Schöfferhofer Hefeweizen

This is the last of the beers left to review that I had at the 2010 EPCOT Food & Wine Festival.  Sorry for the delay on it, but I actually forgot to review it.   I'm not sure how, but it got put off the side and I just now found my notes for it.  Sorry for a total lack of information on this one also.  EPCOT didn't have too much information on it at all and if they did, I don't remember anything they said about it.   I can't find out too much about it on their website either, I'm not exactly fluent in German.  The information I can offer though is that it's a hefeweizen (obviously) and it's 5% ABV.

A: , Extremely golden color.  Haven't seen any beers as bright as this one.   Murky and cloudy with little to no head.

S: The smell is of light banana, some clove, and some slight spice.

T:  Flavors of banana, bubble gum and wheat along with some hints of clove are about all you find in this brew.

M: It feels light to medium bodied with high carbonation.  Rather smooth though.

D: Thirst quenching and refreshing, as are most hefes in my opinion.

Grade -It's a one thumb up beer, I wouldn't kill someone to get my hands on it again, but I'm glad I tried it and would have it again.

Julius Echter Hefe-Weissbier

Was at Wegmans a few weeks ago picking up a 4 pack of Ommegang Hennepin and for no reason this beer caught my attention. 500ML bomber. I liked the simplicity and attractiveness of the bottle and it was nicely priced. I think it was $2.99. I may be wrong though. I figured, what the hell, why not. Finally getting around to trying a new beer and writing a review.
Hopefully when I ship out and head down to Orlando (If you notice the mouse bottle opener that's where I'm working.) in another month and a half, I will have a lot of down time when I'm not working to sit around and review some beer.

Anyway, this seems like a really typical Hefeweizen. 4.9% ABV and it's German. You'd think you can't go wrong, let's hope so.

A: Cloudy pale golden color. Large thick creamy head that dissipates rather quickly. Also you can see bubbles inside. Nice lacing on the glass.

S: Fruity for the most part. You can smell clove, banana, and a little bit of spice. Pretty standard hefeweizen thus far based on my experience.

T: Spicy in front.. with a taste of clove mixed with pepper. Followed by a dull bread flavor. I'm not making this up. It seriously tastes like bubblegum on the finish. It's unique. I've never really had a bubblegum style taste in a beer. I think I like the way this all mashes together. I'd rather have a spice beginning and a sweet finish than the other way around.

M: Medium bodied although it seems to water out at the end. Nicely carbonated, you can feel a lot of bubbles on the tongue.

D: Pretty drinkable beer. After I finish up this current bottle, I'm sure I could have another. Low alcohol mixed with a great flavor leaves you with a very drinkable beer.

Grade: I wouldn't give it two thumbs up but I would definitely tell you to go give it a chance if you ever see it. You'll enjoy it.
One Thumb Up

Weihenstephaner Hefeweissbier

Regarded as one of the best Hefeweizen in the world (according to Beer Advocate - - Close to 1400 reviews and holds an A rating.)Weihenstephaner Hefeweissbier is brewed in Germany by Brauerei Weihenstephan. They are also known for such great beers as... well.. a whole bunch of beers with long German names I can't pronounce. This beer holds a 5.4% ABV so I'm not expecting too much of a bite by it.

This is my first beer review in awhile... and like always.. I'm expecting big things from the beer.
I probably should be using a Weizen glass for this beer but I don't own one (someone donate me one). I'll use a standard pint glass instead. (But in honor of St. Patrick's Day, a Smithwicks one.)


A - Pretty unrelated to the actual appearance to the beer, but I really like how the bottle looks and I like the cap also. It'll make a nice addition to my collection. Hazy golden orange color. Huge creamy 3 finger head. Bubbles are cascading up heavily so this beer should have some high carbonation. Head dissipated rather quickly and left no lacing at all.

S - The smell is powerful with citrus. Orange to be a bit more specific. Coriander is also present in the smell. I also smell hints of banana and spice. Kind of a bready smell. A really nice smell, minus the spice which I'm not huge on.

T - Mmmm, Banana and citrus dominate the taste. Hardly any of that spice I smelled actually made it's way to the tastebuds which I'm happy about. The sweet banana/citrus taste goes away very quickly and leaves a bitter taste in the back although that goes away as quickly as the sweet taste. Little to no aftertaste is left behind which is no problem to much, just makes me want more.

M - I felt it would be a little bit more carbonated than it was due to all the bubbles. Don't get me wrong this is a highly carbonated beer, but I thought it would be to the point where it was almost like a Pepsi or something. Medium-bodied which I wasn't expecting due to the minimal lacing/head. I figured this beer would be almost watery.

D - Very drinkable beer. More of a summer beer than anything. Still great at any time of year though. Definitely would recommend this to friends.

Two thumbs up! Try this beer guys!

Oh.. and here is the cap I was talking about.

Sierra Nevada Kellerweis Hefeweizen

A - Straw golden yellow color. Fluffly inch head. Quickly dissipates to a small white ring around the top of the beer.

