Two Brothers Ebels Weiss Beer

Brewed by Two Brothers Brewing Company
Style: German Hefeweizen
Warrenville, Illinois USA

Color is a bright, golden hue, cloudy at the top, clear at the foot. I’ve poured the contents of this bottle into a fantastic weizen glass, Aventinus, to insure optimum conditions, and produced a large, fluffy, proud, white head. Aroma is all the usual earmarks for style: fresh, a touch floral, but large with lemon, some spiciness, yes, vanilla, yes, I can imagine cloviness, and there’s a whiff of bananas. Quite enticing and appetizing, but not as large as other weizens I’ve enjoyed. The palate feels great graininess, followed by a phalanx of hops that continues it’s advance throughout the finish. Light body, low malt, but the flavor continues sip after sip. An excellent summery brew that leaves me yearning for more, and anticipating more, perhaps bolder weizens when spring really starts to show itself. Very, very drinkable, but the flavor and aroma is a bid mild for my taste.

Dark golden color. Large head with malty fruity aroma. Taste is sweet with a little citrus.Overall thin feel to it with a dry finish.

Whew - Way too sweet, spicy, and estery for me. It didn't have enough edge to balance out all that dessert like power. Clove, Vanilla, and Banana it indeed has, with a vengeance that got nasty, to my taste.

Not sure if Ebelweiss has been renamed, or this is a limited edition, but the label clearly calls this "Ebel's Weiss Beer," and states that it's 4.9% abv. Paid $7.99 for a 6-pack. Very light golden, no head, even with a hard pour. There's a small chunk of something in my beer... and my glass was clean, so this came from the bottle. It looks like a piece of gum. Nice banana aroma... not very strong. Taste is OK, nothing special. Tastes like drinking a bud and eating a banana at the same time. VERY thin in the mouthfeel... very lightly carbonated. Not enough, in my opinion. It's OK to drink, but not something I'll buy again.

Bottled. A bit pale for type, totally opaque, large creamy head, medium thickness. Nose very malty-sweet, bananas foster, touch of vanilla. Lemon-orange-banana in the flavor, zesty with spice, but little beeriness, too soft and sweet.

Pretty tasty. Nice citrusy notes and a refreshing finish. Not a stunner, however, as it lacks the complexity of a true german wheat.

Cloudy gold, spicy aroma. Flavor is rather dry and low in spice, even though billed as a German hefeweizen. Dry finish.

Head is initially small, fizzy, white, fully diminishing. Body is hazy medium yellow, bottle conditioned. Aroma is lightly malty (toasted grain, bread), lightly yeasty (cobwebs), with a note of banana, hint of plastic/solvent. Flavor is moderately sweet, moderately acidic, lightly bitter. Finish is lightly sweet, moderately acidic, moderately bitter, slightly husky. Medium body, watery texture, lively carbonation. Aside from the lackluster aroma, something just isn't right in the flavor profile...sourness is lactic/infected sour. Another very disappointing brew from Two Brothers, relative to the average score here. Maybe they're just having problems keeping their equipment clean this year? All I know is this pretty much a drain pour.