Piece Top Heavy Hefeweizen

Brewed by Piece Brewery & Pizzeria
Style: German Hefeweizen
Chicago, Illinois USA

Had this as "Top Heavy" and it’s probably one of the best hefeweizens I’ve ever had ... cloudy yellow with a solid head. Classic banana nose. Somehow this perfectly sweet, like mellow banana juice, but without the sometimes cardboardy starch you get in weizens. Brilliant.

a terrific Hefeweizen. like a carbonated orange/banana smoothie. wonderful.... after having several more hefes, and the top heavy a couple more times, i’m retroactively boosting this way up. rerate: each time i have this, i like it even more.

Also as the Big ’n Curvey, though I wonder if it is the same thing based on other reviews. At any rate, this had nice bold orange/brown color. Smelled of yeast, bubble gum, cloves, bananas, citrus? I was pleasantly surprised by this beer, as I did enjoy it. Still, not a converted wheat drinker, but I found the taste pleasant. Breads, cloves, bananas, fruits. It was all there. A nice, smooth experience.

Draft: Opaque light apricot. Dense, entirely lasting, consistent layer of white foam. Textbook aroma of sherbet, banana, phenols, and clove. Vibrant hoppiness and lightly toasted malt hulls beneath the surface. Brisk crackle to the carbonation. Beautifully conditioned. Balanced display of clove, bubblegum, and mint. Freshly mashed bananas and doughy malt flavors thicken the body. Flavorsome segue of lightly chalky yeast elements backed with fresh mint, lemon pulp, and a firm spicy phenolic snap. Fairly gritty pear texture. Bright, explosively juicy hop backbone is shadowed by subtle notes of honeydew melon and pureed bananas. Perfectly tart with a quenching apple acidity that gives way to a tongue-numbing crushed clove smattering. Lingering notes of mashed bananas, lightly toasted malts, and juicy noble hops. Definitive session brew, regardless of its vast complexity. Befits the style to a "t."

Aroma is pure bubblegum. Taste is on the sweet side with just the right amount of sulfur and carbonation. Decent stuff.

Draft at Piece, 4/30/2005. Pours a hazy golden yellow with a large, somewhat rocky white head. Estery aroma of banana and clove. Flavor has a ton of banana along with clove, bubblegum, wheat, and a yeastiness. Quite substantial body. An outstanding Hefe.

On tap at the brewery.Poured a cloudy orange color with a small lacing head. The nose was spot on.Full off bananas, cloves, spices, and wheat.Love this style beer and these guys did a great job!The finish was quite refreshing.

MASSIVE aroma. Way heavy on the citrus/yeast angle of things! Excellent hefe/wit flavor. Halfway to a wit, due to its light color and thin body, but lots and lots of funk really deliver on the promise of an authentic European Hefe! Fantastic.