Berkshire Hefeweizen

Brewed by Berkshire Brewing Co.
Style: German Hefeweizen
South Deerfield, Massachusetts USA

22oz bottle acquired in trade with ppoitras (thanks!). Poured a medium and cloudy golden color with an averaged sized off white head. Aromas of wheat with light banana and citrus. Tastes of wheat, spices, and a touch of lemon. The banana and spice take a backseat whereas the wheat has a stronger presence. Thinner body.

Bottle: Pours a mostly transparent golden with a frothy, stringy-lacing white head. Aroma of lightly sweet wheat with a touch of spicy clove and estery German yeast. Body starts fairly full and malted wheaty sweet with nice light banana fruitiness and doughy yeasty complexity. Finishes smooth with a touch of German bittering hops. A nice hefeweizen.

Pours yellow and cloudy with a white head. Smells of coriander, bananas and some piney elements. Tastes of coriander, cloves, bananas and lemons. Finishes watery.

Bottle shared by alexsdad06. Poured cloudy yellow color with an average frothy off-white head that mostly lasted with good lacing. Moderate citrus, clove and banana aroma. Medium body with smooth texture and soft carbonation. Medium smooth sweet flavor with a medium sweet finish of moderate duration. This is a good session beer.

A clear golden weizen with a thin white head. A light bananas and strawberries in aroma, a bit cloying. In mouth, a rather chalky weizen, with light bananas, light and boring. On tap at Flat Street Pub, Brattleboro, August 2 2009.

10 oz draught glass at Flat Street Brewpub in Brattleboro, VT, August 2006. Almost no head, a point gone right there for a hefe, and it dies quickly; the body is lightly hazy pale gold....banana-cream nose with only faint hints of spice, very mild but rather pleasant and reasonably accurate....sour, wheaty body, refreshing and highly quaffable, little sweetness and very muted fruity esters....rather dry, verging on dull finish, strong carbonation.

2006 bomber drunk in August ’06, fresh.
This came out right around when Long Trail put out their hefeweizen and I remember enjoying the Long Trail significantly more. Not sure why I didn’t rate this one.
Very light golden, with not as much haziness as you would expect. Some tints of bronze and a small, creamy white head that slowly recedes to cover, but does not provide much lacing.
Very spicy-phenolic aroma to start with. Dry white pepper, toasted/roasted clove notes and a strong herbal hoppiness. Never gains much sweetness, certainly no rich honey-like pils malt sweetness. Nutty, fresh yeast and creamy, dry wheat make for a very mellow finish. Like the Long Trail, a very light, fluffy version, with apparent wateriness in the mouthfeel, but definitely intended. Still, the light herbal hop notes and even a bit of citric bitterness give it moderate crispness at points. Maybe just a little too dry, nutty and wheat-like for me, however. The Long Trail hefe had much more fruitiness and the citrus and herbal notes were integrated in to the sweet malts, giving a more complex flavor profile. I’m pretty sure we’ll see this one again this summer. I’ll revisit then and tighten up this rating.

Bomber courtesy of hellbilly. Banana and clove stand out for aroma along with some spice notes. Hazy gold body with white head. Flavor is good dose of banana and chewy. Spice and tart on the finish leaving fruit aftertaste. Filling brew, thanks Joshua.