“Harmonious” idiosyncratic Bavarian hefe may be America’s finest and boldest. Effervescent lemon spritz welcomes sweet banana-bubblegum-clove expectancy, vanilla eclair creaming and white-peppered respite atop floury sourdough wheat base of meringue-headed golden bliss.
Decocted melanoidin green grape tannins sidle stylish lemony banana-clove stead given mild vanilla creaming, dainty floral perfuming (and herbier backup than most Bavarian hefes).
On tap at Plank Pizza, subtle banana-clove-bubblegum sweetness gains light powder-sugared vanilla sprinkle and spritzy lemon-soured cider sidebar above sinewy sourdough wheat malting.
On tap at Taphouse 15, “aggressively top fermented” hefe lets lemon-peppered lime spritz prickle stylish sourdough-sugared banana and clove sweetness. Slight banana nut bread, vanilla cake and cider illusions flutter and mild basil tea herbage felt below.
On tap at Casual Pint – VB, understated hefeweizen slides bubblegum candied sweetness into faded lemon-fizzed banana and clove easement, picking up mild apricot, apple and peach snips on the way to its fragile sourdough spine.
On tap at Seven Lakes Station, hazy straw yellowed hefeweizen retains lighter mouthfeel despite stylishly higher 6% ABV. Subtle brown-sugared banana bread sweetness and mild clove spicing allow lemon-soured dried plantain stint and wispy herbal tinge to contrast vanilla wafer flouring at its sourdough bottom.
Crisply brisk lemony passionfruit juicing never recedes as fizzy orange soda, ripe red grape, sweet cider and candied mango illusions sweeten German brewers’ variant tropical hefe.
Middling hefe defers some of its stylish banana-creamed clove spicing to herbal gingering, lemon zesting and cider sweetening over dryish raw honeyed sourdough wheat base.
In the can, skunked cabbage waft and murky lemon-rotted orange adjunct scour anticipated banana-clove sweetness, picking up dried plantain starching. Better on tap.
On tap at Ambulance and a tad richer than most hefeweizens, its creamier soudough sugaring gets upped while the lemony banana-clove influence stays in the herbal midst.
On tap at Seven Lakes Station, fizzy lemon liming nearly obscures banana-clove sweetness to its creamy sourdough wheat base. Yet a certain sinewy honeyed yeast clouding thickens its texture (as sharp cider sneaks in).
Polite Berlin-styled hefe provides salty lemony herbage for lightly vanilla-creamed banana and clove sweetness to its sugared wheat base. Crystalline, yes, but somewhat unassuming at dryish finish.
