Sudwerk Hefe Weizen

Brewed by Sudwerk Privatbrauerei Hubsch
Style: German Hefeweizen
Davis, California USA

Serve in Weizen

Bottle. Poured with a nice head which didn’t stick to the sides of the glass and dissipated with very nice lacing. Body is a nice golden yellow and very bubbly/cloudy. Color reminds me of a cloudy pilsner. Tastes very fruity sweet and finishes smooth. Very good hefe, and I dont even like hefes.

UPDATED: NOV 7, 2007 This is a nice beer. It’s golden yellow, bubbly, with a thin white head that vanishes quickly. The aroma is fruity and smells of yeasty bread like hot dog buns. The taste is faintly sweet, bubblegum, slightly citrusy and herbal, crisp, and very smooth.

On tap at 21st Amendment, June 2007. Slightly cloudy golden with a white head. Classic banana clove nose. The flavor also has familiar notes of banana/clove, some lemon, light spiciness, some grass/herbal hop character. Pleasant level of sweetness. Medium bodied with a smooth texture and fine-beaded carbonation. Nice hefe.

Bottle Date of 04.03.07, Sampled September 2007
This beer is quite hazy and pours with a definitely opaque, yellow-straw color. It is topped by a frothy, pale, just barely off-white colored head that starts out at three-fingers in height. The head dissipates a bit faster than I would like. The aroma has the nicely characteristic nose of clove and banana, in that order of noticeability too. A nice malty grain character is in the nose too; grassy grain, tart wheat, bready malt & yeast notes and a toasted pale grain (a sort of soda cracker like note) are all definitely noticeable, though they do play a secondary role to the spicy esters and phenolics created by the yeast strain.

Sweet tasting, with a nice grain character to it. The sweetness accentuates a soft clove character and a very soft banana note, both of which are not as prominent as they were in the nose. The beer is lightly tart as well, and this helps to make this light, effervescent brew even more quaffable. The carbonation, along with the tartness, provides a bit of balancing sharpness to the softer yeast & malt derived notes.

This is definitely a well made Hefe Weizen, it has most likely lost some of the characteristic flavor notes since being bottled, but is still quite tasty. I’ll definitely have to get a fresher sample, as I find that Hefeweizens are best drunk within a month or two of bottling.

Aroma of clove and nice banana esters. Pours hazy light yellow. Flavor is sweet clove, wheat, a sour citrus, and a little bit of banana. Light and refreshing. Pretty carbonate, but still somewhat smooth.

Served w/lemon in glass. Light yellow but nicely hazy. Substantial banana. Soft going into mouth, nice soft body, yet not insubstantial. Broad flavors of banana, yeast, low spice component. Well done. Refreshing and yummy. (on tap at 21st Amendment)

Draught at the 21st Amendment. Beer is cloudy, light yellow with a small, white, frothy/creamy, diminishing head.<P>The aroma is malty with moderate notes of toasted grain and cracker; Moderate lemon zest hop; Trace of yeasty dish rag; Light banana/clove, moderate coriander.<P>The flavor is moderately sweet, lightly bitter, moderately acidic with a long, dry/juicy, lightly/moderately sweet, trace bitter, lightly acidic finish.<P>The body is light, the texture is watery and the carbonation is lively.

Draught at 21st Amendment. Head is mostly diminishing. Body is light to medium yellow. Aroma is lightly to moderately malty (toasted grain), lightly yeasty (cobwebs), with light notes of banana, lemon zest, and clove. Flavor is moderately sweet, lightly to moderately acidic, lightly bitter. Finish is lightly to moderately sweet, lightly to moderately acidic, moderately bitter. Medium body, watery texture, lively carbonation. Light on character overall, but not bad.