Schöfferhofer Hefeweizen

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

Bottle 50cl. Poured thick, cloudy orange with a large blooming white head. A rich and yeasty aroma with bubblegum, banana and citrus notes. The taste was a little acidic, but very pleasant and refreshing. Tangy almost spicy fruit flavour with the classic south german bubblegum taste. Notes of yeast, bread and banana/citrus, ending in a smooth soft bitter with hints of malt. The palate was a little oily but not unpleasant; the kind of beer that holds on to the roof of your mouth. Low carbonation. Very tasty if a little acidic hefe.

500 ml bottle, aroma very delicate, nice frothy white head and hazy wheat colour. wheat flavour with fruits in the background. bitter not nice end. most sparkling,a little bit watery and lacks full taste. as much as I adore wheat beers I consider it a failure from deutschland

[Bottle from Alexander shared in Palles sommerhouse.] Another weisse in the long row of germans. Not bad, but nothing special.

Bottle. Golden cloudy colour, with a nice white head. Aroma is acid like with some notes of citrus, banana, bread. Carbonation was very fizzy I thought. Flavour was sweet for a Hefe, but light bitterness was also there. Kind of dry and sweet finish.

Bottled at U Kanovniku, Hradcany, Prague, 500ml. Clouded yellow with white head. Another day and another set of pubs, we found this one under the Castle walls themeing itself as a dungeon, you cant miss it, there is a waxworks dummy of a prisoner trying to escape from a grill. The beer is certainly yeasty with big herbal notes and the taste and consistency of mashed banana. There is a dry finish with a touch of mint.

First rating
(50 cl bottle at a Sion bar just outside the hbf and Dom in Köln)
Shady golden color, big white head. Acidic and banana typical wheat beer scent. Acidic and banana taste as well. Very refreshing. Medium bitterness. Fresh aftertaste.
7/4/7/4/14=3.6

Second rating
(50 cl bottle at Cafe Klatsch, Friedrichsdorf, Germany)
Cloudy orange color, big fluffy white head. Light estery, but mainly malty, taste. Some banana aftertaste. Rather spritzy mouthfeel with low bitterness. Sweet malty scent.
5/4/5/3/11=2.8

Third rating
(Draught at a pub in Vilnius, Lithuania)
On May 3, 2008
Shady orange color, white head. Estery banana scent. Estery banana taste. Spritzy mouthfeel. Low bitterness.
6/3/6/2/11=2.6

Medium way rating: 6/4/6/3/12=3.1

Yet one more rating
(Bottle at Zur Letzten Instanz, Berlin)
On June 7, 2008
Cloudy orange color, fluffy white head. Fruity banana scent. Estery banana taste, also sweet. Medium mouthfeel, low bitterness.
7/3/6/3/12=3.1

Rerate
At the Starobrno brewery pub in Brno on May 19, 2009
Cloudy orange color, fluffy white head. Banana and clove scent. Banana, clove, mineral taste. Medium mouthfeel, low bitterness.
6/4/6/3/12=3.1

Poured from the bottle, a very cloudy orange with a large rocky white head. Strong wheaty flowery aroma with hints of bubblegum. Quite a smooth carbonated mouthfee with a sharp finish. Good banana and citrus flavours.

Cloudy yellow, lasting white head. Strong and somewhat sweet, candy-like banana aroma with some bread notes. Thin, sweet flavour, watery mouthfeel. Very ordinary.