, very light and easy on the eyes S - Very weak smell. Is this high life? T - Wheat, mild hops and lemon M - Light, weak and very easy carbonation but not revolutionary O - Meh. This wheat beer is bottle conditioned. The first half of the bottle was bad until I realized some yeast was stuck to the bottom. I swirled it a bit and re-poured and got a lot more lemon and wheat taste but it still didn’t make up for the short comings."

Location/Date:Bottle on January 22nd, 2012.

Appearance: Pours a light cloudy gold.
Aroma: Aroma is of light bready malt.
Taste: Wheat flavor taste is there but not great.
Palate:Palate is a bit fizzy.

Summary: I want more Hefe in my hefeweizens.

From notes: Pours hazy, straw-colored amber with a thick, white head. Yeasty aroma, with some citrus mixed in. Body is medium-to-thin. Very light flavors of citrus mixed with yeast. Meh about covers it.

Sligthly hazed orange pour with white water head and lace. Aroma is sweet wheat and not much more. Dry wheaty malt start with a tinge of orange zest like bitter. Thin and watery.

Poured from a 12oz bottle into a wiezen glass. Appearance is a hazy medium orange with a fairly thick fizzy head. Pretty good retention. The nose is lemon and orange with a fairly heavy sour note. Taste has the same lemon and orange as the nose although not as heavy as I would have liked. There is a slight yeasty tartness that is present but just faintly. Some very light bitterness at the finish. Overall this beer is just ok. I used to really like it but now it just seems watered down. Mouthfeel is fairly decent though. Probably not one I will revisit.

UPDATED: FEB 3, 2012 Pours yellow with a very small head. Not on the upper scale of hefeweizens, but not aweful.

This beer was just ok and this pains me as a texan to say that this my be one of the worst shiners

Pours a cloudy yellowish orange color with frothy white head. Strong citrus aroma with a definite yeast funk. Mild citrus flavors with a doughy backbone. Nothing much stands out. This brew is mild bordering bland. Not much to see here move along.