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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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 SSSteve (2071), Atlanta, Georgia, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/58/104/516/20
Jun 30, 2007  
cloudy gold with a large fizzy white head that thins to a thin layer of cream. light banana aroma. medium bodied and tart. flavors of banana, corn, lemon. the best berliner i’ve tried.


 vyvvy (2044), Hazelwood, Missouri, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/103/516/20
Jul 29, 2007  
Pours hazy bold yellow with a large white head. The aroma is tart with orange peel, some mustiness, sour lemon and lactic notes. Medium lush body with very pleasant tingly carbonation. The flavor starts with smooth fruitiness (peach, lemon, orange) and pleasing tartness. The finish has a touch more sourness, lactic acid and yeast. This is a great summer refresher. While this isn’t exorbitantly priced, if it was priced lower I’d be drinking this thing all summer long.


 patrick767 (2033), fort wayne, Indiana, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/514/20
Aug 14, 2008  
bottle - Pours cloudy yellow with a two finger, somewhat fizzy head. It smells like yeast, wheat, and some of that funky bacteria. The flavor is tart citrus, wheat malt, and a little funk. It’s certainly an interesting beer and is fairly tasty. I found it too thin at first, but as it warms the flavor fills out better as is so often the case.


 Indra (2029), Prairie Village, Kansas, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/515/20
Jul 16, 2007  
500ml bottle. Aroma is full of pale grains, wheat and citric tartness, with a background of straw, lemon and some faint grassy notes. Lightly hazy pale golden color with a subsiding, slight head of white. Predominantly lactic and sour flavor profile, moderately acidic and highly refreshing, with suggestions of freshly-squeezed lemons, faint lime and a light wash of wheat grains, yeast character and spiciness. Palate is properly spritzy, dry and quenching with a light body. Rather high in alcohol for the style at 5%, but that fact doesn’t seem to detract whatsoever as it remains supremely quenching. Very nice rendering.


 Angeloregon (2025), Portland, Oregon, USA
4.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/59/105/518/20
Dec 8, 2007  
Poured a bright, hazy, turbid golden-yellow body with a fat, fluffy white head. Lively bubbles evident for some time after pour. Nose of a faint sour lemon tartness with some wheat. Flavor was palatial and labyrinthine. Sour yet well balanced and unattenuated. Strong for a Berliner Weiss at 5% ABV. Finished crisp and quenching. One of the finest bottled beers I have had the pleasure of tasting.


 sliffy (2012), Columbus, Ohio, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/516/20
Mar 22, 2008  
Bottle: Pours a hazy gold with a white head. Aroma, yeast, tart, light fruity notes. Flavor, light yeast, tart, a slight acidity, some wheat, and lemons, finishes dry with a pleasant sourness.


 lb4lb (2011), Austin, Texas, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/103/516/20
Feb 21, 2009  
bottle in trade from koopa. Thanks! Pours a rich cloudy yellow-ish golden orange color with a short lived fizzy white head. Smell is wheaty with some lemony tartness to it. Taste is very wheaty with a touch of clove spice tucked away in the end along with some lemony citrus tones to it and a light tartness. Medium to light mouthfeel and highly carbonated and prickly. Very enjoyable.


 decaturstevo (1997), decatur, Tennessee, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/104/516/20
Aug 1, 2007  
RBSG 07. A slightly hazed yellow pour with a very white head. An aorma of corriander and yeast. A tart flvor of bitter apples. A nice smooth palate that is just a tad fizzy but good. A very refreshing drinker that is very clean.



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