Spreewalder Weizen

Brewed by Spreewälder Privatbrauerei 1788
Style: German Hefeweizen
Schlepzig, Germany

Serve in Weizen

Draught @ Gasthaus Spreewälder, Dorfstraße 53, Schlepzig, Brandenburg, Germany 15910.

Murky matt medium yellow orange colour with a average to large, creamy, good lacing, mostly lasting, white head. Aroma is light to moderate malty, wheat, moderate yeasty, fruity, yeast, banana notes. Flavour is moderate to heavy sweet with a average to long duration, yeast, fruity, banana, clove, pineapple notes. Body is medium, texture is creamy, carbonation is soft. [20110919]

Take out from the brewpub. Hazy orange with a lemon hue. Aroma of light banana and cinnamon. Flavour similar to the aroma, some butter in the finish. Tangy feel on the tongue

Draught at the brewpub. It’s warm golden with a creamy head. The aroma is sour with notes of yeast and butter. The flavour has a light sweetness, notes of butter, a light sourness, fruit (but not really banana) and only a little bit of clove. It ends on a mouldy/earth like note with a little clove bite. It’s a bit weird.

Draught at the brewpub. Weak banana and phenol aroma. Cloudy dark orange colour. Stable creamy white head. The flavour is more or less the same as aroma, slightly sweet with low bitterness.

UPDATED: NOV 3, 2003 This is a nice example of a Weizen. Has a nice bit of the characteristic banana and clove character to it. A great late spring to summer beer. Served on draught, has a nice hazy gold color to it. Tastes a bit tart, with a pleasing amount of carbonation. The yeast flavor is good, not assertive and all the proper components for a Bavarian Weizen are present: clove, banana esters, yeastiness, and of course the refreshing wheat flavor. The beer is made from 50 % wheat malt a bit of light German crystal and bittered with Perle hops.