Pyramid Haywire Hefeweizen

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

nice clean, slightly bitter finish. hints of banana are there. head disappears quickly. good refreshing beer

not my favorite style of beer, but better than most. Sweet, decent body, I’d drink this over most other american hefes.

Overall solid Hefeweizen. Refreshing but I didn’t like the sour aftertaste

Bottle. Pours hazy swirly amber with medium slightly off-white head. Nice residual yeast on bottom of bottle. Very mild grain aroma, doughy yeast notes, slight citrus-like scent. Flavor is doughy light bread, a very mild sourness, a tiny bit of floral hops and a touch of bitter flavor- overall very mild and lacking much complexity. Rounded mouthfeel is the best part.

On tap at Kincaid’s in Bloomington, MN. I should note that I had this beer with a lemon slice added, but it was not squeezed. The aroma contains the clean, soapy smell of yeast, cinnamon, and lemon sharpness. It was weak by the standards of the style, and it became a bit pungent as I drank. Pours a cloudy, opaque orange with not enough frothy white head; looks like apricot nectar in the glass. Initial taste is slightly off, a bit macro pale lager-like for some reason. It doesn’t have much of that classic hefeweizen taste (perhaps because it’s really an American wheat). I taste orange and a slight lemon sourness (I don’t think it’s from the lemon slice). There is a bit of hops bitterness, surprisingly. This medium to full-bodied beer is crisp, clean, refreshing, and lively in the palate. The taste improved as I drank despite the fact that the aroma got worse. Like a lot of American wheats, Pyramid Hefeweizen just makes you shrug your shoulders in indifference, especially when not consumed in the summer.

12 oz. bottle served in tumbler- poured a non transparent, murky, and hazy darkened orange and yellow. White ring around the glass and a small whisp atop the liquid surface for a head. Aroma of wheat, malt, and notes of lemon and citrus. Hits the mouth with a low-medium body, malt is interlaced with a dull sweetness, middle holds up well, finish is complete. A Wheweizen or Hefeat? Not bad- it was this or the almighty Bud Select 55 for this holiday weekend...

This Hefe is a little different in its extraordinarily drinkablity. The taste didn’t wow me, but I could drink the stuff all night. It was a nice surprise... Tasted again on 2/22/08 and felt the same way!

hazy, orange gold color.. medium white head.. sweet grain & mild citrus smell. taste is a bit too sweet for me. there is nothing to draw you in on the first sip. pretty mediocre hefe.