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Left Hand Haystack Wheat

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4343.13/5.03.13/5.04.9%73.8Weizen
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 Ringo (959), Loveland, Colorado, USA
4.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/59/104/517/20
Feb 20, 2002  
One of the best American beers of any style. Definitely world class. They nailed the style, I followed this with a Hacker-Pschorr and they are equals. The only good American Weiss I have tried (yet).


 Schroppfy (1813), Ohio, USA
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/58/105/516/20
Oct 15, 2002  
At the Brick in DC. Delicious; an outstanding example. Sweet, cloudy, hefty, wheat sour perfect, banana, vanilla, all in incredible proportions. Matches Two Brothers Ebel and Capital Weizen in US, beaten out by Denison’s version...by a hair. Bottled 8/13/02.


tulsajeep (12), USA
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/58/104/517/20
Sep 10, 2006  
Very sweet with no bitter aftertaste. Great looking with light tan head. Very tasty!


 thomasacross (129), Edina, Minnesota, USA
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/510/103/518/20
Jul 15, 2007  
Draft at Mission American Kitchen, Minneapolis. Slightly perfumed aroma but no overtly perfumed notes in the flavor. An excellent and in my opinion very authentic domestic German-style hefe weizen, with typical complex flavors of banana, clove, citrus, and spice. Palate lacks overall creaminess; texture degrades to over-carbonation through the finish. Bitterness is as expected for the style; just enough to ensure it still tastes like a beer. I didn’t think anyone in America was making great European beers like this... Kudos Left Hand!


DrZao (97), Houston, Texas, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/103/518/20
Oct 5, 2008  
Orange/golden with light haziness and massive white foamy head. Very nice clean sweet aroma of citrus and some floral. Fruity citrus, wheat, yeast, somewhat sweet but not really malty. Bright effervescence. Sweet finish. Not usually a big fan of wheat beers but I really liked this one.


 fbennett (293), Lowell, Massachusetts, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/58/104/516/20
Dec 11, 2006  
Pours a cloudy dark lemon/orange with a thick white head that stays a bit with this brew. The aroma is ripe bananas, cloves, honey, herbal sweetness, similar to a tropical drink. The taste is candied citrus lemon upfront followed by a fruity, honey spiced syrupy finish complemented with a wheat, bready, mouthfeel, and a hoppy bitterness. This imo is more like a traditonal hefeweizen than an American Wheat.


 FlagstoneHill (211), Erie, Colorado, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/103/518/20
Jul 9, 2006  
Estery, bananas, cloves. .. Hazy yellow-orange. Tall white head. .. . Sweet, citusry flavor Tangy, lingering estery finish. .. . Light body, med carbonation. .. Excellent hefeweizen! Great aromas and flavor.


Amber1 (32), USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
10/104/57/103/517/20
May 2, 2002  
a little less spicy than i had remembered. very lively, still one of my favorites.



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