Brooklyner-Schneider Hopfen-Weisse

Brewed by Brooklyn Brewery
Style: Weizen Bock
Brooklyn, New York USA

It poured a hazy pale golden liquid with a big foam that left allot of lacing along the side of the glas. It had a very pleasent smell of both foam banana and hops. Also some yeast, passion fruit and other sweet fruits. Very nice! The first thing I noticed after trying it was the high carbonation that clouded all the flavor in the beer. After whirling it around a bit and with less carbonation it was allot better. It had a flavor of foam banana, hops, yeast with a medium bitterness. The alcohol was hidden by the high carbonation but was soon noticable. Some chemical bitterness but not so bad, it was worse in the other version and one of the things that lowered the score a bit. This one also felt more balanced then the Garett Oliver version. Very nice beer overall, I hope they do a similar experiment soon again.

Bottle. Hazy dark yellow with a decent lasting head. Aroma is almost Saison like, kind of funky with lots of mellon. Big peppery flavour, mellon and alcohol. If you look for it you can pick up some banana notes in the taste and scent.

(Bottle) Pours hazy golden with a white head. The aroma is a mixture of spicy and fruity notes from hops (Amarillo?), phenols and esters. Light band-aid, some clove, bubblegum, vanilla, coriander, fresh oranges, dried oranges, lime peel, dried apricots, pineapples, bananas, mild resin, flowers and fresh herbs. Malty undertones of toasted grains, crackers and dry toffee. I enjoy the nose; there is a lot of thing going on, still quite focused. Maybe just a bit too heavily spiced. Almost menthol and mint-like from time to time. The flavour is light to medium sweet, light to medium bitter and light acidic. Tones of light banana, grass, resin, orange peel, lime peel, palate-numbing fresh herbs, round wheat, dry honey and toffee. Clove, coriander and vanilla are also present. Well-hidden alcohol, there is only a slight warming touch on the finish. The mouthfeel is round and soft with a lively, medium carbonation. The aftertaste is drier with lingering spicy hops and phenols alongside a light citric sting. Medium to full bodied. A very well made beer; everything is well balanced and without any off-flavours.

75 cl bottle. Light hazy, pale yellow colour, with creamy white head. Aroma is rubbery, dewy, with subtle and delicate hints of citrus, vanilla and dough.Also only light notes of phenols, apart from the rubber. Not as rich as I remember the German version. No parallell tasting here unfortunately. Mouthfeel is moussy, smooth, with phenolos in flavour, pretty much alcohol feel, with an alcohol bitterness. There are peaches and other unnameable exotic fruits in flavour and hints of vanilla. The thick, sticky weizenbock feel is in absense, due to the rich hoppying. The German version seemed more crazy and bizzare. I don’t know which one I liked the most, but both are damn nice!

Pours orange with a tall white head. Aroma is dominated by amarillo hops, very yeasty as well. The flavour is very fresh starting out very citrus, like a standard wheat beer, then it takes a crazy left turn and finishes tasting like a dopple bock with all of the rich bready character, And very alcpholic in the finish. This is a great beer, very interesting. excellent palate. Very Very cool.

Bottle@home Apperance: Honey yellowish haze with a huuuge head and lots of lacing. Looks like freshly pressed applejuice. Aroma: Wheat, Yeast, Cloves, Hops and Spices. Flavor: Cloves, Exotic fruit, Wheat, Hint of salt, Citric bitterness. Palate: A bit boozy but still very tasty. Aftertaste lasts a bit shorter on this one compared to its german brother. A great weizenbock but i prefer the german counterpart by far.

Bottled. Pours out in a cloudy dark yellow and orange colour with a rich eruptive sticky white foam. Dense aroma of cloves, yeast, perfumy floral hops, grass and spices. Medium to full-bodied with notes of yeast, tangerine, grass, flowers and dough. Yeasty finish with crisp undertones of grass and tangerine. Rather tasty but I prefer the German version though.

Bottled. Hazy orange colour, small white head. Aroma is quite much US hops along with some wheat and mild wooden notes. Quite grassy stuff. Flavour is sweet malts, some grass and mild notes of wheat. Quite dry palate. Biting carbonation.