Hofbräu Münchner Weisse

Brewed by Staatliches Hofbräuhaus München
Style: German Hefeweizen
Munich, Germany

pours a hazy golden orange with a two finger fluffy off white head. aroma is banana, clove, and a little lemon. has a light to medium body with good lacing and carbonation. flavor is the same as aroma and is a little creamy. not to bad.

500 ml bottle in weizen glass. Medium orange with nice white head. Pleasant banana clove aroma. Mild vanilla sweetness with tangy orange wheatiness and slight bitter tart finish. Medium-light body and medium carbonation. Better than I remembered. Wouldn’t mind having again.

Bottle... Hazy golden ale with a large, frothy, white head. Great retention. Breadsy, estery aroma with essences of banana, bubblegum and French bread crust. Spicy clove and smoke phenols. Good balance of restrained sweetness, bitterness and acidity. No phenols or esters in the flavor. Light to medium-bodied with fizzy carbonation. Astringent, tangy finish.

Pours with a frothy, almost creamy, initially three-finger thick, light tan tinged, off-white colored head. The beer is a hazy, orangish tinged, copper color and it has lots of carbonation bubbles streaming up from the bottom of my tulip glass. Aromas of fresh crushed wheat berries, dusty malt, clove, lemon zest and green apples are all noticeable. Interestingly enough the tart, lemon zest notes become the most noticeable part of the aroma pretty quickly.

Soft and creamy feeling despite a solid carbonation; actually the beer is soft and creamy up front, but the carbonation tends to scrub the palate towards the end. The beer finishes with a tart, almost lemon-like character as well as a lingering phenolic clove character. The clove notes are noticeable up front as well, and somehow they accentuate a note that makes me think of concentrated, sweet plums (though not quite prunes). Touches of apple add to the fruit notes, but the oft times, characteristic banana notes are not found in this beer.

This is a decent example of a Hefe Weizen; it is light and refreshing, yet still full of flavor. I do think that it could be a touch more complex (even on the Hefe Weizen scale of things). Still, as someone who enjoys Hefe Weizen, I am definitely enjoying this tipple; I recommend it if you are of a similar persuasion.

Purchased: Bevmo, Pasadena CA

Bottle. Well I was expecting less but it came out ok, a weiss with a bit of a head, fruits & bananans to smell, some lemon to finish. Not hte greatest weiss but purdy darn decent.

Name: Munchner Kindl Weissbier
Date: 06/29/2005
Mode: Draft
Source: Hofbrauhous, Las Vegas

opaque orange, huge off white head, big clove aroma with a touch of banana, good body for a wheat beer, nice light flavor with a good bit of not overwhelming clove and a hint of sweet banana, touch of lemon in the finish, a solid hefe

Aroma: 9/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 5/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 10/20
Rating: 3.1/5.0
Score: *4
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On tap at MUC on 6/9/07: Pours a hazy effervescent golden with a large, frothy white head. Aroma of mildly sweet wheat with a lot of lemony citrus and a touch of bready yeast. Body starts slightly thinner with some fizzy carbonation, light clove spice and good bready German yeast. Nicely balanced, but could be a little thicker.

Bottle. Hazy burnished gold colour with a decent white head. Aroma of bananas, yeast and citrus. Mouth feel was smooth with flavours of more bananas, cloves and yeast. Good but not hugely memorable.