Kristallweissbier
Bayerische Staatsbrauerei Weihenstephan in Freising, Bavaria, Germany 🇩🇪
Weizen - Kristallweizen Regular|
Score
6.78
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The clarity of our Kristallweissbier is achieved through filtration, and it is the only top-fermented beer brewed by the Bavarian State Brewery Weihenstephan that is not cloudy.
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7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle from Beers of Europe. Clear light gold with medium sized white head, last wells. Aroma of banana, clove, flora, bread - very nice intensity so not overly filtered and yet a good balance. Cereal, banana, and herbal in the main. Somewhat of a sweet, floral and wheat middle. Medium bodied, smooth, soft to fine carbonation. [#3636 Rate / #6 Kristellweizen / 20/50 beers with most rates in region - Bavaria (#21)
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Jan 2025
at 03:05
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle 0,5ltr:Clear golden coloured brew with an less full taste than the unfiltered version, hints of banana and ofcourse a good summer thirstquencher.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Dec 2024
at 11:39
8/10
Tastes good. I'm oddly impressed by something that isn't so conplex.
Tried
on 13 Dec 2024
at 16:58
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Notes from January 2011 Sampled right after rating the unfiltered version. Same weiss glass, same plate of soggy cold dumplings staring me down. Clear, bright, pale golden hue. Couple inches of soapy meringue. Rings of blotchy lace. Smells of sweet anise, candied banana, dough, & mineral water. Taste is heavy with banana liquor & pear sweetness. Almost sharp. Wheat only plays a background role this time. Clove comes through with some force here, compared with the unfiltered. Minor yeast note. Odd tangy finish. Feel is much more dry then the regular hef. Carbonation, more prickly. Alcohol feels a bit less noticable because of the sweetness(or maybe I'm just a bit too far gone to notice). Body maintains some weight, however invisible. Drinkability is similar, but for different reasons. They contrast each other well.
Tried
from Can
on 01 Nov 2024
at 02:12
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle at their beer garden. Another on the road of Michael Jackson's 500. Clear, deep gold with a tall head. Nose is rich malt, clove and light banana. Like. Weizen trending towards a helles. Flavor is estery cloves and banana, malty, crisper and drier than the hefe, not as sweet and less estery. Finishes dry. Good summer drink. I'm not such a fan of the style, but this was good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Aug 2024
at 05:53
6.5/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Mar 2024
at 17:29
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 7
50cl bottle from Jumbo supermarket in Stein, Netherlands.
F: medium, white, good retention.
C: gold, clear of course.
A: banana, clove, citrus, bready.
T: medium malty wheat base, banana, clove, citrus, bready, bit caramel, nice for the style, medium carbonation, enjoyable.
F: medium, white, good retention.
C: gold, clear of course.
A: banana, clove, citrus, bready.
T: medium malty wheat base, banana, clove, citrus, bready, bit caramel, nice for the style, medium carbonation, enjoyable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Mar 2024
at 18:41
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6.5
Fles thuis geprobeerd met LiekevdV. Hey is een helder goudgeel bier met een medium witte schuimkraag. Het heeft een aroma van citrus achtige geur. De smaak is moutig, fris citrusachtig met en hint banaan/gist.
Tried
on 10 Mar 2024
at 16:41
8/10
Effervescent gold pour. Thick foam around the rim. Even lace. Spicy malt flavor with a malt palate.
Tried
on 06 Jan 2024
at 19:20
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle with code 7362 09:30:03, drunk 8/24/23. Clear bronze. Massive, white head showing good retention due to, I assume, lots of forced carbonation. Seltzery, clean, mineral-heavy nose with specks of unripe stone fruit flesh and strong cracker and biscuit from the wheat. Light pepper, pear, soggy honey and loose carbonation. But it's super clean and the malt flavor is lovely, despite the texture being so loose/watery. Delicate esters and phenols, per their yeast. It's a shame they don't still bottle condition this even after filtering, as it's a nice change of pace if you don't want as full and chewy a beer, but the forced carb really makes it a bummer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Aug 2023
at 19:54