On The Count Of 3
Baxter Brewing Co. in Lewiston, Maine, United States 🇺🇸
Weizen - Hefeweizen Regular|
Score
6.54
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Lubiere (24390) reviewed On The Count Of 3 from Baxter Brewing Co. 11 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
A hazed golden Weizen with a thin white head. In aroma, nice fruity and herbaceous malt with nice grassy hop, lemon, nice. In mouth, a nice fruity malt with light banana, cloves, grassy hops, herbaceous notes, very nice. On tap at Vermont tap house.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Pours a slightly hazed gold into a hefe. White head with medium retention recedes leaving soapy lacing. Sour vegetable and banana aromas. Sharp with banana and citrus upfront turning to sour vegetable and leaves.
CLW (16720) reviewed On The Count Of 3 from Baxter Brewing Co. 11 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
16 oz. can purchased at Bier Cellar, Portland, ME. Hazy gold / orange color with thick lasting head that died slowly. Aroma is sweet bready malt with hints of over ripe banana.
Flavor is a tad muddled. Light fruity notes of peaches and citrus. The body is pretty full with a thick yeasty heartiness. The bitterness from the piney hops try’s too fight its way through the yeasty fruit flavors. A little bit of heat creeps in at the end.
Overall I like that they tried too do something different with the style. But a hefeweizen really should have a hop profile. If Baxter brews this without the hops it would turn out really well. The hops through this brew all out of whack. Maybe using a traditional German hop instead of some West Coast American variety would make this a much more cohesive brew.
Clarkvv (16327) reviewed On The Count Of 3 from Baxter Brewing Co. 11 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
2014 can, drunk 2/6/14
Moderate off-white head tops a cloudy light-amber tinted golden body. Head recedes quickly to cover leaving quite a bit of lace. Would expect better retention from all the wheat, but anyways.
Lots of plastic phenols in the nose, that and lots of doughiness. Not sure what’s going on here but it’s pretty far removed from the cleanliness and pure banana-clove of the classic german hefes. While there certainly are some esters to be had, they are pushed aside by a somewhat resinous/floral hoppiness that dosent seem to go anywhere. Medium strength of aroma, maybe a touch of alcohol.
Hoppiness is pretty raw in the mouth, just bitter pine and orange peel-like notes that are carried quickly to the finish, via the slick, almost creamy texture and engaging carbonation. If you look at this as some sort of strong wheat IPA, I guess it comes across better, but I just can’t get past the doughy yeast dullness, nearly astringent, overly-bitter hop profile and slight alcohol sharpness on the finish. The malt is done well, on the plus side, being well attenuated and leaving notes of warm, sweet white bread and touches of caramel. Throw some sapphire or just plain old hallertauer in here and I’m sold.