Berliner Kindl Weisse

Brewed by Berliner Kindl Brauerei (Oetker Group)
Style: Berliner Weisse
Berlin, Germany

33 cl bottle. Clear light yellow with a white head that disappears in a hurry. Sour citrus aroma. Fruity sourness throughout the flavor. Very dry finish. Very refreshing. Probably a great lawnmower type beer.

Bottle (3,0% abv), thanks to Yngwie. Two finger mostely diminishing dense white head. Foggy pale yellow/white body. Aroma of milky acidity, wheat and citrus. Taste is dry fruity and light sour with some mild lambic-like barnyard tones. Notes of bubble-gum and candy towards the end. Superlight body. Crisp and lively mouthfeel. Dry, fruity and mineralic finish. Utterly refreshing and moreish.

Bottle @ St. Albans BF. Mes and I noticed this odd stubby German bottle the first night at the fest and made note to try it at some point. The next day as I set off to get it I overheard the others talking about some odd sour beer and this turned out to be it. Opaque pale yellow with a thin white head. Nose like Juicyfruit gum with a bit of yeast, wheat and malt. Incredibly sour puckering lemon almost lambic flavour with again wheat, yeast, malt and hop. Very dry finish. A curiosity indeed.

Huge white slightly coarse head. Pale hazy opaque body. Light thin acidic mealy aroma with lemony barnyard notes. Thin acidic lemony taste with mealy, soft metallic notes. Thin-bodied. Sour lemony aftertaste lingers. Not really very good. It lacks the spicy complexity of gose, and is overall a bit boring, for all that it may be unique in the world. (0.3l draft at Take Off bar, Tegel airport.)

Bottle. 2 weeks past ’best before’. Pours a light, hazy yellow with a fast-disappearing white head. Sour citrusy aroma with fruity notes. Malt as well. Feels a bit cloying. The flavour is sour, with notes of wheat and malt. Horse blanket. A bit cloying as well. Finish is thin, sour and dry. Lingering, light bitter notes. Interesting, but not my kind of beer. 10-10-07.

A Mes rate: Unusual stubby German bottle at St. Albans Beer Festival. Uninspiring, slightly hazy pale yellow. Fairly dull wheat and malt in the nose. Similar flavour but with a lovely sour note and heavy lemon. Unusual and drinkable but will never be a big scorer. Certainly worth a try.

It has spritzy wheat flavors with a champagne-like carbonation and dry aftertaste. The sourness and sweetness seem to conflict here. $4 bottle from River St. Ale House, Pittston, PA.

Courtesy dsnowden. Clear gold with a small, dense white head. Aroma of wheat, tartness, pungent past ripe fruit. Same flavors with a good amount of acidity. Light/medium body, balanced carbonation. Easy to drink, good summertime brew.