Square One Bavarian Weizen

Brewed by Square One Brewery
Style: German Hefeweizen
St. Louis, Missouri USA

Date: February 27, 2009
Mode: Draft
Source: Brewpub
Appearance: opaque burnt orange, fine white head, lots of drippy lace
Aroma: light fruity aroma
Body: big creamy body
Flavor: rich banana flavor, moderate sweetness, light balancing clove
Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 8/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 8/10; Overall: 13/20
Rating: 3.4/5.0
Drinkability: 8/10
Score: **+/4

hazy gold color, respectable white head, nicely lacy. aroma of sweet wheat, hint of malt and (dare i say it?) bananas. flavor has a backbone of sweet malt, cloves, maybe an undertone of banana, but not intrusive. creamy mouth feel, spritzy finish. better than i feared for a style i don’t appreciate. on tap at square one brewery.

Amazingly cloudy. Appearance is a mix between orange and papaya juice with a nice red tint to it. Lacing forms small mesas on the glass. Flavor is full of clove and banana and is very spicy with pepper. Delicious and unique.

Draught at Square One Brewery. Pours a cloudy straw yellow color with a very small white head. Aromas of sweet malts, some citrus, and grassy. Taste is very similar to the Dunkel weizen minus the chocolate but with hints of citrus and stronger clove taste.

Draught at Square One. Pours hazy light yellow with a small, fizzy, white head, somewhat lasting with fair lacing. Aroma is heavy malt (hay, straw), light hops (flowers, grass, lemon), average yeast (barnyard, earth) with notes of banana and clove. Medium bodied, thin texture, average carbonation, and an astringent finish. Average duration, light sweetness, acidity, and bitterness.

Draught at Square One brewpub. Unfiltered yellow with a thin white head. Aroma of banana and clove. Taste of banana, clove, lemon and spice. A light fruity hop finish, decent hefewiezen.

On tap at the brewery, hazy amber-orangeish hue, with a small white head, yeasty, mild fruity bananaish nose, with kind of bad detergent smell, hint of malt toastiness, no spiciness in the aroma follows through on a medium-bodied palate with a yeasty, fruity, acidic character of fieldberries, but mainly tart raspberries, with a subtle clove spicy accent, a faint toasty malt note, leading towards a fruity acidic finish.

Rating 1069, On tap at the brewery. Hazy golden cloudy with a medium sized long lasting white head. Nose was sweet with malts, sugars and bannana skins. Taste with a great maltyness, cream and yeast through and through. A bit thin, especialy where the alcohol meets the malts. But still drinkable and pleasant. Better as it warms up.