Schneider & Brooklyner Hopfen-Weisse

Brewed by Weissbierbrauerei G. Schneider & Sohn
Style: Weizen Bock
Kelheim, Germany

Pours a bright hazy golden orange with a huge fluffy white head that lingers for most of the session as the bubbles continually regenerate the head. The lacing is delicate and minimal. The smell is big and spicy with huge German hops with a sweetness of bananas and cloves. This is all on top of the sweet wheat and yeast base that pervades the aroma. The taste follows the aroma and has the big wheat base that has abundant spices and lemon zest thrown in. The mouthfeel is medium and creamy with huge carbonation. Drinkability is extremely high on this one and it makes for an excellent summer brew.

Appearance: Super cloudy and light yellow. Nice fluffy head that sticks around. Yep, it’s a german wheat. Aroma: The usual banana clove but an exceptional floral aroma shines through. The dry-hop is clear and present. Flavor: Very prominent bitterness, strong yeast esthers that provide the normal banana and a very soft breadiness. The hop flavor might be there. Definitely a floral flavor, but the yeast and bitterness cover most of it up. Mouthfeel: A little slick, dry, strong carbonation. Overall: Excellent beer. Really takes the weizenbock to the next level. The dryhopping sets this one apart. The aroma really and touch of hop flavor shine and make this beer something unique. I got the german one that is dry hopped with hallertauer saphir. I’d really like to get my hands on the one dry hopped with amarillo. I would drink these all night.

This beer was very tasty but I really enjoyed the American brewed better. This is still an excellent beer... It’s Schneider, of course it’s excellent!

Pours a hazy/cloudy gold with yellow and has a good sized foamy white head and a good amount of effervescence, some orange and amber hues, lots of floaties in this brew, aroma of banana and the inside of a banana skin, some soft light fruit fragrances, faint bazooka gum wrapper powder in the background, has wheat fragrances, some floral and grass fragrances in the background (hallertauer hops?) fruit sweetness, bread flavor, some hop bitterness mixed in with tartness at the finish, some malt flavor, banana and fruit, faint clove flavor in the background, has a good citrus tartness at the finish, about a medium mouth feel maybe a touch more with lots of carbonation makes this creamy on the palate, very nice, looks pale for a weizen bock.

Should this be a weizenbock? Really?? Hazy golden, some off white head. Strong exotic fruit and citric hop aroma. Pinapple, mango, and banana. Strong bitterness, light fruity, floral, citrusy exotic fruit flavor. Some wheat character, light spiciness. Clean, lively palate, slightly overcarbonated.

500 ml bottle marked 8.2%. Hazy gold color with frothy 7 finger off-white head. Aromas are primarily citrus and wheat with a fair backing of banana. Near medium body with frothy carbonation. Flavor is wheat, citrus, clove spice. It’s wild. Tropical fruit comes and goes. Finishes very dry and pretty bitter. Not to mention a bit spicey. It’s a sensational drink.

500ml bottle from Utobeer. Cloudy dirty/gold/brown. Thick beige head. Hop, banana, bubblegum, grapefruit aroma. Cereal in mouth. Lovely hoppy aroma. Plenty of hop and cereal in mouth. Lovely version of a weisse, like a weizen IPA. Hops are quite resiny/piney, but goes well with the banana bubblegum. What a lovely drink. I had this as an aperatif to Sunday lunch after doing some work in the morning and felt like I’d earned it. Alcohol doesn’t come through at all. Some passionfruit/mango throughout. Stunning.

Pours a hazy yellow with particles in it. The head is very frothy and energetic. Has definite aroma of banana, spices, cloves, and citrus. The taste is slighly heavy with all of the notes present in the aroma, a bit heavy on the banana. The finish is kind of peppery and banana-y and I swear I taste Bretomyces.