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Lightning Thunderweizen


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173.65/5.03.41/5.05%93.8Weizen
Commercial Description:
This is the Lightning take on a smooth and freshening German style unfiltered wheat beer. The name hefeweizen means literally yeast (hefe) and white (weizen) beer. To be called a hefeweizen in Germany, the grain bill must have at least 50% malted wheat. This makes the process harder, but also makes for a smooth-tasting beer. We use 60% white wheat malt in our hefeweizen with the balance of the grain bill from imported “pilsnermalt.” We further encourage our Thunderweizen Ale to have a thirst-quenching finish by adding an amount of our own naturally produced lactic acid, and then smooth the beer with low temperature fermentation and cold storage prior to release.
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 Angeloregon (2025), Portland, Oregon, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/57/104/516/20
May 4, 2008  
On tap at Churchill’s in San Marcos, CA--Bright orange-yellow body with a great fluffy white head. Great looking beer! Bavarian, nutty, crisp, banana-clove nose. Great wheat presence. I really liked this beer!


 harbuck76 (129), El Cajon, California, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/58/104/517/20
Apr 25, 2009  
From growler. Pours cloudy golden .Aroma is strong banana . taste is strong banana with spices. Very good.


 BMan1113VR (2883), Los Angeles (and Dallas), Texas, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/515/20
Jun 28, 2008  
Draught at Stone. Pours with a cloudy orange body and a white head that leaves good lacing. Aroma is clove, then vanilla then banana. Taste is strongly banana, then a bit of citrus acidity.


 Bartzilla (443), San Diego, California, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/105/57/104/515/20
Jan 23, 2007  
On tap @ Hamilton’s. A pretty solid rendition of the classic thick, sludgy, cloudy hefe. Strong hints of banana and cloves that goes down really smooth. I was pretty faded when I drank this, but it was good enough to leave more than just a vague recollection with me. I’d drink this again.


skmikeg (75), Poway, California, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/518/20
Feb 28, 2009  
Pours a nice cloudy golden color. aroma of banana, bubble gum, and spices. flavor of banana, bubble gum, clove, and a little tobaco. this is a great hefe. it is defintly the best hefe brewed on the west coast.


 alexanderj (2252), Chino Hills, California, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/58/103/515/20
Jul 14, 2007    Updated: Sep 16, 2008
Rerate; had this the second time at San Diego Brewing Co. Liked it just a bit more; upped from 3.5 to 3.7(On tap at Stone; new to this brewery. Flavor and aroma were both solid, probably above average for the style. Elements of banana, yeast, clove and citrus. Good palate; nice and easy drinking)


 golubj (1288), Sunnyvale, California, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/103/515/20
Jul 14, 2007  
Draft at Stone Brewery. Aroma of banana and yeast. The taste was similar with some citrus also; a little more like a white beer than a hefeweizen.


 badlizard (2345), Berkeley, California, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/58/103/515/20
May 16, 2007  
On tap at Stone. Slightly hazy yellow color, aroma of tobacco and banana, sweet malty banana flavor and a yeasty belgian character in the finish.



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