Weissenheimer Hefeweizen
Destihl Brewery in Normal, Illinois, United States 🇺🇸
Weizen - Hefeweizen Regular|
Score
6.44
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The aroma and flavor of this classic hefeweizen (or weissbier/wheat beer with yeast) is decidedly fruity with clove, nutmeg-like and even vanilla-like phenolics. Banana-like esters are also present. This beer is made with over 50 percent malted wheat, and hop rates are quite low, with hop flavor and aroma being absent. Hefeweizen is well attenuated and very highly carbonated, yet its relatively high starting gravity and alcohol content make it a medium-full bodied beer. The color is very pale. Because yeast is present, the beer will have yeast flavor and a characteristically fuller mouthfeel and is appropriately very cloudy.
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7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Refrigerated 12 oz. aluminum can poured into a weizen glass. Hazy light orange with small off-white head. Aroma is nice clove & banana, medium/light body, medium carbonation, and little lacing. Taste is clove, banana, and bubble gum. Descent hefe, but several I prefer much more.
Tried
from Can
on 25 Apr 2016
at 19:56
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
Can. Banana, orange, clove, wheat malt, and straw aroma. Slightly hazy golden yellow with moderate head. Moderately sweet banana, orange, clove, wheat malt, and very mildly bitter straw flavor. Good body. Pretty good - more like a Kristallweizen in appearance and flavor though.
Tried
from Can
on 23 Apr 2016
at 15:47
5.8/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Can. Wheat malt, faint banana, and clove aroma. Slightly hazy - almost clear - straw gold with a small white head which has no retention. Sweet banana, heavy clove, and wheat malt flavor. Medium body, soft carbonation. Way too sweet for a hef.
Tried
from Can
on 28 Aug 2015
at 19:13
7/10
Tried
on 14 Feb 2014
at 18:14
4.8/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 4
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 5
Sampled in Champaign 11.2012. Dry yeast aroma. Greyish yellow, low lace. Dry spicy yeast, almost franconian weizen. Fairly light body, lacks chewyness. Ok spicy finish.
Tried
on 25 Apr 2013
at 10:05
5.2/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 4
Texture 3
Overall 9
Draft. Cloudy gold body with a fizzy, white head. Aroma of clove, fingernail polish, husky grain. The flavor is moderately sweet and lightly bitter. It finishes lightly sweet and lightly to moderately bitter. Tart finish, almost sour. Medium body, creamy texture, moderate carbonation. Slightly hot, alcoholic. And then there’s that chemical, solvent aftertaste. Where’s the banana? Bubble gum?
Tried
from Draft
on 08 Sep 2012
at 10:20
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
On tap at DeStihl. Murky greyed orange-tan. Thick white head. The bigger ABV enticed me to get a 12oz...they said it was 6.9%..Creamy, this is like a good strong Cream Ale, lots of vanilla, more so than banana. Not true to style, but drinkable. Sweet and sugary, not so impressive after a few sips.
Tried
from Draft
on 27 Aug 2012
at 19:25
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Draft at Normal IL location. Poured a slightly hazy golden wheat color, medium sized white head. Aroma was wheat, banana and cloves. Flavor was wheat spice, banana, cloves. Was okay, but not my favorite one of this particular brewer.
Tried
from Draft
on 05 Aug 2011
at 14:05
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
growler at the RBSG 2010 - Pours cloudy yellow orange and smells of wheat and bananas. It tastes of sweet wheat malt with a bit of banana and spice. There’s a mild hops presence. Okay.
Tried
from Growler
on 13 Apr 2011
at 15:57
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
on tap-pours a white head that laces and cloudy gold color. Aroma is banana/clove, light malt/wheat. Taste is clove/pepper/banana, light malt/wheat. Towards light body.
Tried
from Draft
on 08 Aug 2010
at 07:18