Cordial moderate-bodied golden-hazed German-styled wheat ale features usual suspects. Ripe banana seeps into clove-spiced grassy-hopped lemon-dried midst of fizzy soft-watered fodder. Casual banana bread finish enlivened by wheat biscuit spine. On tap, dryer Berliner wiess qualities emerge, such as saltier lemon-seeded souring and raw-honeyed wheat breading. Plus, its body is a hazier yellowed beige.
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MOOSBACHER WEISSBIER
Murky golden-hazed hefeweizen with casual sweet ‘n sour banana-clove opening, spritzy lemon tartness and vanilla wafer pleasantry needs firmer body and less murky finish. Musty hard-candied lemondrop midst and washed-out banana bubblegum reminder regale fragile honeyed wheat base. Fizzy Seltzer-like flow diminishes astringent hop bittering of unassuming mediocrity.
SCUTTLEBUTT 10 DEGREES BELOW ALE
Creamy wintry weizenbock retains soft, fluffy texture for cinnamon-spiced brown chocolate theme. Prune, raisin, and cherry gird cocoa-dusted molasses malting as vanilla, cappuccino, and walnut illusions emerge. But seasonal clove and gingerbread spicing lacks stamina.
HOPPIN’ FROG WILD FROG WHEAT ALE
Robust for its style, well-balanced wide-ranging golden-hazed hefeweizen wields phenol white-wined green grape esters into sunny citric souring, pale wheat malting, dark floral potpourri and herbaceous nuances. Orange-peeled lemon zest brightens banana-coriander-clove sensation, gathering momentum over honey-sugared banana bread, cooked apple and vanilla cake illusions. Though minor phenolic acidity looms, fully realized brew retains endless expression.
WURZBURGER JULIUS ECHTER BAVARIAN HEFE-WEISS
Inviting pearly-headed yellow-hazed Bavarian wheat ale retains prickly peppered hop zest, sweet coriander-clove spicing, and ester-y banana tartness, staying lively on the tongue. Bubblegum illusions peak through lemony vanilla wafer midst. Musty apple-apricot-orange fruiting enlightens mild backend.
B.J.’S HARVEST HEFEWEIZEN
(HOFBRAU) KINDL HEFE WEIZEN
(HOFBRAU) KINDL WEISSBIER
SAMUEL ADAMS HEFEWEIZEN
Minor cloudiness invades flat, chartreuse, Bavarian-hopped half-wheat knockoff. Mild banana-bubblegum odor fades to metallic shrill as lemon-soured grapefruit snippet reaches wheat-cracked sourdough midst. Candied orange caress and unexpected licorice lament hidden beneath. Dreary peculiarity finds only middling success.