Beermanns Hefeweizen

Brewed by Beermanns Beerwerks Brewery
Style: German Hefeweizen
Lincoln, California USA

Sorry, I’m a serious Hefe guy. Oakes shared this one with us and I really wasn’t impressed. Too much carbonation and a bland vanilla flavor. I’d pass on this and go Deutsch instead..

Pours cloudy yellow with a big white head. Aroma is citrusy and sour and a little floral. Flavor is both malty and sour at the same time. Too much carbonation and too dry.

Hazy pale golden color with a thin white head. Mild bubble gum floral, dry earthy almost lambic grassy aroma. Starts with some dry funk but not much tartness. Bland, thin body doesn’t offer much flavor. Strange yeast choice here, not very authentic or true to style.

Poured a hazy pale yellow color with chunks hovering at the bottom. Medium sized white head. Big clovey aroma was yeasty, lavender and a little bit of funk when it warmed. Flavors of bananas and spice. Light to medium body.

Cloudy yellow. A bit fizzy. Herbally aroma. Very slight banana. Super dry, almost no malt or body at all. High carbonated. Easy to drink, but doesn’t satisfy at all.

Not very aromatic, heady, or cloudy - atypical for hefes. Actually tastes like it might have a little honey in it, or something else that makes it thick, but it isn’t bad at all. If all hefes were this nice, it wouldn’t be one of my least favorite styles.

Slight estery-bubblegum aroma. Crisp mouthfeel against the tongue. Smooth and easy to drink.

Good banana aroma and honey-ish appearance. Velvet mouthfeel. Slightly bitter but no ’cardboard’ flavor of some hefeweizens. I’m not a weizen fan, but this was good.