Pike Weisse

Brewed by Pike Pub & Brewery
Style: German Hefeweizen
Seattle, Washington USA

On tap at the pub. Dark amber. No head. Light aroma is more melon than citrus. OK middle of the road beer.

Sample at the brewpub. Served with a lemon. This beer is a clear dark yellow color color with a medium and fluffy white head that recedes slowly. Rings of lacing on the glass. Aroma of wheat and citrus, plus some mild yeast. Medium, clean body with flavors of citrus, wheat and malt along with a touch of yeast. The finish is short and fruity with a touch of wheat in the aftertaste. Just average overall.

Draft at the brewpub. Pours a slightly hazy light copper amber with a fairly apathetic little off-white head. Big sour wheat nose with plenty of banana yeast esters and clove notes as well. Homebrew tried it and pointed out that too many american brewers refuse to believe that hefeweizen yeasts can work well at 62-64F, so they leave them out at 74-76 and they go bonkers, leaving behind way too many esters in the process. Interesting point. The body’s creamy and medium, plenty more of the banana and clove plus sour yeast on the mid-palate. It’s a clean enough little beer but they probably need to rethink the philosophy behind their fermentation.

Hazy, not quite cloudy, and golden. Have you had your wheaties today, smells like breakfast cereal, with a spritz of lemony citrus, a hint of fruit and clove bubblegum. Very light and boring.

More of a Berlin style as opposed to a Munich style wheat. Clear gold color, and thin white head. Lighter tan most wheats, with an almost delicate wheat palate. Nice mild hop profile and citrus finish.

Draught at Pike. Pours a dark gold color. Does not look unfiltered. Thin head. Aroma of wheat malt and cereal. The flavor is much of the same. Pretty bland and light. A decent crisp finish is probably the highlight of this one.

(Draft: Pike Pub & Brewery in Seattle, WA) Sweet, spicy nose, with kind of odd maltiness. Hmm, one of the stranger wheat beers I’ve tried, it’s taken me a few minutes to place the aroma, but it’s just like opening a fresh bag of wheat bread. The wheat malt seems a bit toasty, like it’s been freshly harvested, and sweet, like it’s been slightly caramelized. Very light bitterness comes out in the finish. Light bodied, with enough wheat malt so that it’s not watery. Pale golden in color, and fairly hazy, it’s topped by a small white head that settles to a ring. Some patchy lacing at the top of the glass. Very different, but once over the shock, I like it.

Great nose, very flavorful beer. Nice wheat and bread dough essences. Tart and a nice hop bite, YUM!!!