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Southern Tier Heavy Weizen 3.55 322

Southern Tier Heavy Weizen

Percentile
90
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bottled
common

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unknown

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3223.56/5.03.55/5.0Special8%99.3Shaker, Weizen
Commercial Description:
Heavy Weizen explores the inner depths of creativity and craftsmanship, taking a style of ale that is delicate and quaffable and shaping it into something exuberant and sturdy. The foundation of Heavy Weizen begins with prodigious quantities of North American malted barley and wheat. Next, the finest European hops are added to complement this ale's unique disposition by giving spicy aromas. Its spirit is forged during fermentation where our Bavarian weizen yeast consumes sugars and creates divine flavors reminiscent of bananas and cloves. Then, by aging this ale, we allow the divergent characteristics to blend together, becoming one. To capture Heavy Weizen's spirit, this wheat ale remains unfiltered to leave some of the yeast in the bottle. Serving this ale with a wedge of lemon is recommended, but optional. 18 plato, 38 IBUs, 2-row pale malt, malted white wheat, hallertau magnum, saaz.
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 jredmond (1090), New Jersey, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/105/57/103/519/20
Jul 26, 2008  
Bottle. Pours a great hazy range with some sediment. The aroma is strong wheat and some funkiness. Taste is smooth wth a slight kick towards the end.


 JPDIPSO (4944), Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/514/20
Jul 26, 2008  
Hazed golden/orange color with a smaller off white head. Sweet wheat and bubblegum scents. An aroma that neither deters, nor draw one in. Hints of pine wood as well. Sweet wheat start and some additional sweet melon and other fruits join in as its lightly thick, oily body glides across the palate. Cloves and mild alcohol in the finish. Heavy and slightly sticky in feel as time goes by. Borders on a weizen malt liquor. but not in a bad way. Linger drifts in with nice wheat and a pine bark presence that is not as nice. A quaff I don’t mind trying, but would not want as a steady diet.


 WickerBrew (312), Chicago, Illinois, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/516/20
Jul 21, 2008  
Not as thick and chewy as I was hoping but this works well. Usually with hefes i dont like the citrus taste - which this has plenty of - but this does it well. I really dont see myself going for it again, but I am happy with the results.


 grimreeser (797), Minnesota, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/103/515/20
Jul 19, 2008  
Pours a hazy gold with a smallish head. Aroma is spices, banana, clove. Too much spice. Nice flavor, good stuff.


 radagast83 (1317), Fairfax, Virginia, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/514/20
Jul 19, 2008  
22 oz bottle. Pours a hazy golden/orange hue, almost no head. Aroma is banana, yeast, cloves, and alcohol. The beer’s flavor is much like any hefeweizen, but with a discernible alcohol flavor. Overall it isn’t a bad beverage, but it goes against my own personal choice of a hefeweizen being a beer I drink to refresh my palate on a hot day.


 alexanderj (2294), Chino Hills, California, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/58/103/515/20
Jul 19, 2008  
Bottle; pours a nice cloudy gold/orange color; not much head. Gets much darker near the top of the weizen glass. Aroma is really good with wheat, banana, clove and yeast. Alcohol noticable at first, faded a bit throughout. Predominant flavors of banana/yeast, sugar with a moderate amount of sweetness. Some nice spice and light hopping in the finish. Good palate; really enjoyed this one.


 JohnQPublic (387), Brooklyn, New York, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/516/20
Jul 19, 2008  
Draft at the Southern Tier Brewpub (The Empty Pint). Pours a cloudy, almost opaque orangey gold with a creamy slightly off-white head. Aroma is huge banana, bit of clove, yeast. Taste is clean, almost candy-and-wheat sweetness up front, banana, with a big spicy yeast presence, leading to bitter clove on the finish, with noticeable alcohol. Mouthfeel is a bit syrupy, heavy bodied. Much closer to a weizenbock in body then a Bavarian Hefe as noted by someone else.


 railcat1 (582), Orlando, Florida, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/104/515/20
Jul 19, 2008  
This was a good cloudy thick beer that was a good one for its style poured with a nice white head with a nice aroma of bananas and very complex.CHEERS!



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