Hacker-Pschorr Sternweisse

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

10/22/2008: Hacker-Pschorr Sternweisse has a cloudy, deep amber-gold color with a surprisingly dense and puffy white head. The aroma presents some wheat malt, yeast, and a light spiciness. The flavor is dry with some undertones of smoke (beechwood), banana, and clove with a good level of yeast training behind and a splash of lemon. The body is light and moderately carbonated, but refreshing overall. In the hierarchy of hefes, I would put this somewhere between a regular hefe and a dunkelweizen as there is a bit more malt, yet it is dry in the mid-palate. Overall this is an intriguing wheat beer that is very flavorable and definitely worth drinking time and time again - especially during the Summer months...

1 Pint 9 Fl. Oz. [500ml] flip-top bottle (5.5% alc. by vol; 03/08 L08881R) shared by Tmoney99 at the weekly Party Source gathering. Thanks again Tom! Rating #100 for this beer...

Aromatically big hefe, maybe a bit sweet. Bottle pours a thickly cloudy dark orange, nice off-white head. Nose is lots of bubble gum, ripe banana and clove. Pretty spicy. Flavor is quite sweet but short of cloying, some spicy-floral notes, very light bitterness, grainy toward the end. A little thin in the mouth. Refreshing but with plenty of flavor.

Poured from a 500ml swing-top bottle (bottled March ’08) and served in a weizen glass. This hefe poured a dark, muddy amber with a thick head of creamy tan foam. Not quite dunkleweizen dark, but much darker than your average hefeweizen. The head lasted throughout the glass, leaving behind a fair amount of lacing. The aroma consisted of ripened bananas, light toffee, nuts, and a touch of spicy yeast. The flavor included wheat bread, light banana, a hint of caramel, and some faint clove. The mouthfeel was medium-bodied and creamy, smooth. Moderate carbonation. A really inviting aroma led to a flavor profile that was just a bit dull. Not bad.

Has a good head,misty gold pour,aroma spicy,banana,clove,brown sugar,flavour,green banana,clove,mild bitter,good fermentation and use of hops in this Weiss,finish good hop taste and bitter pleasure to drink.

Pours caramel brown with a 3 finger foamy off white head that has good retention. Aroma is very sweet, lemon, a little wheat, yeast, and some toasted barley. Flavor is fruity, toasty and sweet up front, with a little straw coming in with sweet grain soon after. FInish is very clean and watery with a hint of sweet grain and toast linger. A really interesting take on the style, but could use more complexity body and yeasty flavors. Still not bad though.

Cloudy dark brown with thick white head. Banana, yeast, spices, funk, sweetness. Smells funky too. This was decent.

Bottle. A reasonably standard looking hefeweizen, murky orange with a tight white head and good lacing . It has a sweet aroma with obvious alcohol, some banana, yeast and cereal in the background. Softly flavoured, quite sweet with lots of banana, a touch of spice and maybe even some pear drop/acetone character. I am not a fan of German wheat beers but I find this quite drinkable, even though there is nothing particularly novel about it.

Bottle. Cloudy brown and orange with a small head. Aromas are toffee malts with green apple fruitiness. Flavours are weetabix malts with apple, yeast and bubblegum. Some caramel. Has a good sparkle.