El Jefe Weizen
Hale's Ales in Seattle, Washington, United States 🇺🇸
Weizen - Hefeweizen Regular Out of Production|
Score
6.18
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Bavarian-style wheat ale with banana and clove flavors that only genuine Hefeweizen yeast produce. “The Boss” combines old world quality with new world freshness.
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6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
On tap at Hale's, pours a cloudy yellow with a small white head. Nose brings out notes of citrus, banana, and clove. Flavour brings out a lot of banana and citrus upfront, with light clove underneath. Very banana-y. Round palate that is drinkable enough, despite not being wheaty at all.
Tried
from Draft
on 08 Feb 2015
at 02:18
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Draft - Light wheat and banana notes. Hazy yellow gold with a decent white head. Light banana notes and some citrus. Average.
Tried
from Draft
on 08 Feb 2015
at 00:04
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 6.5
Best American hefeweizen I’ve had to date. Only complaints are a little too light weight, and not enough sediment. Pours out a hazy orange golden with medium foamy head. Head could be a little creamier and have a bit more substance. Aroma is normal weizen, bananas, bubblegum and wheat. Body is a bit thin, but taste is right on the money. Good job from Hale’s.
Tried
from Can
on 12 Nov 2014
at 17:45
5.1/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
12oz can, I think relatively fresh. Poured into a Blvd tulip glass. This beer is weird, I don’t think its actually a Hefe. The beer is only hazy, surprising for an unfiltered wheat. The beer is also generally more like a cheap Wit without spices as opposed to a Hefe. Cereal malts with orange esters and only light banana aspects. Even worse than I thought it would be.
Tried
from Can
on 30 Oct 2014
at 00:28
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
12oz can. Looks filtered...which would be odd for the style. Lots of active rising carbonation bubbles inside an orange-tan body. Not that impressive of an aroma for the style. Taste is OK, some banana, but some slight plastic off tones. Not that good, but not horrible.
Tried
from Can
on 13 Sep 2014
at 17:42
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
Draught at Hales Ales Brewery and Pub
Cloudy pale blond color with compact head. Light aroma, with hints of lemon and banana. Dry mouthfeel, also too weak; not much wheat flavor, but it has a light touch of banana; no spices; very low bitterness.
Simple hefeweizen.
Cloudy pale blond color with compact head. Light aroma, with hints of lemon and banana. Dry mouthfeel, also too weak; not much wheat flavor, but it has a light touch of banana; no spices; very low bitterness.
Simple hefeweizen.
Tried
on 12 May 2014
at 12:20
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle, 22oz. A hazy, orange-golden beer topped by a dense, white head of moderate size. Lots of bubblegum in the aroma, as well as banana, cloves and some dough. A touch of cloves as well. Semi-sweet, with bubblegum, banana, cloves and some honey notes in the flavor. Medium body, not as carbonated as I prefer the hefes.Bitterness, bubble gum and banana in the finish, some cloves as well. A decent one indeed, but that’s it. 130701
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Jul 2013
at 15:35
5.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
From tap at the brewpub. Pours hazy yellow with a small white head. Aroma is dry estery wheaty. Dry and estery. Simple wheaty, loads of estery banana notes.
Tried
from Draft
on 07 Mar 2012
at 15:56
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Tap @ brewpub. Cloudy, whitish yellow appearance with a foamy white head. Yeasty, banana, clove, pale wheat malty nose. Fairly crisp, dry, moderate banana, light clove, yeasty, light wheat flavor. Ok hefeweizen. (3.3). GABF re-rate: 3.5
Tried
from Draft
on 06 Aug 2011
at 15:35
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
Bottle from Whole Foods, Short Pump on 10/15/2008. Slightly cloudy golden body with a large frothy white head. Big banana aroma, faint clove hints. Slightly metallic banana and wheat flavor. Medium light body with moderately high carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Jan 2009
at 15:00