Pangaea Liljas Heifer Weizen

Brewed by Sand Creek Brewing Co. (Pioneer/Wisconsin Brewing Co.)
Style: German Hefeweizen
Black River Falls, Wisconsin USA

Bottle: The aroma consists of banana, wheat, clove, and some faint citrus notes. It pours a cloudy dull orangish-yellow with a small, somewhat fizzy, white head that diminishes to a ring around the edges of the glass. The flavor starts with moderate banana along with some nice wheaty citrus notes. The finish is lightly spicy with some clove and pepper. Medium-bodied with lively, but somewhat soft, carbonation. I’m not getting any vegetal notes that many have been previously mentioned. This was a free sample bottle given to me in what I believe would be an attempt to break into the MI market...maybe it’s not the same beer everyone else is buying? I don’t know, but it sure seems solid enough to me. Obviously New Glarus is king when it comes to American-made Hefeweizens, but this is better than any other American bottled non-NG Hefe that I’ve had. In my opinion, if you like Hefeweizens, it’s definitely worth trying.

Bottle Pours a hazy yellow with a foamy white head. Real good lacing. Has a good sweet aroma of fruits, wheat, and citrus. Has a good carbonation and a swell mouthfeel. The flavor is sweet malts very tasty. The texture is syrupy. Has a light body. The finish is real good. A light aftertaste. This is a very refreshing beer. I would drink this all summer.

I thought this was a great example of a bavarian hefe, pale yellow color, wheaty nose with some mild banana character, subtle fruit flavors, dry and crisp finish, refreshing and soft on the palate

Big 20 beer tasting at Three Cellars Milwaukee. Good mix of Banana, clove and wheat. a lot of carbonation.

Part of a Beer-of-the-Month deal. Nice hazy gold color with a fluffy light head. Citrus notes and a litle wheat. Clean finish.

Hazy golden yellow with a thin white head. Aroma of bubblegum, banana and light wheat. Taste of banana, clove and sweet malts. So-so effort.

Bottle from CAH. Hazy gold pour with 1-finger white head. Nose is clovey spice, hopcitrus, pale malt. Tastes spicy and yeasty, floral, with cloves, hopcitrus, and pale malt. Decent complexity.

Hazed to cloudy light golden color with a quickly diminished white head. Fairly dry aromas with a touch of pale malt, wheat and just a hint of herbal hops. Pale malt and light sweet wheat start. Middle has some bubblegum and a little banana flavors with a bit of yeast. Fairly dry finish with a touch of acidity. Seems like a Dancing Man Light. Quite drinkable seems that the parts are so small that it is harder to make the sum greater then them, but this one seems to work.