Southern Tier Heavy Weizen

Brewed by Southern Tier Brewing Company
Style: Wheat Ale
Lakewood, New York USA

Faint weizen nose n this beer. Hazy color with very wheat taste. Thanks JK for sharing.

A good beer. Clearly recognizable as a hefe. The alcohol is clearly prominent however. Moderate wheat, banana, and citrus in the aroma. Sweet flavor, with wheat and alcohol, like a barley wine-weizen. Not bad in any way, but not as full bodied or flavorful of the best of the style, and there is a bit too much alcohol.

This is a pretty amazing Heavy Weizen. Definitely felt like a double Hefe. This was amazing. All of the great things of a hefe times two. It looked gorgeous and tasted even better.

5/25/07 one bottle. A very good beer. Pours a dark orange color with a thin white head. Wheat aroma. Grassy as well. You can definitely sense the alcohol. Good balance as well. Some lemon notes and spices. An interesting hefe.

A hazy blonde weizen with a thin lacing white head. A citrusy banana aroma with notes of cloves. In mouth, a clean wheat beer with light bananas and cloves, and good alcohol warmth. Medium bodied. A very nice weizen, but imperial....oh well. Tap at Blue Tusk, after 11th Annual CNY Brewfest, Feb.5 2007.

The total, stationary suspension of sedimentary particles is a beautiful sight to behold. Dot lacing is rendered from a small white head that fades quickly to a thick ring. The body is a cheap, deep golden with some sunshine yellow hues infiltrating the less dense edging. The makings of the banana and clove duo are very complex - it’s just not as simple as that. Alcohol provides a skeleton for a malty structure that seems to be an equal balance of oats and wheat. Zesty banana peels are intertwined with small pieces of orange, black pepper, lemon and a hint of nectarine. Some floral and grass notes hide in the shadows, omly appearing with a strained nosing. Alcohol is barely noticeable at all. There is an overall tartness that seems to originate from the spicing and wheat malt. Nicely done. Flavor is moderately sweet, moderately spiced, lightly tart and just a little bitter. Spice character is wildly reminiscent of an Abbey tripel. Coriander notes pounce the banana notes in the taste. Alcohol is still a non-factor. Hoppiness is noted, grassy and prickly. The finish is like a banana milkshake, buttery and refreshing. I wish all wheat beers had this much character and were this lively, whether the end result was delicious or not. Mouthfeel is vigorously carbonated, but syrupy malts cut through it all; thankfull the same is true of the opposite. Palate is smooth and medium bodied, mildly sticky, very refreshing for a beer of this gravity. This is a very well done wheat beer.

Bomber form Liquid Solutions. Pours a medium golden with a decent sized head. Initial aroma of sour wheat and cooked vegetable. Flavor is raw malts and wheats, light hops, and touches of clove and spices. As it warms it almost takes on a Belgian spice flavor. Turned out to be pretty decent.

On draft at Zeno’s, Penn State. Poured hazy orange with some bits of hops swirling in the bottom of the glass. Strong wheaty flavor with some banana and citrus. Had a surprising hoppy bite. Didn’t notice any alcohol in the palate.