Foothills Hurricane Hefeweizen

Brewed by Foothills Brewing
Style: German Hefeweizen
Winston-Salem, North Carolina USA

On draft at the brewery. Pours a cloudy mustard color with small ring of slightly off-white head. Aroma has a yeasty funk and some sulfer nose. The flavor lost the sulfer qualities and gave way to banana, pepper, clove and lemon. A little astringent with a medium body. Ever-so-slightly better than your average hef.

The commercial description is dead on. Pours a cloudy gold and has a very nice aroma of banana etc. The banana came through more than the clove, vanilla, bubblegum, and tapioca. Flavor was again more banana than the others. This was not my favorite, but I am not much of a Hefeweizen fan to begin with.

On tap. Not sure if I got a bad tap or what but I noticed lots of grass in the aroma. Also noticed some wheat and some light yeasts. Really did not enjoy this one from a usually very good brewer.

Perfectly acceptable hefeweizen, although nothing that really rocked my socks off. I don’t know about the tapicoa nose... must have missed that.

hazy yellow pour, fluffy white head. Banana on the nose. Typical wheat beer banana, clove, and citrus.

Draft at Flying Saucer. Slightly hazy, dark yellow color. Very minimal head but large carbonation bubbles stayed in the beer the whole way down. Grainy aroma with some lemons and bananas. Taste is sharp and clean with a blend of bananas, lemon, and a bit of spice. None of the flavors are very powerful, so it’s somewhat watery, but for a light summer beer, this goes down smooth, finishes cleanly, and is quite refreshing.

On tap at WBF in Raleigh. A solid Hefe. Pale hazy bright golden pour with generous head. Wheat, lemon, a little creaminiess on the nose. Not overspiced. Solid. Don’t usually give shout-outs to labels, but this is a really great label.

Poured a pale hazy gold with a fizzy white head. The aroma was wheaty, some banana, sour, citrusy nose. The flavor was crisp, grainy, lightly sour wheat, citrusy, bubblegum. Decent mouthfeel.