0.33 l bottle from 'ProBierShop.com', best before December 2021. Clear, ruby with a medium large, foamy, almost stable, off-white head. Sweetish, slightly malty, minimally fruity aroma of caramel, some burnt sugar and light raisins. Gently sweet, malty, moderately bitter taste of caramel, burnt sugar, some nuts and light raisins, followed by a short, gently bitter, quite dry, minimally metallic finish. Medium body, gently effervescent mouthfeel, average carbonation. Below average Alt, nicely malty but that's about it.

Northern German Hefeweizen (formerly simply 'Königshof Weizen'), and a relative newcomer on the Hefeweizen scene, since the brewery was erected only in 2003, and though it was originally meant as a continuation of the 19th-century Rhenania brewery (which was closed and doomed to be torn apart), it never belonged to the 'traditional' Weissbier region in the south and launched its own Königshof brand only in 2008, beginning with beer styles more 'natural' to North Rhine-Westphalia (such as Alt and Pils). Let's see if this can stand comparison with its Bavarian forerunners... Very thick and rocky, egg-white, uneven, very thickly plaster-lacing, extremely stable head, remaining thick and dense for a long time over an initially only lightly hazed, pale golden blonde robe with ochre-ish 'old golden' tinge and very lively visible sparkling, turning cloudy and a bit deeper apricot-tinged only in the end. Aroma of halfripe and still largely green banana and banana peel, white bread dough, some light sourdough even, freshly cut grass, white soap, hint of dried lemon zest, plaster, young raw potatoes, green apple, raw celeriac perhaps, vague and volatile background hints of young abbey cheese, raw white cabbage (not in a DMS way though), sweat and clove. Very fizzy onset, numbing even, with a very strong sparkling water-like minerality to it, even a bit chalky underneath a rather restrained fruitiness of half-green banana, Granny Smith apple and Conference pear, remaining quite low in sweetness; rounded mouthfeel, lots of wheat sourishness and soapiness everywhere, but lacking a bit in bready sweetness of the barley part. Soapy-wheaty, sourish finish, chalky notes reviving, with that half-green banana aspect remaining and getting accompanied by faint touches of clove and chamomile, even very subtle cinnamon; grassy hop element in the finish, adding a bit of very mild and brief bitterishness but mostly aromatic, while that sheer wheatiness remains the dominant factor till the end. Even in these times of globalisation and hybridisation of beer styles, it apparently still holds true that northern German Weissbier tends to be drier, less outspoken, less spicy and more minerally than the original Weissbier in the south; this one meets that cliché, and even if it is very classically German in all its aspects (as well as technically well made), I miss a bit of finesse, spiciness and sweetness that I do get in Bavarian-brewed Hefeweizen. This one meets the basic criteria of the style, more so than most non-German-brewed examples and that is perhaps how it ought to be, but it does not live up to my expectations and remains just a tad too restrained, overcarbonated and straightforward to measure itself with the aces of original southern German Hefeweizen.

0,33 l swing top bottle from Erzengel. Thanks a lot! Clear golden in the glass with a more than one finger white foamy short living head. Tatse starts with caramel and sweetness, pale grainy, metallic hints in the background. Low bitterness. Smooth and easy drinking stuff.

Huge thanks to Erzengel for sharing. Bottle looks very simple. Beer in the glass light golden, small head. Starts mild, fruity, modest sweet. Finish well balanced. Okay.

Huge thanks to Erzengel for sharing! Bottle looks very simple. Beer in the glass dark golden, small head. Malty light moldy aroma. Starts mild, malty, some spicy notes as well. Mild sweetish background. Finish well balanced. Okay.

Grainy fruity beginning. Lots of lemonade, very fruity but a bit sweetish. Easy to drink, mild with a fruity and a bit sticky aftertaste.

33cl swing top bottle. A clear yellow golden beer with a white head. Aroma of mild grainy pale malt, straw and mild spicy hops. Taste of mild spicy hops, pale malt, some grainy. Okay!

Nice smooth beginning. Easy to drink, slightly grainy with a neutral bitterness. Mild, grainy with a fruity grainy finish. Nice mild with not much bitterness.

Bottle from Beers of Europe. Pours clear dark amber with a beige head. Aroma: malts, fruit, caramel. Taste: light to moderate sweet & moderate bitter, dry, bread, caramel. Medium body, soft carbonation, semi dry finish