1809 Berliner Style Weisse
Professor Fritz Briem in Freising, Bavaria, Germany 🇩🇪
Brewed at/by: Schlossbrauerei Au-HallertauBerliner Weisse Regular
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Score
6.90
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Created by Dr. Fritz Briem of Doemens Institute, brewed by Weihenstephan & Doemens (ed: Weihenstephan denies this), “1809” is a very traditional interpretation of the “Berliner Style” Weisse with an intense blend of lactic tartness and complex fruitiness.
It is bottle-conditioned, unfiltered and unpasteurized. "1809" will age beautifully in a dark and cool location. Its complex fruitiness and tartness will most likely develop in quite astonishing ways.
“1809” is fermented in traditional open fermenters and horizontal lager tanks. The applied mashing regime is a single step decoction mash with 50 % wheat malt.The total amount of hops is added to the mash so that isomerisation takes place in the decocotion part of the mash. The wort is not boiled but only heated up to boiling temperature and then transferred to the open fermenters and pitched with yeast and lactic acid bacteria (isolated from malt) at 18 °C (64°F).
It is bottle-conditioned, unfiltered and unpasteurized. "1809" will age beautifully in a dark and cool location. Its complex fruitiness and tartness will most likely develop in quite astonishing ways.
“1809” is fermented in traditional open fermenters and horizontal lager tanks. The applied mashing regime is a single step decoction mash with 50 % wheat malt.The total amount of hops is added to the mash so that isomerisation takes place in the decocotion part of the mash. The wort is not boiled but only heated up to boiling temperature and then transferred to the open fermenters and pitched with yeast and lactic acid bacteria (isolated from malt) at 18 °C (64°F).
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7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
16.9 oz bottle into a Trappist glass (sorry, don’t have a bowl). Pours a hazy pale pale yellow with a quickly dissipating small white head. Smells nice and pungently funky, old books. Taste is mostly sour with a hint of sweetness. Finishes dry. Highly carbonated with a light body. It’s good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Jul 2011
at 00:20
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Sampled from a 16.9 oz brown bottle this beer poured a hazy pale yellow color with an enormous foamy white head that lingered and left minimal lacing. The aroma was tart, citric and lactic. The flavor was tart lemon and a bit dry with a touch of must and a lactic presence that pervaded. Long tart citric and lactic finish. Light to medium body but overcarbonated. Solid.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Jul 2011
at 09:43
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle. Pours hazy pale yellow color with a small white head. Has a fruity citrus tart wheaty aroma. Fruity wheat malty sour acidic citrus flavor. Has a fruity sour tart citrus finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Jun 2011
at 13:36
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Nice Berliner Weisse, not extremely tart but pleasant enough, and very, very carbonated. Granted, I don’t know a whole lot about the style, so maybe rocket-like carbonation is the norm. Whatever the case may be, this beer’s initial appearance is awe inspiring, if short-lived, as the head implodes almost as quickly as it expands. 1809 smells much tarter than it is; the taste starts with a quick citric sour swipe, but soon fades into a lemon-tinged wheat ale. The hops are nonexistent, but who cares, really, because this beer’s all about the tart. And, to a mild extent, it succeeds. Why aren’t there more Berliner Weisses out there? This style makes for much more interesting summer drinking than most of the bland hot-weather fare.
Tried
on 06 May 2011
at 14:55
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle. Light, see through yellow. Lots of fizz. Head went large, then died to nothing in a matter of 2 seconds. A ton of carbonation, lots of floating sediment and strange looking particles in it. Aroma of Zesty lemons and wheat. If you smell it after ti warms a bit, can can detect apples as well. Nice medium sour flavor, with wheat and lemons. A bit more tart when warm. Very light and refreshing brew. A tuff style to find. Not sure why more brewers don’t try this style?? This is my second of the style and I like it.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Apr 2011
at 17:07
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Clear golden with active carbonation and a white head. Aroma has nice fruits, light malt, sour, lemon. Medium, well carbed body. Flavor has nice citrus, light grain, tart fruit, and a bit of funk. Crisp. Real nice Berliner.
Tried
on 05 Mar 2011
at 19:48
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle 500ml.[ Courtesy of Secret Winter Santa ]. Hazy medium yellow color with a large, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, white head. Aroma is moderate malty, wheat, citrus, sour milk - lacto, moderate yeasty. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and light to moderate acidic - sour with a long duration, sour milk, citrus, dry finish. Body is medium to light, texture is watery to oily, carbonation is soft. [20110117]
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Jan 2011
at 14:03
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle. Poured a golden color with a thick white head - watch out for sediment! Aroma was fruity, yeasty, citrus. Flavor was lemon, tart. Crisp, refreshing beer. Interesting beverage.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Jan 2011
at 23:59
6.3/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Location: 500 ml bottle from Hoboken Vine 1/12/11
Aroma: The nose has a lot of tart citric notes and some yeast/wheat
Appearance: This one pours a clear gold color with a bright white fizzy head a top it
Flavor: The taste is tart and citrusy, some sweetness balances out the tart
Palate: The mouthfeel is fairly fizzy, this beer is fairly easy drinking and fairly light
Overall Impression: I'm a little disappointed that I didn't get to enter a rating on 1/11/11, that is a cool date. Anyway, that was irrelevant to this rating, but it is my rating, so I can write completely irrelevant information in there if I want. Moving along to the beer, I liked it. It is a fairly decent Berliner with some hefe-like characteristics as well. Solid stuff. Not my favorite style out there, but this one works pretty well.
Aroma: The nose has a lot of tart citric notes and some yeast/wheat
Appearance: This one pours a clear gold color with a bright white fizzy head a top it
Flavor: The taste is tart and citrusy, some sweetness balances out the tart
Palate: The mouthfeel is fairly fizzy, this beer is fairly easy drinking and fairly light
Overall Impression: I'm a little disappointed that I didn't get to enter a rating on 1/11/11, that is a cool date. Anyway, that was irrelevant to this rating, but it is my rating, so I can write completely irrelevant information in there if I want. Moving along to the beer, I liked it. It is a fairly decent Berliner with some hefe-like characteristics as well. Solid stuff. Not my favorite style out there, but this one works pretty well.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Jan 2011
at 16:17
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Very crisp, very clean, very tight carbonation, and a style I would say is very near to a Krystallweizen. This one poured a bright yellow without the typical wheat cloudiness of a weizen. Not a large aroma or bouquet but a little to let you know what the flavor is going to be like. The taste is of a typical weizen with a very distinct pear or apple flavor. Almost champagne-like carbonation and a steady bright white head that lasted the entire glass. This is one that would probably be great on a scaldering hot summer day, or as a refresher after the beach, but not one that i could have all day, the aroma and flavor would get to me after a few.
Tried
on 11 Oct 2010
at 18:30