Weihenstephaner Vitus

Brewed by Bayerische Staatsbrauerei Weihenstephan
Style: Weizen Bock
Freising, Oberbayern, Germany

Great head, aroma and appearance. Perhaps a touch sweet, but great body and mouth feel. A very light Weizenbock, but it is excellent.

Bottle. Pours a thin but interesting and lively yellow with a huge head of ivory. Notes of clove, bubblegum, and pear are in the nose. Flavor is a sweet and floral rush of clove and banana, with a tingly trickle all the way down the tongue. VERY refreshing and light, and VERY enjoyable. GREAT weizen; definite repeat.

This is the lightest Weizenbock I’ve seen. Looks like a hefeweizen. Smells like a hefe, big on the bubblegum with noticible spicy hops. Very nice yeasty, wheaty, banana and bubblegum flavor. Huge body with a nice effervecence. Really an exceptional ale and a new take on the style.

Another bottle that was gracefully shared by Crosling. Poured a semi-hazy, bright yellow color with a fluffy white head. Aroma of wheat and some fruity esters (banana and apricot). Initial strong grainy wheat flavor gives way to a strong, fruity banana esters and a decent yeastiness. Easy to drink, and definitely didn’t seem like a 7.7% beer. Not a huge fan of the hefeweizen type beers, but this one wasn’t too bad at all.

(Bottle) Pours a hazy yellow body with a large white head. Aroma of banana, clove, mustiness, and lemon zest. Flavor of banana, wheat, clove, and bubble gum with a soft mouthfeel.

This bottled brew from a bottle shop poured a head of all foam finely sized white colored bubbles that were mostly diminishing and left behind a hazy softly carbonated yellow colored body and a poor lacing. The aroma was hoppy and wheat. The crisp mouth feel was tingly at the start and at the finish. The flavor contained notes of malt hops dough and wheat. A decent one that I would consider buying again. Very easy to drink.

Light gold, steady bubbles, foamy thick 3 finger head. Lovely, but it’s the lightest weizen I’ve ever seen. Strong yeast aroma, some banana. Same banana up front in the sip, gets dirty and yeasty quickly with a gritty texture to it.

Bottle. Rating 420, there should be a soundtreat but it doesn’t play. Pours a hazy golden amber wtih big frothy white head. Aroma is wheaty and full of fresh banana. Flavor comes in with a yeasty doughiness and plenty of wheat and banana with hints of spice. Finish is short and clean. Moderate carbonation with a chewy but lighter mouthfeel. Well hidden alcohol. I will buy more for sure, very nice.