Schöfferhofer Dunkles Hefeweizen

Brewed by Binding-Brauerei (Oetker Group)
Style: Dunkelweizen
Frankfurt, Germany

This is a pefect beer every blonde beer should dress off of this one. it isn’t too sweet not too sour it is just a very well balanced bier

I’m a sucker for the German Beers. Guess its cause the only time I get to drink them is when I am over there.

Very Belgium..but not as good

Aus der flasche @ O’Reilly’s Irish pub (the mecca for Aussie’s lost!!) in business-suit Frankfurt-am-Main, Germany (July ’06).
I, my wife, yes we were lost, in this bar just beside the seedy district - across a mammoth intersection that must confuse the locals - we had to stop to get our bearings. Beer is expensive in central ’Krankfurt’, this was the poison for me as we entered a world of broke, end of tethers, end of World Cup Aussies just looking to get home, but still so full of that ol’ Digger view at life. I loved this beer, it is macro without doubt (the Oetker group is the hidden InBev!), but it is atleast loyal to the roots of the dark wheat beers. Into its own tall weissbier glass. It produces a muddy chestnut with an exorbitant amount of fine carbonation. Big, creamy but loose, cauliflower pad atop, just off-white in colour and strong to retain for the length. Could have put my initials in it! Sweet, spicy and biscuity, big malty and esteric, banana-split nose. Yum. Aroma continues its journey into the mouth. Sweet, chocolate brownie front, biscuity as it moves but balanced by some dusty wheat, cloves, a distant hint of cola Hubba-Bubba™ and vanillin. Back end is just on spicy though the carbonation makes it peak crisply before falling off quite long. This is generally a little too charged so a few swirls of the glass and she is sweet! It’s all dessert in the aftertaste, nothing so closer to a banana-split with ice-cream and hot chocolate sauce, good as. It is remarkably sessionable stuff, tasty, balanced and not overdone. Just a good wheat beer. (50cL)

500 mL bottle in Berlin on 6/9. Brown pour with a good sized head, typical of a hefe poured into a weized glass. Transparent light brown around the edges. Strong banana and other fruity notes in both aroma and flavor. Lightly nutty and spicy as well. Pretty complex for the style and really enjoyable.

On tap at the Onyx Bar on Friedrichsplatz in Mannheim (www.onyx-mannheim.de). Dark and cloudy pour with excellent head retention. Lots of yeast in this beer and it smells as such. Tart flavor, but with a nice smoothing malt balance. My favorite of the lineup.

Murky dark reddish colour with big lively head. Aroma is sweet and malty with hints of caramel and fruits. Flavor is dominated by the sweetness of the caramel, but this without being too sweet. Palate is very good.

Cloudy brown with tan head that lasted forever. Very nice fruit nose with mostly bananas. Flavor follows nose and mouthfeel smooth and clean. Easy to drink. Very nice beer.