Appalachian Hinterland Hefe Weizen

Brewed by Appalachian Brewing Company (PA)
Style: German Hefeweizen
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania USA

Draft at the Gettysburg location, July 2006. An unclear dark orange beer with a thin white head. The aroma is sweet wheaty combined with notes of oranges. The flavor has a weird metallic wheat note combined with a weird banana note, and with a metallic end. I have a hard time drinking this.

Date: 07/25/2007
Mode: Draft
Source: Brewpub

opaque orange, wispy white head, drippy lace, sweet banana aroma, creamy body, lots of sweet banana flavor, only a touch of clove for balance, the sweet banana and creamy body make this a very drinkable beer

Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 8/10; Overall: 16/20
Rating: 3.8/5.0
Drinkability: 9/10
Score: **4

(draft, Gettysburg) Cloudy lemon yellow body with white head. Aroma is medium sweet, creamy banana, lemon. Taste is medium sweet, some banana, lemon. Creamy light-medium body, light acidity, light crispness.

On tap. Poured a hazy golden color with a smaller head. Banana and clove aroma and tastes. Stronger spicy finish.

Draft at Gettysburg brewery. Typical cloudy yellow color but with really no head at all. Nose is completely sweet orange peel and melon and other fruit... sugary too. Flavor is the same, overly sweet orange peel and coriander, which is odd, lightly lactic as well, but overall it’s too sweet and too syrupy. Lacks the necessary wheat and yeast character that defines hefeweizen.

On tap at Gettysburg location, July 2006. Cloudy orange appearance. Very clove and vanilla dominated. Sweet, soft and rather perfumed. Just a bit of a sharp tang at the end. I know this is a quite highly rated hefe, but I guess its just not my thing. Although there’s plenty of flavour I would have preferred more bite and crispness.

Pours turbid gold wth aromas of hopcit, some banana and cloves. Tastes hefeish with a medium to light palate. Not real complex or balanced but not bad.

This draft brew from the brewery poured a large sized head of foamy finely sized long lasting white colored bubbles that left behind an unnoted lacing. The body contained no visible carbonation, was hazy and yellow brown in color. Its aroma contained notes of mild doughy malts. Its mouth feel is initially tingly and off with a lingering weird mellow palate and aftertaste. Its flavor was missing the banana and fruity notes typical of a hefe weizen. A below average brew.