Hoffman Weiss
Moat Mountain Brewing Company in North Conway, New Hampshire, United States 🇺🇸
Weizen - Hefeweizen Regular|
Score
6.33
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An eccentric, old-fashioned Bavarian-style wheat beer. This top fermenting ale was one of our first brews at our brewpub in 2000. Low in bitterness yet big on taste, this beer delivers aromas and flavors of banana and clove with hints of white pepper - all derived from the unique yeast strain. There is a subtle tartness in the background and a slight twang from the malted wheat. We promise, no bananas were harmed while brewing this beer. Some enjoy this ale served with a lemon slice while quenching their thirst. Prost!
Style: Hefeweizen
Color: Hazy Gold
Malt: Bavarian Pilsner Malt, Wheat Malt and Flaked Barley
Hops: Columbus
Style: Hefeweizen
Color: Hazy Gold
Malt: Bavarian Pilsner Malt, Wheat Malt and Flaked Barley
Hops: Columbus
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6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Can, undated, drunk 9/14/17.
Fairly clear, very heavily-settled, honey-almond orange with a small, fizzy head.
Straightforward clove and banana mix with a cream of wheat. Clove phenol is almost smokey; they've obviously done a good job with its fermentation. More cracker, whitebread and biscuit behind it all, with a pinch of citrus and white pepper on the finish. No alcohol or flaw.
Highly attenuated with strong lemon-banana character, lots of white pepper and clove. Biscuity-crackery malts turn lightly husky and/or popcorn-like (not diacetyl). Probably sat in the fridge (not mine) too long, but you can tell it was a well-made hefe.
Fairly clear, very heavily-settled, honey-almond orange with a small, fizzy head.
Straightforward clove and banana mix with a cream of wheat. Clove phenol is almost smokey; they've obviously done a good job with its fermentation. More cracker, whitebread and biscuit behind it all, with a pinch of citrus and white pepper on the finish. No alcohol or flaw.
Highly attenuated with strong lemon-banana character, lots of white pepper and clove. Biscuity-crackery malts turn lightly husky and/or popcorn-like (not diacetyl). Probably sat in the fridge (not mine) too long, but you can tell it was a well-made hefe.
Tried
from Can
on 24 Jan 2018
at 23:18
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Taster pour at NH Brewfest. Appearance is hazy yellow-green (fairly like urine), no sparkle, small white head. Aroma is yeast, wheat, hard-to-define sweet--candied sugar? Taste is surprisingly strong banana (based on lack of presence in aroma), wheat, floral, fruit. Palate is light-to-medium bodied with average texture, soft-to-average carbonation with finish as taste. Overall, a good representative of the style with more banana than fruity esters.
Tried
from Can
on 11 Nov 2017
at 21:06
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Poured into a weizen glass.
The appearance was a soft hazy burnt yellow to orange color. For a hefeweizen, I was a bit disappointed with lack of big fluffy white head that normally exists for the style.
Still, the smell grabs the normal flavors of a hefeweizen - banana esters, delicate clove and sly malted wheat underneath.
The flavor is basically the same with a lingering sharp malty wheat aftertaste and finish.
On the palate, this one sat about a light to medium on the body with a nice sessionable feel to it. Carbonation seems to hit appropriately but the clove does hit a bit more than expected.
Overall, for the most part, it’s good. I’m surprised that aromas came out as they did with lack of head. But, I’m not going to be too hard on this despite appearance. Somehow, aromas and flavor seems to be on par.
The appearance was a soft hazy burnt yellow to orange color. For a hefeweizen, I was a bit disappointed with lack of big fluffy white head that normally exists for the style.
Still, the smell grabs the normal flavors of a hefeweizen - banana esters, delicate clove and sly malted wheat underneath.
The flavor is basically the same with a lingering sharp malty wheat aftertaste and finish.
On the palate, this one sat about a light to medium on the body with a nice sessionable feel to it. Carbonation seems to hit appropriately but the clove does hit a bit more than expected.
Overall, for the most part, it’s good. I’m surprised that aromas came out as they did with lack of head. But, I’m not going to be too hard on this despite appearance. Somehow, aromas and flavor seems to be on par.
Tried
on 22 Jul 2016
at 20:12
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
16oz can from Bert’s Hazy light yellow with a stingy white head. Spicy earthy sweet bready aromas, some clove some banana. Sweet bready maltiness with a hint of spice, clove and light banana yeasty flavors, little to no hop flavor or bitterness. Pretty easy to drink no flaws, but just a bit uninspiring.
Tried
from Can
on 02 Jul 2016
at 21:00