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1809 Berliner Style Weisse

Percentile
93
overall
Brewed by Bayerische Staatsbrauerei Weihenstephan
Style: Berliner Weisse

Freising, Oberbayern, Germany

bottled
common

on tap
available

Broad Distribution
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4273.64/5.03.63/5.05%87.5Bowl
Commercial Description:
Created by Dr. Fritz Briem of Doemens Institute, brewed by Weihenstephan & Doemens, “1809” is a very traditional interpretation of the “Berliner Style” Weisse with an intense blend of lactic tartness and complex fruitiness. It is bottle-conditioned, unfiltered and unpasteurized. "1809" will age beautifully in a dark and cool location. Its complex fruitiness and tartness will most likely develop in quite astonishing ways. “1809” is fermented in traditional open fermenters and horizontal lager tanks. The applied mashing regime is a single step decoction mash with 50 % wheat malt.The total amount of hops is added to the mash so that isomerisation takes place in the decocotion part of the mash. The wort is not boiled but only heated up to boiling temperature and then transferred to the open fermenters and pitched with yeast and lactic acid bacteria (isolated from malt) at 18 °C (64°F).
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 DerWeg (760), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/513/20
Oct 28, 2009  
Draught ginger Man. Beautifully herbal and fruity. Sour citrus and apple aroma Incredible beer!


 flatmatt (223), Northville, Michigan, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/105/515/20
Oct 28, 2009  
500 mL bottle. Pours golden with a large white, fizzy head that dissolves rapidly like a soft drink. Aroma is sour, with lemon, apple, sugar, and wheat. Flavor is light at first but builds up nicely, with a tart sourness, green and red apple, lemon, and some sweetness and wheaty biscuit approach toward the finish. Lots of carbonation. Relaxing and easy to enjoy.


 TaktikMTL (2771), Montréal-Nord, Quebec, Canada
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/103/514/20
Oct 28, 2009  
Bouteille de 500 ml achetée chez Bayside Liquors (Bar Harbor, ME). Arôme: Odeur de citron avec une pointe de pommes. Apparence: La couleur est blonde légèrement voilée avec une moyenne densité de bulle. Présence d’un mince col mousseux et d’une fine dentelle sur le verre. Saveur: Goût de céréales et de pommes avec une pointe de citron. Durée moyenne de l’arrière goût. Palette: Le corps est moyen avec une texture légèrement minérale. Moyenne effervescence en bouche. Présence de pulpes de pommes en arrière goût. (Rating #2712)


 jrallen34 (123), Chicago, Illinois, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/59/103/518/20
Oct 27, 2009  
I drank this from the bottle into a chalice. The beer pours a bright light colored cloudy gold. It almost looks like its neon. The head is white and rises about 1 finger but fades quickly on pour retention. The lacing is spotty and watery. The aroma is sharp to start with a nice tartness. It smells just like a granny smith apple. I’ve even peeled one to confirm this, and its confirmed! There is hint of vinegar and wheat. The taste is great, nice light vinegar taste that is sharp and has a great aftertaste that makes it no doubt what type of beer this is. The beer is a little watery, but highly drinkable.


 OKBeer (1159), Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/104/514/20
Oct 21, 2009  
500 ml bottle from Green’s Beverages in Atlanta, sampled 4/25/08. Hazy golden yellow colour with a mostly lasting thick creamy off-white head. Lactic, citric, lemon, doughy, and light grapefruit aroma. Tart lemon and grapefruit flavours with a dry, acidic, and lightly bitter finish. Light bodied, dry, and super refreshing mouthfeel. Sour, but balanced, great hot weather refresher.


 Feinschmecker (183), Seattle, Washington, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/104/517/20
Oct 15, 2009  
Fruity and Sour lactic aroma. hazy straw color. Lightly sour and not overpowering at all. Very drinkable for a sour. Bubbly and light.


 BrotherGrendel (581), San Diego, California, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/104/513/20
Oct 11, 2009  
Draft at Hamiltons. Pours a luminescent, almost glow-in-the-dark, cloudy neon yellow hue with quickly dissipating head and no lacing. Nose is lactic sourness with a hint of barnyard funk, light fruits, wheat. Flavor is lemon-orange zest amplified by the effervescence, light sourness and funk midway with a backbone of light wheatiness, finishes spritzy sweet. Light-body, thin texture, high level of carbonation. Tastes like a slightly sour mimosa, wheat and citrus dominate while lactic sour takes a back seat, a nice easy drinking bubbly drink that falls a bit short for the style.


 DaSilky1 (1970), San Diego, California, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/514/20
Oct 11, 2009  
Draft at hamiltons: Pours a processed grapefuit juice color starting out with a nice bright white head but settling very thin and really only a ring around the glass. Nose exhibits nice, lemony lactic twang. Flavors are wheaty with a bit of sourness, but really it tastes a lot more like a hefe than a berliner...there isn’t much if any graininess common with berliners...and the lemony twang is more wheaty and a product of a hefe-type yeast than any lactic funk. Its tasty of course, but within what I would call style guidelines of what I refer to as a berliner weisse, I don’t think so...



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