Brooklyner-Schneider Hopfen-Weisse

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

This was my New Year’s Eve 2009 beer. (Thanks Ed) 750ml bottle: poured amber with a thick off white head. Some wheat aroma and notes of banana, clove, and bubblegum. Flavor is light banana and bubblegum with a big hit of bitter hops. Lightly citrus with strong carbonation. Moderately dry with a big bitter finish. I would have liked it better with alittle less hops.

Bottle. Big fluffy white head and loads of carbonation, befitting the style. The spicy hops nearly overwhelm the banana esters in the nose, but not quite. Light orange body. Rather dry body, mild bitterness, some hop aromatics come out in the finish.

750ml corked brown bottle. Lightly hazy, golden beer with a towering off white head, lots of carbonation bubbles rushing through my weizen glass. When the head settles a bit good clinging lace is left behind. Nose has a good amount of honeyish malt sweetness, floral qualities are broken up by spicy hops with a bit of black pepper. In the mouth the beer has a fairly sweet makeup - honey, clove, orange and banana are immediately noticable. Finishes with some yeast and medium citrus bitterness/aftertaste. Medium body to full body, theres some wieght to it, but its nto sticky or syrupy. Alcohol is present, gently reminding you that you’re having a weizenbock. The carbonation is not as strong as the visuals suggested. It is even and smooth/soft. Overall, very well put together, nice hop character, bold flavourful, yet still retains a good balance and has great drinkablity for it’s strength.

<i>750ml bottle:</i> Golden straw color with a soap bubble, big head. Very punchy hop and spice nose. Citrusy lemon and orange notes pair well with a variety of spices. Allspice and lime leaves come to mind. A healthy dose of ethery alcohol appears as well. Thick and chewy for a wheat, the body offers more in the spice department. Lots of wheat to chew on. Finishes with a mild bitterness and push of alcohol. Complex and good.

Bottle @ Hamilton’s. Wow. Pours cloudy gold with a puffy white head and decent lacing. Lemons and wheat, coriander and clove, and a very strong and very nice current of pine and pepper. The taste is beyond great. Clean, crisp, sweet, bitter, citrus, candy; it had it all. The lemon-banana-wheat went so well with the mango-pineapple-grapefruit of the hops I can’t believe this has not been done before. I may have to drink Hamilton’s out of stock.

Thanks AgentSteve. Poured hazy golden yellow, bannana, apricot, citrus rind, little spice, mellow hops, little bready.

Bottle. True brown and caramel with a lively head. Strong identifiable aromas of orange peel, clove, coriander, wild yeast and sandalwood. Predominant flavors are heightened by the alcohol in the beer. There’s an interesting grapey center to the beer, which then finishes dry and yeasty. Substantial hop presence and lots of sharp fruit.

750 in Weizen glass. All pours. Clear and then cloudy golden orange with nice ahead and lace. Banana bubblegum and lemon Pixie Stix aroma. Mild sweet fruity tang and extremely sweet lemony bitter hops with spicy clovey cinnamon or something. Medium body and nice texture. I can’t really explain why the smell and flavor of this are so offensive to me. I was totally pumped for this and thought that this would cause me to re-rate Schneider-Brooklyn version. But this is just as bad. It just doesn’t work. It’s fucking gross. I can’t figure it. I love hefes. I love Amarillo in Belgian IPA triples. This is just nasty.