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1809 Berliner Style Weisse

1809 Berliner Style Weisse - Berliner Weisse

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 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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 Ratings  Average  Score  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in 
4233.64/5.03.63/5.05%87.5Bowl
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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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 BDR (2139), Roseville, Minnesota, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/104/517/20
Sep 4, 2007  
Thanks to joebrew for sharing. Cloudy lemonade color with white head. Wheat and citrus and banana on the nose. Faint cloves as well. Light tart flavor. Light wheaty body.


 emacgee (1859), Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/517/20
Sep 3, 2007  
Pours a hazy pale yellow with a thick white creamy head. Man this thing has monster carbonation. Looks like a storm inside the glass. The aroma is sour, wheaty, tart apples, yeasty. Mmmm mmmm. Tastes very tart, like sour apples, has a sour acidic and wheaty, shares definite similarities to other wheat beers but allows itself to stand out in a great way.


 joebrew (608), Farewell Minny; Hello Puyallup, Washington, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/105/58/104/517/20
Sep 1, 2007  
Available at the Cellar’s Lex/Larp. pours a super cloudy straw like deep yellow, with a massive creamy white head. Nice biscuity sweet malt as well as some citrus rind and banana. Super tart lemony sweetness with a great creamy body that almost finishes with a wine like acidity.


 mkobes (2103), paramus, New Jersey, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/104/510/20
Sep 1, 2007  
Bottle. Clear golden in color with no head. Malty and fruity aroma. Banana yeasty notes. Sour fruity yeasty flavor. Hoppy and citrusy. Finish is crisp. Ok beer.


 Eyedrinkale (3209), Astoria, New York, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/102/56/104/512/20
Sep 1, 2007  
Bottle. Head quickly collapses on top of a cloudy orange body. Aroma is more malty than tart. You can clearly taste the banana like yeast of Weihenstephan. Theres some sour (sour may be a reach) orange flavor but this doesn’t resemble any berliner weiss I’ve ever had. Just too sewwt for me.


 kp (8400), Woodstock, Georgia, USA
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/56/104/511/20
Sep 1, 2007  
Date: 07/05/2007
Mode: Bottle
Source: Ale Atlanta

hazy light yellow, dense white head, light tart aroma, flavor is tart overall but has enough sweetness in the background to almost keep it balanced,

Aroma: 5/10; Appearance: 6/10; Flavor: 6/10; Palate: 7/10; Overall: 11/20
Rating: 2.9/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: *4


 aracauna (2357), Georgia, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/104/516/20
Aug 31, 2007  
Very interesting fruitiness. There’s something there reminiscent of a lambic, but mostly, it’s just the hefe fruit. There’s a green apple and lime tartness in the finish of this one. Not full on sourness, though. Almost a hint of mint in the aroma. Right now, it’s nicely balanced with a good wheat backbone. Very cloudy pour.


 gunhaver (1024), Tampa, Florida, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/104/514/20
Aug 30, 2007    Updated: Jun 5, 2008
Bottle. Cloudy pale yellow pour, with a quickly diminishing head. Aroma is very spicy, with some banana and coriander in there. Sour taste, nothing crazy, but it’s sour. Citrus, coconut, coriander, zest. Warm, carbonated, and drinkable. It’s good.



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