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Weihenstephaner Hefe Weissbier

Weihenstephaner Hefe Weissbier - German Hefeweizen

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 Percentile 
97
overall
Brewed by Bayerische Staatsbrauerei Weihenstephan
Style: German Hefeweizen

Freising, Oberbayern, Germany

bottled
common

on tap
common

Broad Distribution
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 Ratings  Average  Score  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in 
13723.78/5.03.77/5.05.4%99.5Weizen
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Commercial Description:
Nothing refreshes you more than this naturally cloudy wheat beer with its wonderful yeasty fragrance and taste. Goes well with dishes that do not have too intensive a flavour, especially that Bavarian speciality 'Weisswurst' or white sausage.
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 craftycarl21 (513), South Hero, Vermont, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/104/515/20
Aug 29, 2009  
Pours a murky dark peach color with a nice but quick to dissipate white head. Aroma holds lots of doughy yeast, citrus, banana, spice, lemon, and wheat malt. Flavor is heavy with bread, yeast, dough, and wheat, along with clove. The finish is really nice, with an impressive bitterness to it; this isn’t nearly as sweet as some more mediocre hefeweizens. Palate is very refreshing, but not too light; great beer for the style.


 Strangebrewer (208), Chatham, Ontario, Canada
1.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/103/53/103/56/20
Aug 28, 2009  
bottle. Poured cloudy straw coloured with a large white dense head. Strong yeasty citrus aroma. High carbonation. Taste is sour, yeasty with a light peppery bitter finish.


 drowland (1360), Tallahassee, Florida, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/104/515/20
Aug 22, 2009  
Have had this from the bottle and on tap. This is one of my favorite German hefes and a great example of the style.


 JediMindTricks (240), Hampton, Virginia, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/513/20
Aug 18, 2009  
Bottle. Apperance; Light yello, cloudy, with a big white head. Aroma; Wheat and a small amount of citrus. Wheat and light bitter ending.


 Marsiblursi (1631), Göteborg, Sweden
4.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
10/104/58/104/518/20
Aug 18, 2009  
(Bottle) Pours hazy golden with a creamy white head. The aroma is fantastic and typical for the style with spicy clove-like phenols and light banana and mango esters. Some pear and peach as well. The doughy yeast and wheat makes the nose round and soft. Undertones of vanilla ice cream and mild white pepper. A tiny touch a lemon and flowers are also notable. The flavour is light sweet and light bitter with a nice wheat backbone. Starts with fruity esters and light toasted malt and ends with clove and light band-aid phenols. Undertones of vanilla, lemon, bubblegum and flowers. The mouthfeel is round and soft with a lively carbonation. Very clean and easy to drink yet quite fat. There are some hoppy notes in the aftertaste. Medium bodied. Ester and phenols are the new malt and hops.


 danielst (131), Vienna, Austria
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/105/55/103/514/20
Aug 18, 2009  
A hazy orange pour with an incredible head. A straightforward weizen aroma - heavily doughy, bready and a fresh lemon/orange-like acidity. The flavour is of bready and honeyish malts with a sticky yeastiness, bananas and a slight acidity again. Medium to light mouthfeel and pretty strong carbonation, I’d say proper to the style though. This was one of the first beers I bought to enhance my beer-knowledge and I still like it, probably my favourite hefeweizen - please note, I don’t like them overall.


 Hopper (277), San Antonio, Texas, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/105/58/105/516/20
Aug 17, 2009  
A cloudy golden beer with a nice 3 finger foamy head. This beer looks really good as you pour it. Aroma of banana, some spice. Taste was some banana & had a nice mouthfeel. This beer does not look lazy & it dances in the glass with the carbonation. This is the most refreshing beer I have ever had & is such a thirst quencher especially if you have been outside in the heat.


 JulienHuxley (166), Trois-Rivieres, Quebec, Canada
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/515/20
Aug 16, 2009  
My friend warned me by saying: "Watch out, this stuff just goes down." That’s exactly what this is. Cloudy yellow pour with a white head that fades but never dissapears completely. Smells of wheat wheat wheat with a few subtle notes of spice/corriander. Starts out thin in the mouth but leaves a rich aftertaste and is incredibly refreshing.



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