Weizen
Thuisbrunner Elch-Bräu in Gräfenberg, Bavaria, Germany 🇩🇪
Weizen - Hefeweizen Regular|
Score
6.89
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This light, light-colored wheat beer, deliberately brewed with a slightly stronger texture, achieves a rich aromatic diversity and fullness. A pronounced hop addition also ensures a complex flavor. Grain and fruit notes combine in a refreshingly summery balance.
The nose impresses with expressive fruit aromas of ripe banana, passion fruit, and pineapple. These are complemented by subtle spices: allspice, clove, and star anise. Grain notes and a delicate yeast finish round out the extensive aroma spectrum.
Ripe fruit notes reappear on the palate. Dried fruit (apricot) blends with tropical fruit (a subtle banana). In addition, there is a subtle, rounded hop flavor that contributes to the beer's harmonious flavor. A subtle citrus freshness provides an invigorating mouthfeel.
The nose impresses with expressive fruit aromas of ripe banana, passion fruit, and pineapple. These are complemented by subtle spices: allspice, clove, and star anise. Grain notes and a delicate yeast finish round out the extensive aroma spectrum.
Ripe fruit notes reappear on the palate. Dried fruit (apricot) blends with tropical fruit (a subtle banana). In addition, there is a subtle, rounded hop flavor that contributes to the beer's harmonious flavor. A subtle citrus freshness provides an invigorating mouthfeel.
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5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5.5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bottle 50 cl. Pours a cloudy, opaque golden with a creamy, off-white head. Yeasty nose, faint banana notes. Medium body, very sweet banana accents, yeast and clove with a discreet, finishing bitterness. A bit to the sweet side for me. 260825
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Aug 2025
at 16:26
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Gold with a foamy, white head. Banana bread aroma. Moderate dankness. Taste is moderate bitter, very faintly citric, with malty, bread-like undertones. Mild spice and bitterness at the finish. Medium-bodied, moderate carbonation. Good.
Tried
on 21 Oct 2023
at 17:08
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle looks simple but good. Beer in the glass with a nice small head. Fine malty-yeasty aroma. Starts mild, malty, more and more yeasty, not too dry. Shy sweetish background. Hints of banana, not too sweet. Finish with shy bitter notes. Interesting one!
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Sep 2023
at 08:16
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle at Ambasada, RBESG23. Hazy golden body, thick ivory head. Red apple, vanilla and creamy wheaty maltiness in the aroma. Vanilla notes, banana in the sweetish malty taste. Well made and tasty, the best of the bottled Elch beers I've had so far!
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Jul 2023
at 08:48
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
0.5 l bottle. RBESG23. Hazy golden, small off-white head. Moderately fruity, banana, peach, some candy. Sweet. Fruity, malty. Drinkable, a bit too sweet and candy-like. Light finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Jul 2023
at 15:59
8.1/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 7.5
Bottle at Ambasada. This beer has everything a proper weizen needs. 100% style accurate, maybe a more estery interpretation, with phenols slightly restrained, but great, tasty beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Jul 2023
at 15:56
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle at Ambasada, Zagreb. Color is cloudy deep golden with small white head. Aromas and flavors: Fruits, banana, wheat, malts....
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Jul 2023
at 15:53
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle at Ambasada, Zagreb. Amber colored beer with white head. Aroma of wheat, banana esters, cphenols with some spices. Taste is the same.Good one.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Jul 2023
at 15:52
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Heute machen wir den Elchtest. Schön kräftige, trüb orange Farbe. Ein sämig gekochtes Fruchtkompott aus Banane, Apfel, Kürbis, Birne, Aprikose und Quitte. Haferflocken, Gewürznelken und ein Hauch Zimt wurden ebenfalls in den Topf geworfen. Der Alkohol spielt geschmacklich auch dezent mit rein. Sehr lecker. Schön weiches, volles Mundgefühl, wenig Kohlensäure. Wirklich ein tolles Weizen - könnte von mir aus aber noch intensiver sein. Mehr Stammwürze und auf 5,6 - 6,0 % Alk. aufgeblasen wäre das der absolute Weißbierwahnsinn. „Im Kelch mit dem Elch ist das Bier gut und rein“ - sehr frei interpretiert nach Danny Kaye aus „Der Hofnarr“. „Hat der Swenson keine Öre, elcht von dannen seine Göre, nimmt man mir den letzten Schilling, hab auch ich kein gutes Feeling!“ - Erste Allgemeine Verunsicherung
Tried
on 07 Jul 2023
at 16:55
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6
500 ml bottle. Cloudy orange with a relatively small head. Estery notes, banana and clove, wheat and yeast, dark honey, dry zesty notes, vanilla. Yeasty fruity sweetness, light zesty dryness. Medium bodied, oily texture, low carbonated, mild dry yeasty fruity sweet finish. An alright Weizen, not the quality you would expect from this brewery, but well, it’s a Franconian Weizen…
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Jun 2023
at 19:36