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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6.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
A fairly typical example of the style, with all the bubblegum aroma and grapefruit flavor you would expect from a hefeweizen. Drinkable, but not too exciting.
Tried
on 27 Dec 2008
at 14:26
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Draught @ the brewpub. Pours a hazy yellow color with a small white head. Sweetish wheat malty banana aroma. Sweetish wheat malty banana flavor with some spicey hints. Has a wheaty malty banana finish.
Tried
on 25 Sep 2008
at 09:19
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
On tap @ the brewpub. Pours up with mild haze on a straw to gold body, bright white head and nice lacing. The aroma is mostly bubble gum and wheat. I also get a bit of sweet malts. The taste is bold wheat along with a thin background of what seems like sweet honey to go along with mixing and melding notes of banana, bubble gum and pepper.
Tried
from Draft
on 01 Sep 2008
at 08:14
6.1/10
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Appearance 2
Aroma 8
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Banana and clove aroma. Golden color, no head. Very dry banana flavor with a lemon grass finish. Beery with wheaty goodness. Not the best quality but decent and enjoyable.
Tried
on 26 Apr 2008
at 17:17
6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 4
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
Aroma of banana and yeast, kind of wierdly combined. Hazy orange tinged golden color with a huge white head that collapsed with a little lacing. A bit thin bodied. Hint of sour. Citrus sour. Not much banana. Banana is sort of an after taste. It’s refreshing. Just a tad too sour to really be the best hefe. Decent. Hales does finer things.
Tried
on 29 Jun 2007
at 20:46
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
On Tap at Brewpub Seattle. Pours out a Cloudy yellow topped with a white head. A nice bannana and spice aroma and tast. A very nice HEF.
Tried
from Draft
on 01 Jun 2007
at 22:36
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle. Golden amber beer with a nice off-white head. Banana-wheat aroma with some spice. Nice spicey clove/banana wheat flavor. Light fruitiness in background. Good overall flavor. Refreshing and easy to drink. Doesn’t bore like many wheats.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Apr 2006
at 16:01
5.1/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
Hazy gold, unusually small fast fading head. Nose of bubblegum and orange, A hint of spice( cloves ?), acidic,slightly sweet and cloying. Drinkable, but nothing special
Tried
on 20 Sep 2005
at 19:50
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle Pours a cloudy light orange/amber witha small off white head and only traces of lacing. Aroms were very much of the German Hef variety. That spicy twang that we all know and some love. A typical unfiltered feel and a soft carbonation made is nice going down.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Jul 2005
at 16:55
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Densely sedimented tan. Aroma of marshmallow, with a little banana. Heavy (for style), sweet body with notes of vanilla and marshmallow. Not vibrant nor complex enough for my tastes.
Tried
on 13 Mar 2005
at 13:51