Brooklyner-Schneider Hopfen-Weisse

Hazy peach pour, nice white head- really nice looking brew. Aroma holds lots of spice and some good hop character; black pepper, clove, grass, and floral hop. also some sweet citrus and a bi of banana to add a nice sweet aspect to the smell. Flavor is very dry, with hay herbal hop, straw, and grain as the dominant characteristics. Spice notes are retained and present, but more subtle than the aroma. Palate is, again, quite dry but drinks nicely. Really solid brew.

Bottle 75cl.
Unclear medium yellow orange color with a large, frothy to creamy, good lacing, mostly lasting, white to off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, moderate to heavy hoppy, perfume, pine, fruity, moderate yeasty, banana notes. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20090802]

Bottle, 75cl. Pours an unclear amber beer with a white head. The aroma is fruit, spices and sweet. The flavor is fruit, banana, sweetness with notes of coriander. The palate is dry and sweet. Overall a really good beer.

Hazy peach pour with a robust frothy white head. Aroma is loaded with spice and a pungent hop character. Black pepper, clove, floral hops, banana esters, mandarin, and lots of citrus round out the aroma profile. Flavor is much drier than expected. Wheat malt hits hard in the beginning with some grassy hay hop notes, and further proliferations of the spice profile so prevalent in the aroma. Very attenuated and dry- less sweetness than I thought. Palate is effervescent, pillowy, smacking, and quite dry.

Pale orange color, very hazy. A very big slightly off-white head leaves plenty of lacings. Lots of malted wheat, banana and grass in the smell. Some leafy hop notes. Spices. Some phenols and a hint of lemon. Also, I pick up a gentle fruity/bubblegum-like smell. All in all, it’s a bit edgy and sharp. Not much going on in the mouth. White bread and malted wheat with notes of banana and spices. Grass and a gentle citric note. The mostly sweet flavor is accompanied with a slightly tart and sharp lemony tartness in the middle. The finish is quite bitter with some citric hop notes, phenols, lots of spices and an almost burning sensation of alcohol. The finish is actually not very good at all. Very smooth texture, medium body going toward full. Gentle carbonation. This is the best aspect of the beer. This is a decent beer, but considering the quality of the two brewers who’s created it, it’s a bit of a letdown. The other version (Schneider-Brooklyner Hopfen-Weisse) they created is way better. Although it’s tasty for the most part, it comes out as rather uneven and unbalanced, and the finish really ruined it for me. Serving type: bottle (Copy of old Beer Advocate review)

Location: 750 ml bottle from Gilly’s, 11/12/09

Aroma: The aroma has some among other things: orange, clove, banana, and citrus
Appearance: Cloudy golden-orange color with a nice fluffy white head
Flavor: Taste is a balanced (really well meshed) combination of wheat, fruit, malt and a hop backing
Palate: This one is quite smooth with a solid amount of body and a nice mouthfeel
Overall Impression: This is a pretty darn good beer. I liked this one quite a bit. One of those beers that lives up to its rep for sure. One of the owners of Gilly’s gave me a sampling of this one, and I wanted to grab a whole bottle to bring home, but I couldn’t pull the trigger on the $19 price tag, if I see this one sometime in the future for a lesser cost, I will certainly be likely to grab one, because it is quite, quite good.

Thanks to dear John K. for this sample. Poured great with a big off white head and plenty of lace. Color is a typical of the style hazy/cloudy yellow. Aroma is massively lemon along with some spice, fruit, hop, and malt. Flavor’s almost exactly the same. Body and carbonation are quite good. Bit too lemony for session.

From the 750 ml bottle with no lot code or bottling/expiration date. Corked top that pops off and travels about 12 feet across my living room. The pour is a slightly clouded orange-amber with a two inch thick puffy white head. A pungent orange peel and clove aroma penetrates the senses. The mouthfeel is bold. From the start this brew comes on strong with a powerful mix of alcohol, citrus, and a dry-hopped ending. A powerful one for sure.