Beer Camp Across the World: Dry-Hopped Berliner-Style Weisse
Sierra Nevada Brewing Company in Chico, California, United States 🇺🇸
Collab with: Saint Arnold Brewing CompanyBerliner Weisse Rotating Out of Production
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Score
7.07
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We wanted to make a beer that was a bit outside of both breweries normal wheelhouses, so together we chose to create a twist on the classic, tart, Berliner Weisse. Were playing off the slightly sour twang of the base beer by adding heaps of dry-hopped flavor to complement the tartness with citrusy and fruit-forward hop notes. The primary yeast strain is Sierra Nevadas famous Kellerweis wheat beer yeast, which imparts notes of banana and clove, blending seamlessly with the hops to create a dry, white-wine-like flavor that is as crisp and refreshing as anything we've tried.
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7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle from Hegedorn's. Hazy gold with lace. Nice fruity nose of hops, some pot, grasses, lemon, light tropiucl fruits. Very fruity hop flavor, tropical and citrus, grassy, grapefruit. Good tart balance with a crisp, light body.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Sep 2017
at 07:21
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
On tap at Vultures Lane. Pours straw. Lemon, straw, peach, little funk, bread. Decent, nice hopping but the underlying beer could be better.
Tried
from Draft
on 31 Aug 2017
at 04:33
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Part of the sampler pack. Slightly hazy yellow with moderate white head. Spicy esters follow through to slight fruit.
Tried
on 29 Aug 2017
at 23:56
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Poured from a 12 oz bottle. Aroma is acidic with some light citrus and yogurt notes. Medium grain notes with some moderate earthy and herbal hop notes. Light fruity notes. Pours a hazy, dull, golden straw color with a medium large, fairly thick and frothy, white head that recedes quickly to a thin film that lingers for a bit. No lacing or legs. Flavor is moderately acidic with a medium grain note and a faint of sweetness. Light bitterness with moderate hop notes, earthy and herbal with hints of citrus and tropical fruit. Light citrus and yogurt notes. Mouthfeel is light bodied with medium high carbonation. Low astringency and low alcohol warmth. Overall, a pretty nice Berliner. The hop profile has started to fade though and the base beer is a bit bland.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Aug 2017
at 22:58
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle. Golden beer with a whitish head. Tart and light grapefruit aroma. Grapefruit and tart flavor with light sourness. Medium bodied. Grapefruit and light pine lingers with light sourness.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Aug 2017
at 21:07
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
12 ounce bottle. Pale yellow gold color. Small creamy ghost white head. Tart, sulphury, chalky aroma. Intense, tangy, yeasty wheat malt flavor. Notes of lemon juice, apple cider vinegar and sourdough bread. Bitter dry hops in finish are subdued. Certainly unique. " Ich bin ein Berliner ".
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Aug 2017
at 22:07
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Bottle from Maruho shared at the Beer Zen Salt Valley Event. Lightly cloudy gold with a thin fuzzy head and a tart wheat aroma. The taste is acidic wheat and passionfruit. Very nice light drinkable Berliner with a clear dose of fruit character.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Jul 2017
at 19:30
6.8/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 4
Overall 8
Minty grass, dandelion, lemon zest, and rubber nose, strong. Hazy amber, thin head. Tart lemon, lime. As the shock of the tartness subsides, floral dandelion appears. Light body, moderate carbonation.
Tried
on 27 Jul 2017
at 21:52
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Bottle: Cloudy, yellow-gold with a small white head. Lemon, slightly perfumed wheat malt aroma. Taste is fairly tart...lemon, wheat malt. Very good body and a good amount of wheaty-ness.... Didn’t get much in the way of hops, banana, or clove, to be honest.....just a bit of grass/straw....but overall, a nice, solid offering in the style.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Jul 2017
at 17:39
7/10
Clear golden bod small foam wht head. Tart citrus and floral arma. Tart citrus and grassy flav. Med bod mod carb. 7/3/7/4/15 3.6
Tried
from Draft
on 20 Jul 2017
at 18:00