JosephsBrau Bavarian Style Hefeweizen
Trader Joe's in Monrovia, California, United States 🇺🇸
Brewed at/by: Gordon Biersch Brewing CompanyWeizen - Hefeweizen Regular
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Score
6.41
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In Bavaria, a unique strain of wheat beer yeast produces an array of distinct flavor qualities typical of a true Hefeweizen: citrus, bubble gum, clove and banana. Trader Joe’s Bavarian-style Hefeweizen is fermented with this exceptional strain. In accordance with the German purity law, this superior beer is brewed with a minimum of 50% malted wheat. Beer Stats 5.3% ABV, 12 I.B.U. Fermented with top fermenting yeast. Brewed for Trader Joe’s specialty grocery stores.
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6.4/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6
Flavor 6.5
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Hazy orange colour, small white head. Dry banana aroma. Light to medium-bodied. Overriped banana, light citrus in the flavour. Ok hefeweizen.
Tried
from Can
from
Trader Joe’s - Brookfield
on 12 Apr 2025
at 02:58
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Notes from January 2011 Six pack for six dollars. Just working my way down the list till I find something I really like. ...and the organic chicken at $5.99lb ain't it. Batch Number: 10:23 BH270 29810 Unbranded weizen glass & a box of crunch n munch(well, the TJ's brand anyway). Two bottles, because it would look just silly filled half way. Standard eggshell umbrella of foam that is a hefeweizen. The underbelly is muddy, & not quite orange or yellow. Streams of suds appear from time to time to reinforce the collapsing head. The smell I get is talcum powder, bananas, lemon/lime, & biscuity yeast. In that order. Decent so far. Taste is very doughy, cut in the middle by low-key savory/sweet banana & lemon essences. Finish is a bit of bitter clove & a long trail of yeast. Carbonation is strong, but the texture seems a bit pasty. Not totally refreshing, but gunky or anything. Alcohol is fine. Still tastes pretty well for a bargain brew. No toy at the bottom of the crunch n munch box either. What is this con game?! How does Trader Joe's stay in business?
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Nov 2024
at 02:18
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle pour into nonic pint glass. Appearance is hazy orange with nice sparkle, finger-width fizzy off-white head with poor retention and no lacing. Aroma is banana, wheat, light clove and fermented fruit. Taste is strong banana and wheat, hint of clove. Palate is medium bodied with slick texture, lively carbonation and finish as taste. Overall, a good representative of the style without too much to distinguish itself. A little overcarbonated.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Dec 2017
at 14:18
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
12 oz bottle into an Erdinger Weissbier glass on 22nd Dec 2017 while on holiday in California. Cloudy orange, huge off-white head. Yeasty nose with some banana esters and a hint of cloves, some Bubblegum aromas too. Really good taste, yeasty, fairly sweet (for a traditional Hefeweizen) with the bananas from the nose also in the taste. Really good value for the money and my sweet tooth liked it a lot.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Dec 2017
at 21:33
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Sampled from a 12 oz brown bottle this beer poured a cloudy orange-bronze color with a large foamy orange-white head that lingered and left decent lacing. The aroma was yeasty with clove and a touch of phenol. The flavor was yeasty and bready with clove, bubblegum and black pepper. Medium length finish. Medium body. Decent.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Mar 2017
at 09:06