S - The smell was actually a bit of a turn off to me. The smell was really just, ehh. Kind of a wet rotting leaf smell, mixed with banana. Seriously, the best way I can describe it is during autumn when it rains and all the leaves on the ground just get soaked and damp. Yeah.. that's the smell.

T - Thank god the taste is a hell of a lot better than the smell or I'd have trouble stomaching this one. (It's rare in my experience that it actually happens like this too.) Banana and clove dominate the taste. You can taste a hint or lemon, or my mind could just be playing tricks on me. I would have prefered to have a stronger banana taste, (even though it dominates the taste it doesn't really smack you in the face like you'd want) It's more of a dull banana taste, although not the least bit bad.

M - A very thin almost watery style too it. Very crisp though.

D - I won't even beat around the bush and say yeah.. pretty good session beer. YOU CAN POUND THESE. I could sit here and drink these all day long.. if they didn't have alcohol in them that is.
But definitely very very drinkable. I'm convinced that even a beer drinker wouldn't taste this beer and spit it out and say disgusting. It's that good.

One of my favorite beers.

Two Thumbs Up!

Brooklyn "Brooklyner" Weisse

My first beer from Brooklyn Brewery. Brooklyn Brewery is a "good" brewery. They don't have any really amazing beers, but they have a lot of beers are are "good." So as far as Brooklyn goes, their beers are average to good. C's to B's in terms of letter grades.
Because of this I'm going into this beer (as I do most of my beers) with higher expectations especially because this is only my fouuth Hefeweizen, and I enjoyed the first three... with one being one of my top 5 beers.
Victory Sunrise Weiss
Flying Dog In-Heat Wheat
Sierra Nevada Kellerweis Hefeweizen

Let's go.


A - Orange/Amberish color. I'd compare it to the color of rust on a car. Let's hope it doesn't taste like rust, although, I've never tasted rust before... it just can't be good and we will leave it at that. The head was a nice quarter to half inch head, but I'm not sure because it dissipated so quickly and left no trail of lacing. The head went away so quickly it's like someone pulled a magic trick in front of my eyes.. I'm not even sure if one was there to begin with. (Okay you get my point)

S - Some people say this is the most citrusy beer they have ever smelled. Yeah, I don't get the same feeling. Sure theres some citrus in there, but it doesn't dominate the smell by no means. Lemon for sure, with some spice. Theres also so banana. I don't really feel anything special from the smell.

T - So far neither the appearance or scent really did anything for me. Hopefully the taste can be a lot better than I'm starting to feel like it's going to be. *Long pause* Little bit of hop bitterness I must say. Some orange and banana. Little spicy. Definitely didn't expect this at all. (Not that it's necessarily bad, it just caught me off guard.) I was expecting something a little bit more sweet. I feel like the finish of the beer is really missing something. I'm not sure what it is, but I really feel like I was just waiting for a taste of something else and I never got it. I guess you could say it falls a little flat. No aftertaste at all. I keep forgetting what it tastes like until I get another mouthful.

M - Carbonation is crisp. The beer feels really light. It's just odd how the taste drops off so quickly. I'm not a huge fan of that.

D - Very drinkable beer. Goes down very easy, and they leave you wanting more with the way you can't savor the taste. Could easily have a couple of these.

I'm not saying this is a bad beer, it's just far from a good beer in my opinion. The taste isn't bad really, it just leaves me wanting so much more.

I think this beer is probably right in line with most of the other beers from this brewery.

I'd give it one thumb up.

I wouldn't turn this beer down if someone offered it to me, but I don't think I'd rush out to buy it again. It may seem like I tore it apart in my review but when I imput all my values on BeerAdvocate it spit me out a letter grade of B-, which I can agree with. A little above average, but not by much.

Victory Sunrise Weiss

A: Cloudy yellow color. Huge inch to inch and a half head. Fell apart fairly quickly and left some slight lacing.

S: The smell didn't blow me away. Just heavy on banana with a hint of lemon and wheat. Pretty standard though for Hefeweizens.

T: Light taste. Not as heavy on banana as the smell indicated. The lemon is also highly present. Actually the more I drink it, the more lemon I taste than banana. Not a bad taste, but I think I would like it a bit more if it were heavier on the banana and lighter on the lemon. There are some hints of spice and grain on the finish. Pretty fruity taste for the most part though which I did enjoy.

M: Feels pretty thick actually, but it's probably due to the above average carbonation which is nice for a change. The bubbly feel is great.

D: Drinkability is pretty good. I could drink a couple of these one right after another without having anything else in between.

Two Thumbs Up!

Flying Dog In-Heat Wheat

A: Deep gold. Slightly cloudy with no lacing. It's a very nice looking beer. I love the gold color.

S: Not a lot jumping out at me on the smell. Maybe a little banana and wheat.

T: Slight citrus taste. I definitely could taste the banana though. Also a little wheat and honey. This is my first Hefeweizen so if this is the normal, consider me a lover. Very slight alcohol taste at the end. Very light.

M: Very smooth and crisp. Low to medium carbonation.

D: This would be a great beer to drink on a summer day. Goes does very very easy.

Two Thumbs Up!