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Weihenstephaner Hefe Weissbier

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

Freising, Oberbayern, Germany

bottled
common

on tap
common

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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
13853.78/5.03.77/5.05.4%99.5Weizen
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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 leninthedesert (112), Nevada, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/102/57/104/514/20
Feb 19, 2008  
I’m not a great fan of hefeweizen, but his beer truly surprised me! Notes of banana and spice made this a delight for the palate. Definitely not a one dimensional beer as has been my experience with so many other hefeweizens.


 after4ever (2711), Brier, Washington, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/105/55/104/512/20
Feb 18, 2008  
500. Pours a gorgeous cloudy medium buttery amber with a towering fluffy platinum blonde head. Intermittent starry lacing persists, along with a little dab of head. Mild banana nose. Medium body with soft carb. You can pick up cloves in there...mostly because you know they’re appropriate to the style. The flavor here is pretty battered from all its time in transit and the rigors of the journey.


 taunusmies (276), Finland
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/56/103/516/20
Feb 16, 2008  
A very bavarian and bananian taste indeed. However, one of the finest weissbiers that I have had a privilege to taste. Pours hazy and golden with a huge foamy head. Taste is malty, sweet, aromatic and citrusy. Hail to the Germans.


 guyinchicago (526), marengo, Illinois, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/516/20
Feb 16, 2008  
cloudy orange yellow pour flavors of bananas and yeast with a slight after taste of spices but over all very tasty nice beer


 17thfloor (1461), Chicago, Illinois, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/57/103/513/20
Feb 14, 2008    Updated: Mar 4, 2008
Hello bananas! Huge banana aroma when you open the bottle. Smells the most like actual bananas that I’ve come across. Lots of dusty yeast in the aroma too. Not very hazy pour, kinda like a golden pilsner with a giant creamy froth white head. Definite sour grassiness with fruity, dried banana, and yeast notes. Find it really similar to the Paulaner hefe. Sweet and sour banana & spice aftertaste. Filling body, despite the lively carbonation it feels a little flat and disconnected. There are many smoother hefe’s out there. Definitely not the end-all be-all of hefe’s.


 maniac4016 (114), bill clinton, Iceland
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/517/20
Feb 11, 2008  
coriander, cloves on nosing. thick head with good lacing, on 2nd pass bananna comes through. coriander/clove/ a little gum. very clean from start to finish with long clean wheat finish. damn good!!


 bdigital (586), Ft Wayne, Indiana, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/57/104/517/20
Feb 10, 2008  
Bottle: Pours a pale orange/yellow with a pillow-like white head. Aroma is amazing with some banana, orange peel, wheat, and nutmeg notes coming through. Medium bodied mouth feel. Spiced-up citrus wheat flavors pound the taste buds and not one time do they yield. I’ve definitely garnered a newfound appreciation for this style. Very good.


 RSRIZZO (1363), Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA
4.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
10/105/59/104/519/20
Feb 10, 2008  
Aroma is yeasty with esters of banana and coriander. Color is a hazy orange yellow with very good carbonation and a big thick head. Taste is light and fruity. Starting with medium body it goes down with a crisp feel. Finish comes on with a fruity yeast flavor and a mellow citrus taste then ends with a faint banana and coriander flavor and a gentle bitterness. After taste is clean with the citrus taste riding out the longest. This is one of the best Hefeweizens I nave ever had.



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