Berliner Kindl Weisse

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

Bottle at St Albans Beer Festival, September 2007. For some reason I had missed out on this Berliner Weisse up to now, so was pleased to get the opportunity to try it. Nicely sharp and refreshing, with some lambic-like qualities, as expected but it also had a less expected bready character which clashed a little. I prefer the Schultheiss I think. Shame there aren’t more examples of the style still around.

A very average beer. I only tried it a couple times due to a lack of alternatives available at the time so it’s definitely not a beer I would typically purchase voluntarily. I like to think of it as the German version of Budweiser.

33 cl bottle, 3,0% abv. Hazy golden/yellow color. Small white head. It´s very sour, and it is a bad sourness. Some yeast and wheat malt, high carbonation, dry finish. Maybe this beer goes with the right food - alone it´s close to crap. Thank you for this weird beer, Yngwie!

A very famous beer. But I don’t like it. It’s terrible sourish, nearly undrinkable. I will never drink it again.

33 cL bottle. Pours hazy yellow with a huge white head. Wheat and slight acidic nose. Flavour is citric/acidic with a mellow wheat note, has a mild malt base too. Finish is much the same way, not unpleasant. I’ve had this in Berlin as well, pure - which raised an eyebrow.

(Bottle, thanks Gnoff!) Pours hazy yellow. The aroma brings wheat-ish and fruity tones of green apple cider and lemony citrus. A bit salty. The flavour is also quite citric along with some wheat tones and hints of malted barely. Medium sour and tart mouthfeel. Light to medium bodied. Bit lambic like. Not that complex but still rather nice and refreshing.

First rating
(33 cl bottle purchased in Friedrischsdorf, Germany)
Labeled 3.0% ABV.
Shady yellow color, white head. Spicy acidic scent, some malt as well. Acidic to sour taste with metallic tones. Spritzy mouthfeel, low bitterness.
6/3/6/3/12=3.0

Second rating
(Bottle at "Alt-Berliner Weissbierstube", Berlin)
On Jun e6, 2008
Shady yellow color, white head. Acidic and malty scent. Acidic, sweet but fresh taste. Mouthfpuckering mouthfeel, low bitterness.
5/3/7/3/12=3.0

Bottle, thanks Yngwie. It is not difficult to understand that this has gone out of fashion. It is an acquired taste. Midway between a Bavarian wheat and a Belgian lambic is a way to describe it. The citrus flavour is bordering on vinegar, but it is a sourness that is very refreshing if you like that kind of thing.