BrewDog Unleash the Yeast: Bavarian Weizen

Unleash the Yeast: Bavarian Weizen

 

BrewDog in Ellon, Aberdeenshire, Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

  Weizen - Kristallweizen Regular
Score
6.19
ABV: 6.3% IBU: 45 Ticks: 75
The unsung heroes, the foot soldiers of the revolution. We owe a huge debt to the billions of tiny yeast cells that work tirelessly to ferment sugars into alcohol and CO2. But yeast isn’t just here for the grunt work. Yeast has the power to change the flavour, aroma and complexion of your beer in an instant.

This series is designed to showcase the impact different yeasts have on the same base beer. This series of 4 beers gives the limelight to four totally different yeast strains: Belgian Trappist, Pilsen Lager, American Ale and Bavarian Weizen. All 4 beers have been brewed to the same ABV using a blend of Centennial and Amarillo hops and a backbone of Pale Ale, Munich and Cara Malts.

Malts: Maris Otter, Crystal Malt, Caramalt
Hops: Centennial, Amarillo
 

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6.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Bottle from bottle park, Bratislava. Unclear orange golden color with small white head. Strong aromatic hoppy aroma. Taste, sweet malt, fruity notes, followed with citrus hops, grapefruit, grapefruit zest, resin. Medium long hoppy bitter finish. As beer good, as Weizen, bad.
Tried from Bottle on 07 Mar 2014 at 14:29

5.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Flaska@SB. Bärnstensfärgad något grumlig vätska. Något av en besvikelse på skumkronefronten. Dofter av skumbanan och kryddnejliga. Pepprig smak med alldeles för mycket beska. Obalanserad.
Tried on 07 Mar 2014 at 08:59

5.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Bottle. Pours a golden color with a white head. Has a fruity spicy yeasty aroma with weak hints of banana. Fruity malty spicy yeasty flavor with citrus hoppy hints. Has a fruity malty spicy yeasty finish.
Tried from Bottle on 05 Mar 2014 at 07:14

6.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6
Bottle 330ml @Beer Hunters
Slightly hazy golden color, small steady white head. Light piney aroma. Weizen yeast "kills" the most of the hops. Some banana notes, some hayish pineyish flavors. Yeast dominates, but has some lingering hoppyness.
Tried from Bottle on 16 Feb 2014 at 05:20

6.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 6
Bottle from Asahiya. Served in a weizen glass. Drunk side by side with the pilsner of the yeast series. 6.3% I don’t get that, other than the trappist that is way too high for any style of beer in this series! Dark gold pour, I guess they choose a malt bill that would be mid-range for all styles. Crystal clear with tons of effervescent carbonation rising through the beer to a thick foamy head with great lacing & staying power. Lightly spicy aroma with a vague hint of banana & bubblegum, sweet but with no malts coming through. Interesting flavor-zesty almost citrusy fruitiness then some spice while the finish is quite dry & ascerbic for a weizen but it does have hints of banana & spice. I am wondering what the hopping was like for this series... hopped with Centennial & Amarillo hence the citrus and not so weizen like flavor those hops kind of fight against rather than work with the yeast. But overall not bad, not at all to style but it does showcase the yeast which is what it set out to do.
Tried from Bottle on 15 Feb 2014 at 00:23

6.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Bottle @ home. Batch #243. Dark amber, thick white head. Weizen-like aroma, but very spicy, clove, banana, yeast and muscot? Flavor has clove, pepper, yeast, hops. Sweet banana in the finish, peppery. Recognizable as weizen, but not the most typical. Not necessarily bad though.
Tried from Bottle on 06 Feb 2014 at 10:23

7/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Bottle from Beers of Europe. Poured a clear, dark golden colour with a thin white head and some lacing. Aroma of peaches, wheat and marmalade. Chewy grain, straw and aniseed in the initial flavours. Finish was very bitter resin, citrus rind and dry grass.
Tried from Bottle on 30 Jan 2014 at 12:33

4.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 4 Texture 4 Overall 3
30.01.2014, 0,33l bottle @ home:
Nice creamy mediumlasting head. Very close to being completely filtered. Aroma is slightly fresh hoppy, light malts, yeast, hops, citrus peel, leafs, grass. Taste is slightly harsh hoppy, lots of yeast, hops, grass, leafs, light malts, citrus peel. Longlasting harsh bitterness. Next!
Tried from Bottle on 30 Jan 2014 at 09:59

6.3/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 5 Texture 8 Overall 6
Bottle sample @nieuwjaarsborrel. Thin white head. Hazy golden blond pour. Nice bitterness.
Tried from Bottle on 24 Jan 2014 at 10:39

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
Bottle at Mr Hangover’s 2014 Nieuwjaarsborrel, Den Haag. Poured a clear light amber with a frothy white head. The aroma is big yeast with some zesty citrus. The flavour is medium bitter with a hop bitter citrus malt palate. Medium bodied with soft carbonation.
Tried from Bottle on 24 Jan 2014 at 09:39