Edelweiss Weissbier Snowfresh

Brewed by Hofbräu Kaltenhausen (Brau Union)
Style: Spice/Herb/Vegetable
Hallein, Austria

A hazy blonde weizen with a thick white head. A sweet banana aroma with tangerine and lemon notes. In mouth, a nice light weizen, creamy, with bananas and cloves. Medium bodied. BB 02-09. Bottle bought at LCBO.

Bottle courtesy of Piscator34: Poured an hazy yellow/white color weizen with a huge pure white foamy head with great retention and great lacing. Aroma of banana ester if dominating with some subtle sourness. Taste is also dominated by banana ester as well as lots of wheat and finished with some subtle sourness which is too bad because everything was perfect and pointing to a magnificent weizen. It is too bad that the style doesn’t travel well because I am sure that this stuff is great when fresh. The spices aspect of it is interesting but that weizen part of this really dominate.

Pours a hazy gold with a thin fast fading head. Aroma was wheat-spice, lemon, a light minty eucalyptus-pine. Flavour was citric fruit, clove and pine. Though light enough not to be unpleasant. Nice solid Weisse with a little hook in the alpine herbs.

Bottle bought in Riga. Nice fresh wheaty herby bit banana aroma. Good wheaty, coriander dry flavour with herbs and fruits. Dru wheat fruity long lasting finish.

hazy yellow pour, with little to no head. Lots of yeast in the aroma along with lots of citrus, especially lemon. Flavour is very much all lemon to my tastes, its like a lemon lifesaver. Its interesting, not 100% unpleasant, but i’m not tasting any "alpine herbs".

Bouteille de 330 ml, acheté le 14/7/08 au LCBO de Summerhill (Toronto). Jaune blachie pale, petit collet. Arome très parfumé d’herbe doux, blé savonneux. Goût de de blé légé avec une touche d’agrume, un peu de mente qui reste dans la bouche. Tres intéressant!

Brown bottle, 330 ml, best before 02-2009, purchased at the LCBO on July 11 2008, savoured on July 21 2008; eye: golden with a withish hue, lightly hazy, average effervescence, champagne-style white head that turns into a ring, no lacing; nose: wheat, yeast, banana, light spices, light peach, light orange, light floral, light perfume; mouth: yeast, wheat, banana, light peach, light orange, light spices, finale in fresh bread with a good presence of orange, lightly sweet, thin-medium body, foamy texture, rather carbonated; overall: quite likable FRANÇAIS Bouteille brune, 330 ml, meilleure avant 02-2009, achetée à la LCBO le 11 juillet 2008, savourée le 21 juillet 2008; œil : dorée avec une teinte blanchâtre, légèrement voilée, effervescence moyenne, mousse blanche style champagne qui tombe pour se transformer en un petit anneau, pas de dentelle; nez : blé, levure, banane, léger épices, léger pêche, orange, léger floral, léger parfum; bouche : levure, blé, banane, léger pêche, léger orange, léger épices, finale en pain frais avec une bonne présence d’orange, légèrement sucrée, corps mince-moyen, texture mousseuse, plutôt carbonatée; en résumé : bien aimé

330 ml bottle from LCBO, served cold in a tulip glass.

App.: Cloudy golden, small white foam. Aroma: A really nice, inviting floral, perfumed sweetness, hard to say what the herbs are, but maybe lavender?, sort of fruity (white grapes and tropical fruits), a bit of yeast, apricot and light berries, a touch of mandarin orange. Palate: Medium body and fairly full effervescence with some sharp bubbles. Flav.: Plenty of the perfumed, floral notes, lots of nice apricot and berry fruits, light yeast, slightly grassy, some wheat, a bit of honey; dry with no bitterness and lingering flower petals with some sweet orange notes.

A nice treat. Unique and enjoyable.