Widmer Brothers Hefeweizen

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

Serve in Shaker, Weizen

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Light lemony aroma, with sweet malt, and a little vegetal. Sweet flavor; a little bready and vegetal. Low bitterness in finish/aftertaste--but it’s wierd tasting.

Hazy gold with chunks of yeast floating in it and a thin rimming off-white head; soft aroma of slight yeast; flavor is rich with bubble gummy yeasty and some wheat/grainy notes; feels medium/chewy yet crisp; finishes mildly- some dry wheatiness

Pours a light amber with medium carbonation a small head. Aromas of light banana, light bread, and light caramel. Flavors of light banana, light bread, a hint of lemon, slight grain, and slight grass. Crisp. leaves a slight corn/grain aftertaste. Light all around with a light sweetness.

At a tasting. Comes a hazy light gold with a decent white head. Aroma of grain, malt, and citrus. Taste is malt, wheat, lemons, and grass. Decent enough.

Poured from 12 oz. bottle at Buffalo Wild Wings in Oregon, OH. Clear, sparkling, straw-yellow with a 3-finger off-white head and excellent lacing. (Why is a hefeweizen clear?!!) Aroma of banana, spice, lemon and lots of sweet light malt. Much milder and less complex than a traditional hefeweizen. Taste of bitter fruity hops, light malt and wheat with a little yeast, but not much spice or banana. Medium body and medium/high carbonation. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

Pours light gold with big fluffy white head. Not a very powerful aroma, wheat notes. This is a light beer, flavor is of wheat, some lemon, some berry sweetness. Overall, a good beer to have outside in the summer or with some spicy wings, but not too noteworthy.

[Bottle from Westholme Stores, Goring] Cloudy orange with a moderate white head and a moderate fizz. Cheap lagery aroma. A little banana on tasting, with wheaty cereal too. A rather unpleasant sourness in the aftertaste. Creamy mouthfeel, but overall this is pretty lightweight stuff. Poor.

Reviewed as an American Pale Wheat Ale. A - Cloudy yellow orange body with a 1.5 finger white head. Below average head retention and no lacing. S - Rustic wheat, mellow spices, some green banana, oranges and lemons, grassy hops. T - Strong wheat present, tart and tangy yeast, earthy hops, lemon zest, kinda falls flat in the middle and finishes with a watery bitterness. M - Creamy and smooth feel, moderate carbonation. Good for the style except for the finish. Heavy wheat flavors and the yeast keeps it interesting. Serving type: bottle 07-10-2011

Pours a light cloudy yellow color with neon white head. The aroma is a light fruit sent. It has the flavor of funky fruit. The body is medium with a funky aftertaste. Overall not a good beer at all.

Bottle-shaker. Cloudy yellow with faint head. Wheat and banana. Typical for the style, nothing exceptional, the standard hefeweizen in American bars.