German Hefeweizen

Sampler glass. Different brewer, different recipe than last summer’s German Hefeweizen. In the sampler glass, it’s cloudy yellow, almost wit colored, with a short, bubbly head. Smells pretty clean, with low esters. Taste starts with a load of banana and a bit of vanilla, but doesn’t sacrifice a good, basic wheat and barley malt background. Clean wheat balance, no lingering taste when done.
Earlier Rating: 10/9/2006 Total Score: 3.4
Draft. This would be fine served in their chilled mug, but I think it killed the smell until I could warm it up a little. Cloudy yellow with streaks of orange. When I do get some aroma, it’s just a nice enervating wheat malt. Taste is bit closer to orange than the lemon of other German weizens. I get more of the gently wheat. Only a slight hint of the style’s usual banana and clove, but I didn’t really missit, until some ’nanner came up later when I burped… pard’ me!