Red Lodge Hefeweizen

Brewed by Red Lodge Ales
Style: Wheat Ale
Red Lodge, Montana USA

(draft) Hazy apple juice body with white head. Aroma is mild, medium sweet, bread, light banana. Taste is medium sweet, orange, some banana, wheat. Watery light body.

Tap @ The Grizzly Bear in Roscoe, MT. Hazy blonde color, light white head and nice lacing. Nose of light citrus and hops, clean yeast and some nice sweet malt. The flavor is yeast, no esters. Clean wheat and yeast. The finish is citrusy and grassy. Decent.

Sampled on draught and in bottles at Sam’s Tap Room, next to the brewpub in Red Lodge, Montana. Pours a hazy golden pale brew with a creamy white head that quickly dissolves. Aroma of light enriched white bread, a slight yeast and a touch of banana esters. Scent is very light to pick up. Taste is medium bodied, lighly carbonated with a multi-grain malt flavor. No yeast or dry banana flavors in the palate. Finish is sweet with a touch of lemon citrus in the aftertaste. An average light wheat beer.

Thanks to Skyview! Clear, dark gold color with a quickly vanishing thin head. Slightly dry grain aroma. Interesting flavor. Some wheat, grain and dry earthiness, but an oddly smoky overtone. Not too strong, but enough to be noticeable. I would say this is much more an American Wheat than a Hefeweizen.

Bottle from Kyzr. Hazy yellow orange with some light brownish hues and no head. Aroma is of lemon and wheat. Flavor is also light wheat with a nice lemon citrus finish. It’s an american wheat beer, so its not too complex, but its enjoyable. Light to medium body with a mildly crisp mouthfeel and moderate carbonation.

Bottle: Straw in color, somewhat dirty and cloudy, thin sudsy white head, sparce lacing.   Funky bready nose, some wheat malts but minor.   Perhaps its also a bit mealy.   Moreso wheaty on the tongue than on the nose, thankfully.   Pale, not very estery, or should I say little to no spiciness.   Plain overall.   Moderate body and mouthfeel.   Minor sweetness on the exit, but just doesn’t have the body of a Wheat beer.   Overal okay, but just too plain and uninteresting.

Bottle. Pours cloudy gold with a scant white head that produces a few dots of lace. Initial aroma was kind of dusty, but after it sits a bit, some sweet banana comes out. Oranges and wheat in the taste. Medium body, moderate carbonation. Grassy finish. Seems to be sort of straddling the fence between German Hefeweizen and American Wheat.

Pours a hazy golden yellow color. Aromas of bread, some yeast, and atouch of citrus. Flavor has n ice citrus taste, with yeasty notes. Nice clean finish.