Great Dane Crop Circle Wheat

Brewed by Great Dane Pub & Brewery
Style: German Hefeweizen
Madison, Wisconsin USA

Banana aroma. Grainy what flavor with strong lemon-citrus notes. Hazy yellow body.

This is the best hefeweizen I have had in the U.S. The color is a rich yellow-orange with a huge head that lingers wit excellent lacework. The beer is crisp, with clove spiciness and a slight banana nose. Lacks a bit of body (even as a wheat) but this beer is wonderful on the back beer garden in July.

Good solid wheat beer. Lacks some flavor to be considered great. Better than most.

Totally opaque bright yellow, very lemony and soft (lemon custard anyone?), a nice tang at the end but a bit too soda-like and sweet. Did I mention the lemoniness? No? Well, darn, it's really really lemony. Really.

i agree with howie. and it's really not much, but it's easy to drink and it lacks anything offensive. very wheaty, obviously, and very slightly tropical.

It's a great summery drink, which unfortunately means it loses a lot when the temperature outside drops below 70.

Not much here, but surprisingly unoffensive. Very light, cloudy body. Light clove and banana aromas, slightly tart flavors. A good palate-cleanser between porters or IPAs.

Surprised at the low average score, though there are 3 poor ratings from folks that obviously don't know what a good German wheat is supposed to taste like. Good banana, wheat aroma. Murky orange body with a white, whispy head. Good lacing. My rating of the appearance was a little hampered by the semi-transparent plastic cup is was served in at a Madison Mallards game. Surprisingly good for an American brewpub wheat. Banana notes come through in the taste. As good a German wheat as I have had. Perhaps not as true to the style as some of the finer weissbiers brewed in Germany, but at least as enjoyable to drink as any of them.