Smartmouth Brewing Company Sommer Fling Hefe

Sommer Fling Hefe

 

Smartmouth Brewing Company in Norfolk, Virginia, United States 🇺🇸

  Weizen - Hefeweizen Regular
Score
6.47
ABV: 5.8% IBU: 12 Ticks: 11
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
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



6.4
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
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
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
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
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
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
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


7.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 6.5

Hazy golden, small white head, decent lacing. Aroma is a but of wheat, banana, crackers, clove. Flavor is similar, light sweet, a bit of lemon tartness, minimal bitterness. Interesting flavor a bit unlike other hefes. Bubblegum for sure. Medium body, silky mouthfeel

Tried on 15 Oct 2014 at 16:35