Widmer Brothers Hefeweizen

Brewed by Widmer Brothers Brewing Company
Style: Wheat Ale
Portland, Oregon USA

Serve in Shaker, Weizen

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Revisiting another beer I loved back in 2009 back when anything beyond BMC was starting to really impress me. Pours golden with small head. Smell is somewhat honey-like, but you really have to search for a smell. Taste is some lemon and malt at first, but it disappears quickly, leaving no discernible aftertaste - this thing’s done in about five seconds flat. Refreshing at first, but it’s so...wimpy. Not even a standout in the style - it’s comparable to most other okay wheats. My how I’ve grown!

Draft. Pours a very cloudy golden with a medium-sized white head. Cloudiest beer I’ve ever seen. Aroma and flavor are mild yeastiness, banana, some clove, a little too bitter. Medium mouthfeel.

Has a good wheat haze appearance with a lacy head. The aroma was very consistent with style, but a but thin on mouthfeel. The yeast did not bring the fruity citrus flavor to a level I prefer.

(bottle) Pleasant aroma with banana and citrus notes. Medium body, well carbonated. Tangy and spicey with banana and some interesting bitterness in the finish. Very drinkable.

This was one of my favorites many years ago and it has been a long time since I had one. It is no longer a favorite. Very harsh with a thin yeast taste, parred with an off bitterness. Missing most of the good characteristics of a hefe. Lame yeast and poor hop choice. Quite disappointed.

12 ounce bottle pours a hazy orange color with aromas of wheat, citrus, and orange peel. Flavor is slightly feint sweet orange, wheat, and a touch of yeast. Decent wheat beer.

I’m going out on a limb here.....a really refreshing beer! I know, I know, there are better hefeweizins out there, but this, for the price, is pretty good. Yep, there are cloves, yeast, grassy, lemony flavors here, all the stuff you’ve come to expect for the style. The 4.7% ABV lends itself to working in the garden and other mundane chores. Now I’m curious to try other brews from these guys.

First time with this one. A 22 oz. that I enjoyed with dinner. Nice golden color, unfiltered with about a finger and a half of head. Good lacing. Very lemony and fruity aroma and flavor. Pleasant, better than Blue Moon, but not nearly as good as Sierra Nevada’s.

Pours a great color. Reminds me of a florida orange color. Bit hazy. Taste is a bit of oranges. Bit of wheat as well. Was hoping the taste was as good as the appearance. Too bad.

Bottle. Good smell of grass, lemon/citrus. Malt backbone, lemon slushiness, and not bitter. High carbonation with a light body.