Hefe "R" Weissen
Millstream Brewing Company in Amana, Iowa, United States 🇺🇸
Weizen - Hefeweizen Regular|
Score
6.00
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Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
(Bottle 35,5 cl) Courtesy of pepsican. Hazy golden with an off-white head. Aroma of yeast, cloves and banana. Medium body, lightly sweet clove and banana accents and a whiff of yeast. Dry finish with some phenols. A very decent Hefe close to authentic German examples of the style. 131108
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
New notes 11/6/2013: This is rebranded as Hefe ’R’ Weissen (with cows on the label, get it, and the abv is up to 5.6%. Chris Priebe at Millstream said it’s basically the same recipe, the abv is the current average efficiency, and they switched to Millenium and Willemette hops due to availability. I get the same hefeweizen esters in the nose, but it’s kind of welcome since I didn’t get to too many hefes this season. Cloudy hefe yellow, a big rocky head. Taste is fronted mostly by citrus. Esters are not up front on the tongue, leaving room for golden, toasty malt, a bit of sourness that seems to come from the wheat (is some of it undermodified?). Would like to see this pouring from a tap in my area, I think it’d be better than from a bottle. Original rating, 6/4/7/3/13=3.3; 9/10/2008: 12 oz. bottle. A bit darker yellow than the average hefe; bubbly head that dissipates quickly. First nose impression is of orange, then clove. That clove and orange stays around in the taste, gives it a different character that I kind of like. Good-sized malt bill adds to color and taste. Some hefe banana esters come in after that. A more defined sharp German hop profile than I usually get with hefes, too. Some yeast taste toward the bottom, though there’s no sediment to suggest bottle conditioning. Different and interesting.