Berghoff Hefe-Weizen

Brewed by Minhas Craft Brewery
Style: German Hefeweizen
Monroe, Wisconsin USA

Appearance: Pours a hazy, straw-colored yellow with a thin white head. Smell: Faint aroma of bananas, coriander, and crackers. Taste: Light wheaty sweetness upfront with a little bit of citrus. Sure, there’s the obligatory hints of coriander, banana, and even bubblegum, but they’re all far, far off in the background. Quick, light finish. Mouthfeel: Thin-bodied. Light carbonation. Drinkability: It’s mild for a hefeweizen. That being said, it wasn’t half bad.

Mmmmm. Nose of toffee & caramel, underlying strong presence of heavy citrus. Interesting and different. The brew pours a sparkling honey straw. The quickly diminishing white frothy head leaves no lace. The highly acidic flavor almost approaches vinegar, almost; but not quite. The finish is very brief. The light creamy body is fizzy and feels very crisp at the finish.

bottle - Pours bright, hazy yellow with a thin, rapidly fading head. It has a very yeasty aroma that reveals a bit of citrus. It definitely tastes like a sweet, citrusy summertime beer. Light and bubbly on the palate, it’s quite drinkable but rather bland. This is an average hefeweizen at best.

The last beer in the Berghoff sample pack and even for $8 on sale I am not sure I would recommend it. This is a cloudy beer with a smaller than average hefe head. Not as aromatic as their Wit, more of a bread wheat smell. Taste is typical hefe; bread, yeast, mild cloves and bananas. Palate is good on this, no aftertaste or sweetness. The best of the group.

Bottle in sampler pack, from Whole Foods. Cloudy golden color upon pouring. Sweet, slightly acidic caramel aroma. A hint of yeast. Mostly just graininess. This is a pretty poor excuse for a hefe.

Pours like a pilsner (clear golden) with ZERO head (very odd for a hefe, maybe mine is too cold?) Typical hefeweizen aroma - pleasing sour bananas. Very light hefeweizen with stronger alcohol flavor (body seems somewhat seperate from the flavor). Something odd about this one... like banana candy

Pale yellow, hazy, short white heat. Aroma has a little bit of clove. Taste is soft palated with quiet flavors of lemon and banana. Very muted overall.

Very nice hefe. The flavor is crisp (i notice the water quality of Berghoff’s as unusualy fresh) the colors right and flavor pretty authentic. I don’t know if I can say it is the best hefeweizen I ever had but it is very highly recomended.