12 oz. Bottle
Brewed by the world's oldest brewery, and supposedly one of the best beers in the world, figured it was about time I'd give it a shot, especially because it's on the cheaper end of the craft store spectrum at just about $2 a bottle.
This hefeweizen pours a beautiful golden orange with about a finger's width of white, foamy head. Carbonation is very present visually, with a continuous stream of tiny bubbles constantly floating towards the top. Sweet banana and wheat scents off the top, with some clove spice as well, maybe a little bit of cinnamon. Hop presence is minimal, but there, in the nose as well Definitely a pleasant smelling beer. Nice banana and cloves in the taste, some nice wheat flavor there as well. Minor citrus notes - particularly lemon accents. Slight hop on the finish, but it adds nicely to the overall product. A very balanced beer, though could use slightly less carbonation - that's probably my biggest complaint about this beer - you almost get a slightly seltzer water-ish aftertaste because of the high carbonation of this beer. It does help the nice, clean, crisp finish of the beer, but could have done so as well with slightly less. And at 5.4% ABV, there is no discernible alcohol presence.
Really a nice showing, I suppose when a brewery has been open as long as Weihenstephaner, the brewers tend to have ironed out all of the kinks in the recipes by now (especially since they've been brewing this one for about as long as the brewery has been open).
Overall Rating: 4/5
Brewed by the world's oldest brewery, and supposedly one of the best beers in the world, figured it was about time I'd give it a shot, especially because it's on the cheaper end of the craft store spectrum at just about $2 a bottle.
This hefeweizen pours a beautiful golden orange with about a finger's width of white, foamy head. Carbonation is very present visually, with a continuous stream of tiny bubbles constantly floating towards the top. Sweet banana and wheat scents off the top, with some clove spice as well, maybe a little bit of cinnamon. Hop presence is minimal, but there, in the nose as well Definitely a pleasant smelling beer. Nice banana and cloves in the taste, some nice wheat flavor there as well. Minor citrus notes - particularly lemon accents. Slight hop on the finish, but it adds nicely to the overall product. A very balanced beer, though could use slightly less carbonation - that's probably my biggest complaint about this beer - you almost get a slightly seltzer water-ish aftertaste because of the high carbonation of this beer. It does help the nice, clean, crisp finish of the beer, but could have done so as well with slightly less. And at 5.4% ABV, there is no discernible alcohol presence.
Really a nice showing, I suppose when a brewery has been open as long as Weihenstephaner, the brewers tend to have ironed out all of the kinks in the recipes by now (especially since they've been brewing this one for about as long as the brewery has been open).
Overall Rating: 4/5
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