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1809 Berliner Style Weisse

1809 Berliner Style Weisse - Berliner Weisse

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93
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Brewed by Bayerische Staatsbrauerei Weihenstephan
Style: Berliner Weisse

Freising, Oberbayern, Germany

bottled
common

on tap
available

Broad Distribution
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 Ratings  Average  Score  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in 
4233.64/5.03.63/5.05%87.5Bowl
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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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 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 (176), 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 (545), San Diego (La Jolla), 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 (1933), 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...


FarFromHome (82), Philadelphia, Alabama, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/58/104/515/20
Oct 7, 2009  
How good this beer is really depends on when in the bottle you get to it. The top half is light and champagne-like; the bottom half has a fruity taste and looks... well, like semen. I’d go out of my way for the top half of a bottle. Not so much the bottom half.


 Rciesla (3500), Exit 15W, New Jersey, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/105/56/103/513/20
Sep 25, 2009  
Draft. Pours a pale yellow body with a white head. Mild lemon grass dart citrus and lemon. Hints of earth and wheat, crisp light lemon and banana. Decent.


 esjaygee (1467), Oak Creek, Wisconsin, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/104/513/20
Sep 16, 2009  
Thanks to Jim for bringing the bottle. Pale yellow with a large white head and mild chunks on the end. Aroma of light pale malt, mild sourness, lemon and citrus. Taste is mildly sour, with a fruity and mild tart aftertaste. Decent.


Bukowski9 (89), Piqua, Ohio, USA
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/59/104/518/20
Sep 7, 2009  
Bottle pour.Nice aroma of citrus fruit and sour/tartness.Flavor was great,lemon zest sour,with hints of wheat.Nice crisply sour/tart finish.Very,very carbonated.I really enjoyed this,can’t wait to get some more.



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