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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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3173.67/5.03.66/5.05%90.5 Bowl P  Stats

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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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 CaptainCougar (4624), Rockville, Maryland, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/515/20

Aug 4, 2007  
Pours an effervescent bright golden with an airy, spotty-lacing frothy white head. Aroma of lightly sweet wheat, some grass and a hint of tart lemon and earthy citrus along with a touch of funk. Body starts fairly full for the style, semi-sweet and sticky with a nicely balanced fresh lemongrass tang. Finishes semi-dry and tart with mild bitterness and clove. A very nice Berliner Weisse.

 dwyerpg (2032), Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/104/517/20
Aug 16, 2008  
Not much aroma. A little yeasty. Looks like a hefeweizen. A huge initial head that disappears quickly. A sourness, but nowhere near the Berliner KindlWeisse. I kind of like it though - the sourness is stronger up front.


 Ron (737), Rochester, New York, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/58/104/515/20
Aug 16, 2008  
2008 Flour City Brewfest. Yellow pour with a large white head. Aroma is dry with some hops and light citrus. Flavor becomes crisp with citrus, and some light hops. Nice.


 thill25 (182), Orlando, Florida, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/513/20
Aug 15, 2008  
Poured from a 50cl bottle at GOBF ’08...poured hazy golden yellow w/ a quickly diminishing fizzy white head. Nose of citrus, green apple,sour white grapes, yeast, and some grains. The flavor is a well represented mix of the above with no one flavor being dominant. The beer is sweet, but has an acidic tartness to it. The palate was on the lite side of medium bodied with a champange like carbonation. This was a nice treat in the heat we had that day! Very refreshing!


 patrick767 (1396), 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.


 Goodgrief (1013), Middletown, Delaware, USA
4.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/59/104/519/20
Aug 9, 2008  
Pour goes into the bottle clear but clouds up to a golden solid blanket. Nice head and the lacing gives testimony to where beer once was. Aroma is that of tart fruit. The first sip yields banana at the fore, followed by a citrus tartness and slight sourness over a thick wheat base. Some spices accent the complex flavors. There is a lot going on in this and this is about as good of a wheat beer as I’ve had. I’m stating that this is the best 5% abv beer in the world, bar none.




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