Sprecher Hefe Weiss

Brewed by Sprecher Brewing Company
Style: German Hefeweizen
Glendale, Wisconsin USA

Nice citrus and banana aroma. Lightly tart flavor with nice bready malts and some light yeast notes.

Bottle (500ml). Looks fine - Cloudy light gold with an average drizzly diminishing white head. There yeast and ripe banana in there, and mild sweet/herbal bitterness, but there’s an odd up-front scorched caramel that doesn’t quite belong. The taste is okay, but odd for a hefe - like the aroma, but with a strange slightly off / overripe pineapple flavour that dominates. Average-to-light bodied, and mildly acidic, there’s less life to the mouthfeel than I like, and it fades very, very quickly. Not too good, I’m afraid.

Light pale yellow American light lager looking. Aroma is pleasant enough with a notes of honey and applider but also a hint of staleness. Very little bitterness with an extrememly light mouthfeel. Medium white head which is short lived. Disappointing as a wheat ale. Much more like a lager.

Bottle. Pours unclear yellow with a dense white head. Tastes and smells like lightly buttered popcorn. Hints at fruit, spice, and yeast. Also, the body is a bit watery. Sprecher makes some good beers, but this is not one of them.

Bottle. Goodbar Beer Club. I didn’t know Jelly Belly made popcorn flavored beer.

Cloudy banana yellow with a sudsy white head that retreats slowly. Aroma of standard hefe fare with banana, clove, yeast and some toasted malt. Taste of banana, lemon, mild citrus and light clove. Body is a little thin and tart with a nice dry finish. One of the better Sprecher’s.

All the normal flavors of a hefe: banana, clover, and so on. But what throws me off a bit is the smokey tatste.

16 oz. bottle, courtesy of alexanderj. Murky, light gold color. Smallish white head. Sweet grassy aroma. Thin, watery mouthfeel. Flavor is biscuity, with hints of clove. Finish is yeasty with some pepper.