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1809 Berliner Style Weisse

1809 Berliner Style Weisse

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A Berliner Weisse brewed by
Bayerische Staatsbrauerei Weihenstephan

Freising, Oberbayern, Germany

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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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 Papsoe (10359), Frederiksberg, Denmark
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/102/57/103/513/20
Jun 1, 2008  
(Bottle 50 cl) Courtesy of boboski. Very hazy pale golden with a dense, white head. Tart, youghurt-like aroma. Medium body with a soft mouthfeel. Piquant, tart and lightly wheaty accents with a whiff of yeast and citrus. Vague acidity in the finish also. Interesting, less challenging but more quaffable than your normal Berliner Weisse. 270408


 Oakes (6977), Miami Beach, Florida, USA
2.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/102/55/102/510/20
Apr 3, 2008  
Cloudy, almost greyish-beige colour, like pear nectar. This is after a big head had frothed up and whittle slowly down in what had to be the most impressive audible show I’ve ever experienced in a beer. The aroma shows just a miniscule amount of that lactic, lemony character of the style and a lot more of footy yeastiness. Flavour is suitably tart, however the footiness doesn’t do it any favours, but the kiss of malt in the middle does. The malts then fade away to a puckering, limey finish.

Two things: 1) It looks like ass but I give a bonus point for the audio. 2) Sourness is right but not much else is.


 yespr (6889), Copenhagen O, Denmark
2.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/103/510/20
Apr 28, 2008  
50 cL bottle. Pours hazy yellow with fully diminished white head. Light orange fruity and light citric note. Light yeasty aroma and also into the flavour. Light citric flavour mixed with a mild yeasty note. Ends yeasty and citric.


 joergen (6529), Frederiksberg, Denmark
2.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/103/510/20
Apr 28, 2008  
Bottle. Hazy yellow coloured with a small white ehad. Light acidic aroma of fruits with notes of lactic acid. Light acidic flavour of fruits and yeast with notes of citrus. Citric finish.


 argo0 (6230), Washington DC, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/104/514/20
Jul 1, 2007  
(50cl bottle) Lightly hazed straw body topped by large white head. Aroma is moderately sweet, lemon, orange peel, some sourness, light wheat, yeast. Taste is medium sweet, lemon, moderately tart, light wheat. Light-medium body, some crispness. Fairly sweet for the style -- no real complaints about it, just that it seems like a cross between a Berliner and a Hefe. Ridiculously easy to drink for a Berliner.




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