Oak Creek Horseshoe Hefeweizen

Poured a cloudy amber/orange from the tap with a faint white head. Tasted much like chewing on the ste of a wheat stalk. The best part was the wedge of lemon on the brim of the glass.

Mildly hazy golden pour under a thinner than expected white head. Citrus and banana aroma. Flavor of bananas, fresh baked bread, mild pepper and malt. I didn’t pick up the cloves (or confused them with the peppery taste). Silky mouthfeel with just the right amount of carbonation and a mildly sweet but crisp finish. There are much better hefes out there that are also much easier to find but this one is worth the trip simply for the Sedona scenery!

I’d drink another, just because I like the style. But overall, this one was pretty plain. The pour was lacking a big pillowy head. It poured with a normal two finger head that didn’t lace much. The aroma was wheaty and spicey. The flavor followed suit, as the banana aspects were near absent (cloves more dominant). The wheat flavor was like a wet wheat flavor, as this one didn’t have a dry mouthfeel to it at all. An ok beer, but nothing special.

Tap at Brewery: Server asked if I wanted a lemon or not. I chose not to have lemon. Had a good banana aroma. Hazy gold color with a good white foamy head. Flavor constisted mainly of banana. Foamy head gave it some creamy flavor also. Enjoyable hefe.

Pours a very hazy, tan copper color, with a wispy off white head. This is from a just tapped keg. It smells predominantly of bubble gum and a bit of banana, as well as some base level graininess. The taste is all bubblegum, perhaps a bit too much. It is light and would be quite refreshing if the bubblegum character was reduced a bit. There is a bit of the characteristic clove and banana here as well. Needs to be a bit tamer in the bubblegum compartment, but otherwise a pretty decent example.