Sierra Nevada Kellerweis Hefeweizen

Brewed by Sierra Nevada Brewing Company
Style: German Hefeweizen
Chico, California USA

12 oz. bottle- Pours cloudy with a thick creamy white head, aroma is all wheat with a little citrus. The flavor is also wheat, this is a Hefe you DO NOT have to put fruit in. Hands down the best American crafted Hefe I have ever had.

From a twelve ounce bottle purchased in Cincinnati, Ohio - This hazey hued hefe pours a deep golden brew with a slight, tight, white head of foam and s banana+clove aroma. Tastewise, it’s good, but not as body strong as the German hefeweizens!

Pours hazy yellow with thick white head and excellent lacing. Yeast dominates the aroma with some dampness and a hint of cleaning fluid. Lots of bright cirtus and flowers in the body. Light banana in the finish. Solid hefeweizen that goes down easier (and faster!) than most.

Pours hazy amber golden with a small and quickly disappearing chalk-white head. Aroma has a heavy sweetness of bananas foster and clove. A noticeable bitter note as well. The flavors is a nice spicy hefe with the obvious clove, but also some ginger and slight hint of lemon. A balancing bitterness to it that is pretty floral. There is a lot of good body to this beer. Very enjoyable.

Refrigerated bottle poured into a weizen glass. Pours a hazy golden color with a white head. The taste is nicely balanced by clove and banana. Taste is really good except a little sour in the aftertaste. Good beer.

Poured from a 12oz. bottle into a wheat glass. The color is a hazy orange with a slight yellowish hue. about two fingers of white foamy head and some nice lacing. The smell is slightly fruity with a hint of bananas and some slight citrus flavors. The taste is sweet with some wheat flavor mixed with some clove and citrus flavors. There is a bit of tangy flavor in the background that is ever so slight but give this beer a great fruit flavor that remains for a bit. The feel of this beer is pretty light and goes down easy. Is one of the better beers I’ve had in the lower ABV range. This may be my new session beer.

While Kellerweis isn’t the best hefeweizen in the world, it’s much, much better than your average bland American pale wheat nonsense and actually comparable to German greats, like the Ayinger and Weihenstephaner, in my opinion. The beer pours cloudy and golden banana in color. The nose has a lot of good banana flavor. It could probably use a bit more of that rich, spicy wheat flavor of the best German versions, but it’s still quite good. I’ve been told that SN got the yeast strain from a small German brewery, and it certainly has the notes of an authentic German hefe yeast. The flavor is a tad sweet, but it dries out nicely in the finish. I was nervous about this beer when it was announced, but SN has put out what is probably the best widely available American wheat beer.

Nice head, hazy yellow appearance. Smooth easy to like taste. Enjoyed this one.