Hop Weizen
Free State Brewing Company in Lawrence, Kansas, United States 🇺🇸
Weizen - Hopfenweisse Regular|
Score
6.81
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Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
A few shakers at the brewpub. While I love the idea of a hoppy hefe brew this did not live up to other takes on the style but still decent stuff. Clear golden color with a lightly sticky lacing. Aroma is thick sweet esters with an herbal hoppiness muddled up through the esters. Plenty of sweet banana. Flavor is similar with lots of esters and muddled up hops. I would like the hops and esters to be differentiated a bit more without losing the strength of each.
theisti (5540) reviewed Hop Weizen from Free State Brewing Company 16 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Growler filled Thursday, drank the afternoon of the following Sunday. Pour is hazed golden yellow with a thick one inch white head. Nice full lacing left behind as the head falls. Aroma if very fresh and full hops - resin, earth, grass, some mild orange peel honey sweetness. Behind the hop is some gentle perfume and wheat. Really fresh, soft, and inviting nose. Taste leads more with grassy wheat, with the resin orange peel hop behind that. The tail end has the earthiness, and some honey bitterness. The finish is mineral, and fades pretty fast. It is also not terribly clean, tastes "brew pubby" if that makes any sense. The taste really does not have the depth and softness of the nose, but is still nice. Palate is medium bodied, mid to low carbonation. Nice one, thanks for driving this from Lawrence for me Eugene. Fun beer.