Groove City
RAR Brewing in Cambridge, Maryland, United States 🇺🇸
Weizen - Hefeweizen Regular|
Score
6.57
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This German Style Hefeweizen is a throwback in homage of Cambridge’s most lasting nickname. Golden-yellow and hazy in appearance, this brew is a combination of American and German ingredients. Complex yet subtle, a faint sweetness immediately hits your palate followed by a distinctive wheat note. Notes of banana and clove are detected on the finish.
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4.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 3
Overall 4
2$ can from vintage. Pour is certainly hefe like, cloudy pale. Thin creamy head fades to pond scum. Rather smooth wheat ale nose but lacks any typical bubble gum, banana or clove character on the olfactory. Oh, first taste tells me this is more like a wheat ale than a hefe. Certainly none of the attributes of a finer civilized hefe from the old country. Yes, its just a medium bitter unfiltered wheat ale, if you ask me. Maybe if I swirl the can and try again; nope, the description says notes of banana and clove, but they are just not there. A little disappointing. In the middle, the wheat ale bitterness keeps building, even gets distracting. This stuff is really nothing like a hefe, straight up wheat ale to the finish. No hint of fruity esters nor spicy phenols! Oh well, so be it. It really bugs me when a brew is advertised as a smooth hefeweizen but ends up being a typical domestic wheat ale. There's not even any yeast sediment on the bottom of this can, balderdash.
Tried
from Can
from
Vintage Estate Wine and Beer
on 31 Dec 2025
at 21:26
7/10
Canned hazy gold yellow pour bananas estgers erc prettying good American hefe
Tried
from Can
on 20 May 2025
at 01:45
9/10
It's very summery. It's quite tasty. Can you tell?
Tried
from Can
on 13 Dec 2024
at 16:56
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Aroma of malt. Taste has typical oily items, some smokiness. Palate has lingering smoked notes, some hoppy oils, some of the same zesty spice elements typically seen in a hefe.
Tried
on 16 Oct 2023
at 15:18
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Banana and plastic nose. Hazy amber, medium head. Dryish bread, banana, pear. Light to medium body, easy carbonation.
Tried
on 29 May 2023
at 17:35
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Can. Pours hazy gold with an off-white head. Banana, wheat, clove, not bad.
Tried
from Can
on 19 Oct 2022
at 03:03
6/10
Tried
from Draft
on 19 Apr 2022
at 23:06
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bread yeast and some lime. A hint of pepper. Easy drinking, well balanced hefeweizen. Pours hazy yellow with ok head. Light tangy finish. Can from day 14 in Brew Shop beer calendar.
Tried
from Can
on 18 Dec 2021
at 20:38
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Can. Lemon, banana, clove, milk, wheat malt, and straw aroma. Hazy golden yellow with small head. Moderately sweet lemon, orange, banana, clove, wheat malt. and mildly bitter straw flavor. Good body. Nice.
Tried
from Can
on 19 Jul 2018
at 23:25
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Can. Clear light yellow with a generous white head.Yeasty aroma, light banana. Lightly sweet some banana but reallt falls short.
Tried
from Can
on 14 Jul 2018
at 22:53