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Southern Tier Heavy Weizen 3.55 319

Southern Tier Heavy Weizen

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90
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bottled
common

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RatingsAverageScoreSeasonalABVStyle PctlServe in
3193.57/5.03.55/5.0Special8%99.3Shaker, Weizen
Commercial Description:
Heavy Weizen explores the inner depths of creativity and craftsmanship, taking a style of ale that is delicate and quaffable and shaping it into something exuberant and sturdy. The foundation of Heavy Weizen begins with prodigious quantities of North American malted barley and wheat. Next, the finest European hops are added to complement this ale's unique disposition by giving spicy aromas. Its spirit is forged during fermentation where our Bavarian weizen yeast consumes sugars and creates divine flavors reminiscent of bananas and cloves. Then, by aging this ale, we allow the divergent characteristics to blend together, becoming one. To capture Heavy Weizen's spirit, this wheat ale remains unfiltered to leave some of the yeast in the bottle. Serving this ale with a wedge of lemon is recommended, but optional. 18 plato, 38 IBUs, 2-row pale malt, malted white wheat, hallertau magnum, saaz.
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 cbkschubert (2013), Cochise Co., Arizona, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/104/516/20
Feb 26, 2008  
22 oz. bottle via trade with GMCC2181 - Pours a very slightly hazy straw color with a thin white head. Very light spotty lacing. Aroma is yeast, light esters, grain malt, and a touch of spice. Flavor is basicly the same. Medium body. A very nice beer. Thanks Gabe.


 ryan (1781), Beltsville, Maryland, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/103/511/20
Feb 24, 2008  
Bright yellow body with a tiny white head. Sweet fruity nose with apricot, banana and floral/citrus hops. Fairly sweet, lightly bitter taste with herbal hops, banana, clove and flowers. Medium/full body is a bit rough with moderate carbonation.


 Rastacouere (5563), Montréal, Quebec, Canada
2.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/102/55/102/510/20
Feb 17, 2008  
Cloudy light honey coloured. Fading white head receding to a ring. A this is a wheat beer? Banana puree in liquid form, rather bold, thick. Quite simple really, very bready, almost no phenols. Greasy, thick and certainly not refreshing. Tight, light-bubbled carbonation does not quite manage to give a dryness impression. Really, a sweet and thick weizen, I’m completely missing the point.


 hoppopotamus (187), Santa Cruz, California, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/515/20
Feb 12, 2008  
A straw-golden hazy beer with an off-white head that doesn’t last too long. The aroma is sweet with some hop spiciness and a little fruitiness. The flavor is sweet, and starts with hop bitterness, finishing, oddly, with maltier notes. You can’t really taste the alcohol, which is nice. Haven’t had any heavy hefeweizen before, and I think this is a success!


 Odeed (1677), Bakersfield, California, USA
4.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/105/59/104/518/20
Jan 28, 2008  
(thanks to miketd for the bottle.shared with irishboy .)cloudy yellow with a nice white head.thick aroma of uncut hay,dried hay,bananas,green apples,and alcohol.the flavor boasts much of the same.the mouthfeel is very full and complex.awesome stuff.


 IrishBoy (2719), Bakersfield, California, USA
4.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/59/105/518/20
Jan 26, 2008  
Bomber shared by Odeed; nose of banana, caramel, cloves, and general spiciness; hazy gold with a medium off-white head; flavor of banana, nutmeg, cloves, and minor hop bitterness; juicy thick body with touches of banana, hops and very light alcohol for a finish! I loved this beer; looks like I am in the minority!


 wetherel (1641), Encinitas, California, USA
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/55/102/513/20
Jan 19, 2008  
Bottle from Beertruth on beeradvocate. I love Hefeweizens, mostly because of their high drinkability. I also love high gravity beers. So I tried to brew a strong hefeweizen. I used 50% wheat and 50% barley malt and an american hefe yeast. I am curious how other strong wheat beers are.
Pours cloudy yellow-orange. Very little head (as always, possibly because my refrigerator is cold). Tons of banana and some clove. Spicy flavor. Drinkability is no where near as good as a nice regular Hefe. Heavy body. I think it has lots of DMS, or something not very palatable. Leans sweet, but not in a good way.


 ogglethorp (890), Ohio, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/515/20
Jan 17, 2008  
Bottle. Pours a clear amber color with a decent sized white head. Aroma is banana, fruity, spice. Flavor is banana, citrus, clove, light malt. Palate is medium bodied, medium carboantion, finishes sweet and a little sticky. Fairly decent.



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