Sommer Fling Hefe
Smartmouth Brewing Company in Norfolk, Virginia, United States 🇺🇸
Weizen - Hefeweizen Regular|
Score
6.44
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Sommer Fling Hefe is our traditional German-style hefeweizen that pours cloudy with a straw color and a white, fluffy head. It imparts an aroma with faint bready and spicy notes from the use of wheat and German noble hops; however, the aroma is dominated by cloves with bubblegum. It tastes slightly of bananas balanced with clove phenolics. Overall, this is an effervescent and refreshing beer perfect for enjoying outside as we welcome warm weather.
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6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Draft: Poured a bright yellow with a white lacing head. Aroma is banana, wheat, cloves. Taste is wheaty, banana, cloves.
Tried
from Draft
on 24 Apr 2023
at 22:39
6/10
Tried
on 16 Apr 2023
at 19:48
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Tap at the brewery in Norfolk Virginia. A hazed golden brushed gold coloured pour with a halo of white head. Aroma is flabby wheat, grassy, clove, grass, banana bread. Flavour is composed of semi sweet z bamama bread, clove, loose wheat, grass. Light tang. Palate is semi sweet, flabby, lihjt tang, moderate carbonation. Ok.
Tried
from Draft
on 16 Apr 2023
at 19:43
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Very crisp golden peach, orange and even sort of ruby-tinted body with a nice two centimetre tall tan head that is large-bubbled. Aroma of grass, light wheat, a hint of bubble gum, yeast, bread and a dash of flowers - nice and light. Light-bodied; Very fresh wheat shows at first with a pleasant bubble gum and soft curacao bite that leaves some pleasant sweetness on top of the somewhat assertive yeast bite at the end, but still very easy-drinking throughout, with a light astringency at the very end. Aftertaste is crisp, yet refreshing, with a lot of wheat, yeast, flowers and especially bubble gum notes that make this a good option in the summer heat. Overall, a nice wheat beer with a slight unfiltered glow, but tastes more of a wheat ale than any hefeweizen, but good, refreshing, yet complex and enjoyable throughout. Nice to try from this brewery, especially in the hot Virginia summers here! I sampled this twelve ounce can, purchased from Harris Teeter in Arlington (Potomac Yard), Virginia on 14-July-2020 for US$1,87 sampled at my house here in Washington on 20-August-2020.
Tried
from Can
on 22 Aug 2020
at 07:03
6.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 8
Overall 5.5
Can: Hazy, bubbly, yellow with a thick off-white head. Taste is pretty wheaty.....lemon, wheat malt, banana, clove. Fairly well-bodied and not bad in taste....at first....but I agree with Shrubber85.....a bit of black plastic Hefty bag nuances at the finish.
Tried
from Can
on 03 Aug 2017
at 18:30
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
On tap at the brewery, pours a hazy sunset gold with a ring of white head. Nose has stone fruits, apricots, perfume. Flavor is sweet, some floral notes, stone fruits, peach ring candies. Sweet finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 30 Jul 2017
at 09:37
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Can. Orange, banana, clove, wheat malt, and straw aroma. Slightly hazy golden yellow with moderate head. Moderately sweet orange, banana, clove, wheat malt, and mildly bitter straw flavor. Okay body. Plastic aftertaste. Would have been good if not for plastic.
Tried
from Can
on 12 Jul 2017
at 19:04
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Refrigerated 12 oz. aluminum can from shrubber85 poured into a glass. Hazy deep golden with small white head. Aroma is banana, medium body, medium carbonation, and a little small-bubble lacing. Taste is grain and some banana.
Tried
from Can
on 19 Jun 2017
at 19:54
6.8/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Can: Banana, lemon, and clove nose, evident but not strong. Clear amber, thin head. Lemon and wheat flavor, mild peppery coriander finish. Medium body, easy carbonation. A good attempt at the style from an American brewer.
Tried
from Can
on 05 Dec 2016
at 23:12
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
$1.95 Can from Wine Warehouse. Pours clear golden with a small white head. Ordinary aroma or grasses and light coriander. Taste is also quite ordinary. Grasses, coriander, light spice, light garden hose.
Tried
from Can
on 11 Jun 2016
at 18:32