Champion Brewing Company Tart Berliner Weisse

Tart Berliner Weisse

 

Champion Brewing Company in Charlottesville, Virginia, United States 🇺🇸

  Berliner Weisse Regular Out of Production
Score
6.65
ABV: 3.0% IBU: - Ticks: 18
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7.3/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
12 ounce can into tulip glass, no can dating. Pours lightly hazy/cloudy pale golden yellow color with a 1 finger fairly dense and fluffy white head with decent retention, that reduces to a minimal spotty lace cap that lingers. Light spotty lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Aromas of tart/sour lemon, lime, orange, peach, pear, melon, red/green apple, white grape. hay, straw, grass, wheat, cracker, white bread, light lacto funk, and yeast earthiness. Nice and pleasant aromas with good balance and complexity of fruity/acidic yeast and light-moderate pale/wheat malt notes; with solid strength. Taste of tart/sour lemon, lime, orange, peach, pear, melon, red/green apple, white grape. hay, straw, grass, wheat, cracker, white bread, light lacto funk, and yeast earthiness. Light-moderate lactic tartness and light yeast spiciness on the finish. Lingering notes of tart lemon, lime, orange, peach, pear, melon, red/green apple, white grape. hay, straw, grass, wheat, cracker, white bread, light lacto funk, and yeast earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Nice complexity, robustness, and balance of fruity/acidic yeast and light-moderate pale/wheat malt flavors; with a great malt/tartness balance, and zero puckering flavors after the finish. Moderately crisp/clean finishing. Light-moderate increasing dryness from tartness and carbonation. Medium-high carbonation and light body; with a very smooth and moderately bready/grainy/acidic balanced mouthfeel that is nice. Zero warming alcohol expected of 3%. Overall this is a good Berliner. All around nice complexity, robustness, and balance of fruity/acidic yeast and light-moderate pale/wheat malt flavors; very smooth, crisp, clean, and refreshing to drink with the mellowly acidic/drying finish, not overly lactic. Very flavorful and not too watery for the ABV. Nice fruity lacto complexity and solid pale/wheat malt backing. A nicely enjoyable offering. Pretty standard tasting, and well made style example.
Tried from Can on 13 May 2018 at 01:01

5.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Sample at Gabf. Pours a hazy yellow with medium white head. The aroma is wheat, citrus, dough. Thin body, wheat, lemon, orange peel, light tartness, good.
Tried on 31 Dec 2016 at 15:09

8/10
Simple and clean tart.
Tried on 09 Aug 2016 at 20:03

6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Total Wine, Fairfax can: pours hazy light orange yellow. Aroma is sour mash and wheat. Taste is lightly sour with a sort of bready feel. Not a great berliner weisse.
Tried from Can on 07 Nov 2015 at 19:39

3.9/10 Appearance 2 Aroma 4 Flavor 4 Texture 4 Overall 4.5
Can. Pours nearly clear with a small spit head. Smells of grass and corn. Sour lemongrass flavor with some wheat and dirt in the finish. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone
Tried from Can on 26 Sep 2015 at 12:28

5.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
From a 12 oz bottle at the WWWW RB tasting. Pours a clear pale gold with an off white head. Flavors of fermented corn. Crisp finish.
Tried from Bottle on 15 Aug 2015 at 20:50

6.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 4 Overall 7.5
On tap at The Answer Brewpub. Clear golden with small white head. Aroma is nice light tart, light body, low carbonation, and little lacing. Taste is nice tart. Super easy to drink.
Tried from Draft on 16 Jun 2015 at 18:50

7.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Draft pour at Novemberfest 2014. Poured a hazy pale yellow color with a fizzy white head. Aroma was tartness, green apples. Flavor was puckering tartness, apple, light grain character. Pretty tasty.
Tried from Draft on 02 Nov 2014 at 15:24

6.2/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 5 Texture 8 Overall 6
Tap@Birch. Pours hazy pale golden, large white head. Aroma is green apple, wheat, lemon. Flavor is light plus tart, lots of apple. Light body. Not so great.
Tried from Draft on 21 Oct 2014 at 22:12

6.5/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6
Draft at Black Squirrel. Cloudy very pale yellow color, almost flat. Aroma of sour grapefruit. Taste is tart, plain lemon.
Tried from Draft on 04 Oct 2014 at 07:50