Seed of the New Grace
NovaBirra in Braine-l'Alleud, Walloon Brabant, Belgium 🇧🇪
Weizen - Hefeweizen Regular|
Score
6.75
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Grzesiek79 (7595) reviewed Seed of the New Grace from NovaBirra 5 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
piwo pszeniczne, ale zupelnie nie jest to witbir, a w stylu bawarskim tym bardziej, wpasowuje sie to gdzies posrodku, w polowie drogi, nie mniej jest fajna pianka, spora i trwala tu berdziej to przypomina te bawarskie, barwa srednio metna wiec blizej do wersji bawarskiej, banany jakby te suszone, kandyzowane, lekka nuta drozdzowa, malo prypraw typu gozdziki, raczej przecietne
Alengrin (11561) reviewed Seed of the New Grace from NovaBirra 5 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6
Wheat beer by NovaBirra, apparently already in existence for two years. Inches thick head building up very quickly so pour this one as slowly as possible, very creamy in texture, yellowish egg-white, dense, regular and plaster-like lacing; cloudy, warm orange-hued peach blonde robe. Aroma of freshly cut sweet red apples, fresh camomile, sugar loaf, caramel candy, straw bales, grapefruit zest, dried lemonbalm, brown soap, kumquat jam, subtler hints of green tea, cloves, banana (though not nearly as strong as it should have been in any Weissbier), very vague background whiff of cooked potatoes. Soft, estery-fruity onset, freshly cut apple and pear again but hints of dried apricot and green banana too, yet no clear 'Weissbier' banana ester, sweetish with a sourish edge, quite softly carbonated (for any wheat beer, really), with a soft, fluffy mouthfeel, edged by very clear wheat soapiness and sourishness; the barley malts add a bready quality, but also - the Vienna I guess - something nutty and biscuit-like, but in a very thin, vague way. Fruity notes and a dash of spicy phenols (clove) accompany a relatively hoppy finish, for any Weissbier at least, with gently 'spreading', floral and herbal bitterness as well as retronasal notes of dried citrus peel, kitchen herbs and field flowers. The finish remains however altogether soft, malty and fruity, with lingering wheat soapiness as well as an earthy yeasty touch and something vaguely metallic. Not a bad beer at all, very easygoing and highly drinkable (I assume in larger quantities as well since it will not become immediately boring), but it is difficult to see a 'Hefeweizen' in it - the way it was apparently intended. This has very little - if anything - to do with the old Bavarian Hefeweizen tradition, even if wheat malt is used rather than the unmalted wheat that typifies Belgian witbier; I would rather classify this one simply as a blonde Belgian ale that just happens to contain a lot of wheat malt (even if this wheat part is very pronounced, as described above) and a slightly more hop-forward profile than is usually the case. Passes, but I guess I was silently hoping for a 'real' Hefeweizen after all since I love me a good Hefeweizen when done right - so I cannot but deduct a point for failing at the 'true to style' criterion...
lore (7817) reviewed Seed of the New Grace from NovaBirra 5 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
hazy grey-ish yellow colour, medium sized off-white head; aroma of wheaty, floral, citrusy, slight orange zesty and coriander notes; taste of bready, floral, slight citrusy and bitter orange-ish notes; not bad
Benzai (24278) reviewed Seed of the New Grace from NovaBirra 6 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Clear dark golden color, medium sized almost instantly diminishing bubbly white head. Aroma is wheat, a bit floral. Flavor is wheat, again a bit floral, slightly sweetish notes, slight distant citrus hints. Quite refreshing but how on earth is this a weizen? Fizzy carbonation, decent body. 7-2-7-3-13.
Wendigo (6293) reviewed Seed of the New Grace from NovaBirra 6 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle from Poech73 as part of EU local swap 02/2019. Malty and yeasty aroma and taste, spicy notes, ripped fruit, light banana notes, grapefruit, medium bitter. Medium body, malty and yeasty bitter finish. Ok.
tderoeck (22679) reviewed Seed of the New Grace from NovaBirra 7 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Imported from my RateBeer account as NovaBirra Seed of the New Grace (by NovaBirra):
Aroma: 8/10, Appearance: 3/5, Taste: 7/10, Palate: 3/5, Overall: 15/20, MyTotalScore: 3.6/5
16/XI/18 - 33cl bottle from De Hopduvel (Gent), shared @ home, BB: 19/IV/20 - (2018-1673)
Pretty cloudy orange beer, big aery irregular yellowish head, little stable, bit adhesive. Aroma: bit yeasty, some grapefruit, citrus, malty, caramel touch. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: citrus notes, fruity, grapefruit, bitter, little yeasty, some banana. Aftertaste: citrus, some banana, little bitter, grapefruit, bit malty.
Sebletitje (15832) reviewed Seed of the New Grace from NovaBirra 7 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Bouteille 33cl de Malt Attacks, BB 19/04/2020, bottled 04/2018. Dorée claire, col moyen blanc-cassé. J'attendais plus de trouble pour ce Hefe allemand. Arôme est bien houblonné cependant, l'effet des malts se dégage à chaque fois apportant un délicat parfum de céréales. En rétro-nasal, je reprends note d'un léger fruité et revient encore une belle effluve grillée presque de café. rétro penche sur un léger effet boisé vert - hoppy, et agrumes fines, sur retour du malt en toute fin. Palais est agréablement bien malté surtout au niveau Vienna - je retrouve un effet cristallisé, caramel qui oscille presque sur un léger fumé. Intéressant usage de ces nouveaux houblons alsaciens où je note un apport moyen fruité rappelant le lychee, petite note verte herbacée - voire de thé jasmin, agrumes modérées et un effet de malt qui reste bien présent assurant un effet céréales sur la fin. Retrouve peu l'impact ester de la levure allemande, si ici, le but était d'utiliser la base grains c'est alors bien réussi.
Kraddel (15810) reviewed Seed of the New Grace from NovaBirra 7 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 9
Sampled at swaff 2018. Thnx for sharing. Everyone ! Pours unclear blonde, small white head. Smell is bit fruity. Tad sweet. Taste is sharp. Malty. Bit bitter. Belgian style yeast. OK.
Rubin77 (10150) reviewed Seed of the New Grace from NovaBirra 7 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
F: not big, average retention, white. C: blonde, hazy. A: vaguely mellow fruity, bit spicy, peach, floral. T: malty, vaguely fruity, spicy, grassy, medium body and carbonation, easy drinkable, ok beer, sample draft shared with RB crew @ Swafff! Brussels Craft Beer Festival – 1st. day.
77ships (14509) reviewed Seed of the New Grace from NovaBirra 7 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Thank you for sharing! Sampled draft @ Swafff 2018. Orange hazy, creamy wheat. Nose is very sweet banana, plastic, esters, fish guts. Taste is very plastic, sugar, very plain esters, massive sweet plastic wheat Hefeweizen. Very basic, sweet, meh.