Breckenridge Hefe Proper Ale

Formerly brewed at Breckenridge Brewery
Style: Wheat Ale
Denver, Colorado USA

This one had no real elements other than appearance that you would expect to find in a Heffeweizen. Appearance was cloudy, yellow with cumulous white head. Flavour was slightly sweet with a candy

Pours cloudy yellow with thin off-white head that quickly diminishes leaving nothing. Not a hefeweizen - faint citrusy aroma. Flavor is of lemonade, and almost as sweet. Almost no aftertaste. Almost unbearable.

Tap. Pours hazy yellow with a rocky white head and spotty lacing. Malt and fragrant hop aroma. Mild orange hop flavor with a sweet malt body. Fizzy and medium bodied.

Cloudy, hazy golden yellow with a small white frothy head that doesn’t last long, no lacing either. This hefe has citrus and wheat aromas, light wheaty, and sour flavors of lemon, light in body with a watery and thin mouthfeel, finishes with a noticeable sourness, nothing to write home about.

Poures a hazy yellow, with a short bubbly white head. Aroma is that of a typical american wheat, wheat grain with a tad bit of lemon. Lazy and flat carbonation. Fairly boring and uninteresting brew. However, it is simple and drinkable, just not a beer to seek out.

The bottle poured a semi-clear golden liquid with a fizzy white head that disappeared immediately leaving no lacing what so ever. I have never experienced any beer with so little aroma. There was almost no discernable smell other than a slightly dusty, dry basement smell. It has a light body with a thin texture and soft carbonation. The flavor starts out with a light, sour fruitiness. The middle is a bit earthy and the finish, short and dry.

Cloudy golden yellow with minamal white head.Yeasty aroma. Yeasty bread flavor,very bland.

To me a wheat beer is like cooked rice -- bland and uninviting unless other elements are present to complement it and make it great. This wheat beer has a refreshing tang of lemon seemingly already added, making for a ready-made summer refresher. (It’s April and we all know the sultry days aren’t far ahead.) I don’t think they _really_ add lemon (though they might) -- it seems more like a clever mix of malts, or more likely specialized hops, that give a special geueze-like sour element found in more complex wheat beers to great betterment. In addition, Hefe Proper has a clean, crisp malty aroma and even pours a substantial quickly disappearing head for its style. Very well carbonated and extremely thick mouthfeel for a wheat beer. I give a very strong thumbs-up especially for those looking for summer refreshment.