Review 84: Weihenstephener Hefe Weissbier

Review 84
7/19/12
Weihenstephener Hefe Weissbier: 5.4% abv

This is our first Hefeweisen that we’ve done. That being said, there is a technique to pouring Hefeweisens, and we really didn’t do it right. The recorder was helpful enough to comment on how bad the pourer was at pouring. But we tried and we’re going to get better with time. What is a Hefeweisen anyway. Well, as you might guess, it’s a German beer, but you might have already guessed that. It is a lighter, but very yeasty beer, which produces a large foam head to it. I can’t tell you all the technicals on it, because we’ll be saving that for the next Hefeweisen we do. I’ll try and keep this one short. On the schnauze, orene will find a very light, yeasty nose, indicating a similarity to many German beers. It has some fruity notes of apple, orange, pumpkin and banana, which is common in Hefes. It is yeasty, but also has some malt and wheat to it, with slight spiciness. The taste is interesting, for the fact that there is a dry, zestiness which creates a slight tingle as you first drink this. The arrival is light with some honeydew, leading into a big banana flavor, with some sweet flavors of lemon and cherry, with yeastiness to boot. It is very light, but borderline watery. The finish is light in the yeastiness as it settles, gives off some fruit notes of faint apple and some pumpkin. The finish is medium-long in length. There isn’t much more to say about it. We need to know more about these beers, but this didn’t shake our foundations. 

Score: 8.0/10

Review 34: Konig Ludwig Weissbier

Review 34
5/13/12
König Ludwig Weissbier: 5.5% abv

Alright, so I'm going to try and stay positive, but this was really a demoralizing way to start with a restart to the beer reviews. It was interesting enough looking, but definitely not what I would call "the best" of all beers. Some of our panel of beer testers were not happy with the results. Here's the notes. On the nose, there's champagne, grapes, honey, apple, wheat, strawberry and extra fruitiness. It was a light nose, and seemed a little sweet for our taste. On the tasting notes, there aren't many. Probably because the best note there was was water. Although there were hints of caramel, wheat, apple, molasses and slight ginger, water overtook everything. For this price, nobody is paying to drink water. The finish is short, with apple and molasses, along with an unpleasant metallic character to it. Not worth the money, not a good beer, and not worth my time. Don't bother with it. 

Score: 2.5/10