Pyramid Haywire Hefeweizen

Brewed by Pyramid Breweries
Style: Wheat Ale
Portland, Oregon USA

a good beer not a great one. there are many other hefes out there that are better but who am i to complain

All i can say is i had an Imperial Hefe by the same brewer right after I had this one and i forgot all about this one. good beer. Not great.

Cloudy goldish orange look. Smell is wheat but has slight roasty smell. No bright fruit aroma present. Taste is too bland.

Draught. Mildly acidic nose, not much there. Cloudy orange-red withi a thin and patchy head. Clove and banana flavor, proper for style but unimpressive. Some bite in the palate.

A bit disappointing, really. It’s not BAD, by any stretch, but one comes to expect certain things from a good haffy, and this really doesn’t deliver them. The characteristic bready, banana/apple pie notes that typically accompany a HW are totally absent. It pours very cloudy coppery-orange, and has the aroma of straw, wheat, and citrus. The flavor is rather bland with little more than wheat and vague citrus, with a straw/corn aftertaste. It finishes rather clean, though that’s owing mostly to the heavy handed carbonation. In many ways, this reminds me of a pilsner, stipped of any redeeming qualities and replaced with the thick and bready taste of wheat.

2007 Bottle - This is just a no nonsense, easy drinkin NW hef. Yeasty and cloudy in all of it’s unfiltered glory, I just really like this beer. Don’t look for any groundbreaking characteristices here, it’s just an approachable and enjoyable wheat.

Coppery hazey color and quick dissapating head. Aroma of orange, straw and wheat. Flavor of lemon, wheat and a little undercurrent of caramel. Seems thin and spritzy. Nothing like a real Hefe.

Not a real flavorful wheat beer. It is smooth and easy to drink, but does not have the distinct bavarian flavor that comparable microbrews offer.