Pyramid Haywire Hefeweizen

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

Bottle. Head is initially small, fizzy/frothy, white, mostly diminishing. Body is hazy dark yellow, bottle conditioned. Aroma is lightly malty (toasted grain, husks), lightly hoppy (flowers), lightly yeasty (basement), with a note of detergent. Flavor is moderately sweet, lightly acidic, lightly bitter. Finish is lightly to moderately sweet, lightly acidic, lightly to moderately bitter, husky. Medium body, watery/syrupy texture, lively carbonation. Grainy, soapy, almost swill-like.

on tap at pyramid alehouse. hazy golden. not a lot of yeast character but at least fresh and wheaty if quite dull

Aroma is bready/biscuity with a suspicion of lemon. Hazy orangy gold color with a white head that just filmed. Medium bodied. Definite wheat malt. Some light lemon. The banana is truly hard to find. There’s a bit of citrus sour, and the finish has enough bitter to salvage the product. A big Bavarian banane it’s not. An American wheat it is.

Medium colored cloudy gold. This poured with a relatively large head. The aroma is perfume and peaches. There is also a hint if nutmeg rather than clove. The taste is a relatively sour lemon and banana. There is also a hint of clove spice in the finish. This coudl use a different yeast or something ot make it less sour. Still, better than many American wheats.

Hazy golden color with good sized head but quickly disminishing, light-bodied. Very wheaty and citrus aroma, also could not detect the banana or spices normally found in most Hefeweizens, the style listed in right just not the label. Flavor matches the aroma, fruity and mild hop presence. Clean fruity aftertaste. All in all, not a bad beer just miss-marketed name.

Bottled. Poured hazy medium orange with a short cap of off-white head. The aroma was sweet with honey and pale malts accented by orange zest. The flavor was sweet as well with honey and redder fruits at the core.. orange zest and mildly tangy wheat surrounded.. sweet finish with a light grainy texture. Lighter-bodied and too sweet on the palate.. came across as dumbed-down and extremely accessible.

Bottle (12oz). Hazy orange, average fizzy white head, lot’s of white chunkies at the bottom of the bottle. Slightly tart aroma of fruit, yeast, orange juice, herbal hops and grass, a bit of metal. Taste is a bit harsh - over-amped carbonation, sharp yet stale hops, slightly sour grain, sugary fruit in the background - not well balanced, harsh watery mouthfeel, bit of a harsh linger to the taste - nehh; not horrid, not particularly good either.

Medium gold color. Large foamy head. Aroma is malty and slightly floral. A medium bodied hefe-weizen. Mild flavored, smooth tasting wheat. In fact it’s kind of bland. Not in the Macro sort of way, but just that it’s not very flavorful. None of the banana and clove flavor going on here, but there is a kind of buttery taste to it. Mouthfeel is full and round. Finish is clean and smooth. Aftertaste is malty and slightly sweet.