Hacker-Pschorr Sternweisse

Brewed by Paulaner Brauerei (Schörghuber)
Style: German Hefeweizen
Munich, Germany

No 504
Rated: 18.08.2008
Bottle brown, 500 ml
Appearance: Pours hazy orangy brown body, head is snowy white, frothy, pillowy, initially big but not huge, slowly decreasing to minimal, there is some faint lacing, carbonation of the body is weak, natural.
Aroma: Very intensive, natural, mellow, yeasty and fruity, interesting and inviting banana spiced with clove, some notes of brown sugar, vanilla, carrot juice, raspberry, pleasant, well balanced and rounded.
Flavour: Interesting full, mature taste of hefe - weizen, well pronounced clove, banana, fat wheat malt, orange - grapefruit notes and some notes of gentle toastyness mixed with yeastyness, very firmly defined in its style boundaries, quite huge beer with higher alcohol percentage.
Palate: Body is medium to full, texture is smooth, pleasant, carbonation on palate is medium, finish feel is yeasty with fruit easters of banana, herbal accents of clove and whipped cream.

Murky orange to peach with a medium white head that doesn’t stay the course. Aroma of spicy yeast, clove, fruit and toasted malt. Medium palate has fruit, yeast and clove for flavors and is a bit dry on the finish. It started out great but kind of ended up being a bit of a letdown. It was good and all, but I prefer the regular hefeweizen to this one.

(bottle) pours a murky amber-brown colour with a foamy off-white head. aroma of wheat and banana with a hint of clove. flavour is the same, mostly wheat. medium body and carbonation.

Pours a cloudy mahogany (medium-brown) with a big soapy head. Smells like Hacker’s evil fraternal twin, similar, but darker, with more of a toasted malt character to it. Retains the same banana/clove just with a little bit darker malt. Different, but not. Think I prefer the norm compared to this...not as good as the original, but no t bad.

A slightly more maltier weisse beer than the hefe. The brew has a dark copper color with a slightly cloudy hue. A good brew but I wanted better.

Pours a dark amber color, slightly cloudy, with a thick white head that sticks around and good lacing. Has the usual banana and bubble-gum flavors of a Hefe, with a bit of a metallic taste in the first few sips. Darker than many Hefe’s also has a light hint of coffee in the taste in the finish.

A bit murky, dark straw coloured body with good size white head. Soft nose but not muted, cloves outshades the banana. Taste is much the same though a touch watery.

Bottle purchased at Liquor Mart in Boulder, CO. Pours hazy amber with a large, fizzy, off-white head, somewhat lasting with fair lacing. Aroma is heavy malt (bread, hay, straw), light hops (flowers), average yeast (horse blanket) with notes of banana, apple, and pear. Light bodied, sticky texture, average carbonation, and a chalky finish. Average duration, moderate sweetness, light acidity and bitterness.