Ramstein Blonde

Brewed by High Point Brewing Company
Style: German Hefeweizen
Butler, New Jersey USA

Vegtable nose - not so pleasant, some banana and spice. Hazy pale orange color, low head. Sweet wheat malt with orange notes, banana and some spice. Medium body. Overall, a good simulation of a German wheat, but not up to par. This doesn’t have the same sophistication of a the German wheats.

12 oz bottle. Pours a cloudy orange with minimal head that fades to a thin ring around my glass. Aroma of wheat, apple, yeast, some banana, and a variety of spices. Nice spicy wheat flavor, lots of yeastiness, as well as a strong malt background. Finish is indeed very smooth, balanced between spicy yeast and soft hop bitterness. Mouthfeel is a little blah, very little carbonation, but enough body to make it pleasurable to drink. Major drawback on this one was the noticable lack of head and the low carbonation. I think that I would like to try this on draft when at it’s peak freshness.

I really liked this wheat beer a lot. Outstanding considering it is american made. When fresh- this is almost as good as live oak. Pours a perfect medium gold with a nice tight fluffy white head- fades eventually though. Aroma is a nice balance between cloves, spices, and phenolics with the classic banana aromas, although I wish there were a bit more esters. Flavor is very bready with tons of chewy wheat malt and lots of phenols and esters. Nice full mouthfeel and smooth aftertaste. It’s pretty obvious the brewer has been trained in germany.

Wow, big standard deviation on this one. Bottle from Drafting Room, Exton. Hazy dark straw pour with aroma of hopcit, clove, pear/apple, bready malt. The flavor is hopcity up front, with some pear/apple/banana notes at mid-palate. This one is a bit muddled, but has a farily smooth finish.

Pours copper and cloudy with a thin white head. Smells of oranges and bread. Tastes of oranges, but otherwise watery. The lemony tinges and banana qualities I’m used to in American interpretationsof this style are missing. Definitely drinkable as a session beer, but that’s about it.

Draft at Sippin by the River ’ 05. How dare they call this a german Hefeweizen? Lemon zest and miller, if you ask me. Forgettaable.

Wheat, lemon, kinda musty with orange and cream in the nose. Some lemon, orange, wheat. Somewhat chalky finish. Boring.

smooth drinkable beer, easy medium mouthfeel, with moderate yeast. Good carbonation. Banana aroma. Muted yellow, little head. Fruit, led by apple, cloves. Hint of lemon. Malt at end, virtually no bitterness. Fresh found at Olivers in Albany.