Olde Hickory Hefe Weisen

Brewed by Olde Hickory Brewery
Style: German Hefeweizen
Hickory, North Carolina USA

On tap at Union Jack’s. Very cloudy yellow orange, looks like it might be pulpy orange juice instead. Thin white head. Aroma is citrus orange, lemons, and some wheaty banana notes, not much spice. Taste is a ton of sour lemons, very smooth, more citrus and banana.

Sampled at the Knoxville Brewer’s Jam. Poured a hazy yellow color with a one finger white head. Aroma of banana and clove. Flavor same. Your average hefe. Good beer for a rather warm day, but not the best there by any means.

Sampled at the 2008 Knoxville Brewer’s Jam. Hazy yellow in the glass with a white head that settles to a ring. Subdue aroma of wheat. The flavor had clove, lemon, hints of banana and wheat. Light body, dry, slightly watery.

KBjam. A slightly hazed yellow pour with white head and lace. Aroma of bannanas and corriander of sorts. A flavor that follows the nose and is just lacking something that would make this a better hefe. Just kinda plain but not unpleasant.

(Brewgrass08) Large white head atop clear, extra pale straw body. Aroma is medium sweet, some bubblegum, banana. Taste is medium sweet, bubblegum, some lemon. Low carbonation, watery light body.

With eyes closed this brew smells well enough like a hefe, but upon opening your eyes it looks a whole lot like a Belgian Wit. Aroma is more banana than clove. Soft pillowy mouthfeel and full-flavored. Decent, but a little under carbonated and just alright.

Sampled at the Blues and Brews festival. Pours a hazy pale white with a thin white head. The nose has banana, clove, sweet, wheaty, yeasty, some spice. The flavor is very wheaty, banana, spicy, clove, sweet, citrusy. Decent palate and banana in the finish.

Draught at the brew-pub. Pale yellow, cloudy, big white head, nice lacing. Aroma is banana and yeast, some clove. Flavor is similar, soft mouthfeel. Typical hefe, at least tastes like it’s supposed to. Goes well with lemon.