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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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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
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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 BückDich (4830), McCall, Idaho, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/102/514/20
Oct 5, 2007  
RBSG 07 Minneapolis Grand Tasting: Hazy yellow, light head and lacing. Nose of bright wheat esters, banana and clove, that’s it. The flavor is lightly sweet, just faintly sour. Less sour and more bile though. The finish is clean, but light and tart. A bit of something added to this might do the trick...


 Mangino (1027), Mississippi, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/57/104/517/20
Oct 1, 2007    Updated: Oct 3, 2007
Bottle courtesy of Dan- Slightly hazy golden color, thin white head sits atop. Nose is Slightly tart, cereal character, subtle barnyard character come through Lemon, a little alcohol. Drinking this is just slightly tart, complex it has something to it despite its size. The finish is champagne-esque in its dry and tart character.


 mabel (2590), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/57/103/515/20
Oct 1, 2007  
[586-20070908] 1pt0.9floz @ Sourfest 2007 (Buffalo, NY, w/ rudolf, frylock, IPFreely, jerc, swoopjones). Pineapple syrup aroma with light banana, wheat and petrol note. Hazy, yellow light orange body with a quick foamy white head. Sweet pineapple wheat flavour with lightly sour and leafy notes. Medium body. Very fruity, nice.


 rudolf (1758), Buffalo, New York, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/58/105/515/20
Oct 1, 2007  
Slightly different gold, thin white head. Nose is light wheat, bubblegum, nutty, light fruit. Flavor is light tartness, light fruit, wheat. Great body.


 ogglethorp (887), Ohio, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/517/20
Sep 29, 2007  
Bottle courtesy of The_Epeeist, thanks Chris! Pours a cloudy golden straw color with a thick pillowy white head. Aroma is grainy, pale malts, yeast, some citrus. Flavor is citrus, grains, pale malt, yeast. Palate is medium to light bodied, medium carbonation, finishes tart and tangy. Good stuff, on a hot day!!


 RblWthACoz (963), Brooklyn, New York, USA
4.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/59/104/518/20
Sep 29, 2007  
Pours a clouded straw gold with a very sizeable brighter white head. Nose is yeasty and wheat. Touch of citrus. Just the nose you want on a weisse. Flavor is extremely tart and tangy, so much so that it really grabs the back of your mouth. Very strong citrus tones. Long lasting lighter aftertaste combines with a lot of small bubbles on the tongue and a good liquid feel. Heavily drinkable, though that first taste really hit the back of my mouth and sent me for a spin. After that though it was very smooth sailing. Well worth trying. Even though the price tag was a wee bit high.


 JCB (1747), Durham, North Carolina, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/516/20
Sep 26, 2007  
A beauty of a pour, looks like a solid Belgian with its golden fizz and cloudy body. The aroma is pleasantly pungent, the sort of whiff you might get from a solid pinot grigio or something. But the taste is just rocking, with a very crisp and refreshing core that’s shot through with a lovely sour apple flavor (maybe pink grapefruit, depending on your mood). Awesomely refreshing and just complex enough to satisfy the beer geek in all of us.


 TheBeerOrg (1569), Kentucky, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/515/20
Sep 26, 2007  
Pours bright hazy golden with a fully receding off white head. Aroma of sour apple, white grapes, lactic yeast. Taste is citric, with lively acidity and notes of white grape, banana, and finishes with a crisp wheatiness. Mouthfeel is light bodied, tart with lively carbonation. Crisp and refreshing, not very sour.



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