Victory Sunrise Weissbier

Brewed by Victory Brewing Company
Style: German Hefeweizen
Downingtown, Pennsylvania USA

Good looking hefeweizen, a hazy straw body with lively carbonation and a tall fizzy white head. The aroma is a soft malt, wheaty, with bubblegum, bananas, and a lemon tang. Smooth. The flavor echoes the nose, the banana becoming a bit more pronounced, the lemon becoming more sharp in the finish. This would certainly be even more refreshing five months from now.

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Very large initial head off the our Cloudy light orange. Honeyish citrus aroma. Well carbonated moderately sour wheat with citrus notes and orange aftertaste. Medium mouthfeel. Easy drink. Initially creamy mouthfeel, not as creamy as others I have had of the style. A nice one.

I’m not entirely sure y’all are drinking the same beer I am. This is delicious; slightly out of style with the tanginess (despite the commercial description), should be slightly more bubblegummy, but it’s got great citric (lemony) wheatiness, a full body, and a great presentation. Needs the bubblegum esters and to be more than just excellent clove, but still, 3.5? Aroma excellent. Thanks, Steward O’Gondor!

Pours hazy gold with the biggest head I’ve ever seen. Great Hefeweizen aroma of wheat bread, thick with citrus, cloves, and banana. There are also pepper and brine notes. The flavor is a little disappointing after such an aroma; it’s light on the banana and clove and heavy on the lemon and orange. Still an excellent wheat. Juicy mouthfeel.

Mostly hazy and banana-gold in color with a foamy white head - what was once booming now boasts good head retention. Cloves, lemons, bananas and vanilla waft up in a single file line with only an eight of a centimeter between themselves. Other aromatic chords strum at fluffy, flakey biscuits. Delectable buttery croissants meet cloves to spice up the flavor while lemons are equally prominent, singly serving as a brightening component. Recession is all banana corn flakes. The flavor, which was initially right on, is now more or less a standardized hefe formula. Fizzy, spawning and light-bodied with encapsulating, champagne-esque effervescence. Corn Chex signals the finish, along with a touch of peppered spicing and biscuit batter. Not the best hefe, but still, it’s virtually impossible to go wrong when drinking Victory. Thanks for the bottle, tpkenned!

Bottle. Head is small, frothy, white, mostly diminishing. Body is hazy light to medium yellow, bottle conditioned. Aroma is lightly malty (toasted bread/grain), lightly yeasty (cobwebs), with notes of banana and clove. Flavor is moderately sweet, lightly to moderately acidic, lightly bitter. Finish is lightly sweet, lightly to moderately acidic, lightly to moderately bitter. Medium body, watery texture, lively carbonation. Good, straightforward example.

This hefeweizen pours a slightly cloudy orange gold color from a 12oz bottle. Medium sized white foamy head, with good retention and strong lacing. Aroma is lightly of bananas and cloves, some citrus and some malt. A medium bodied Hefeweizen. Malts are wheaty, Fruity and citrusy. Crisp and clean. Tart, light and refreshing. Lively carbonation. The banana and clove flavors are mutes, letting the citrusy tartness shine through. This beer reminds me a little of a Berliner Weise, it has that sharp crispness, but without all that mouth puckering tartness. Nice beer. Mouthfeel is full and round. Finish is clean and crisp. Aftertaste is slightly bitter

I was initially careful on the pour, which made this beer look like a typical macro: pale yellow & very clear with a holding white head. You’re better off being reckless and adding that shot of bottom-yeast to give it a nice, sandy haze. Aroma is banana to start with a light wheat base, while flavors are an average Hefeweizen sour/wheat. Fizzy and creamy in the mouth yet sticky on the throat with a dry finish. If you have the option, "Carpe Noctem"  and enjoy a <a href=http://www.ratebeer.com/beer/victory-moonglow instead.

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