Stoudts Heifer-in-Wheat

Brewed by Stoudts Brewing Co.
Style: German Hefeweizen
Adamstown, Pennsylvania USA

An unclear yellow beer with a thin white head. The aroma is sweet wheaty and yeasty, like rising bread, but also with light notes of banana. The flavor is sweet wheaty combined with notes of citrus, yeast, and banana - again the yeasty notes reminds me of rising bread. The end is slightly citrusy and with the wheaty notes lingering for quite some time.

Name: Weizen
Date: June 08, 2006
Mode: Bottle
Source: Wild Wing Cafe, Marietta
Appearance: pale yellow, thin fine white head
Aroma: light clove aroma
Body: creamy body
Flavor: lots of clove flavor, touch of banana sweetness

Aroma: 4/10; Appearance: 4/10; Flavor: 5/10; Palate: 7/10; Overall: 10/20
Rating: 2.5/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: *4

Date: August 23, 2009
Mode: Bottle
Source: Roadtrip
Appearance: clear gold, wispy white head
Aroma: light sweet banana aroma with lots of clove
Flavor: sweet malt flavor, banana sweetness, light balancing clove, touch of spicyness, hint of bitterness

Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 6/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 13/20
Rating: 3.2/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: **+/4

Cloudy darkish yellow. A little bit of banana and a little bit of smelly foot. Wheaty and tart, with light banana and some musty yeast. Fairly simple, unexciting version.

(12oz bottle) Big off-white head atop a murky apple juice body. Aroma is medium sweet, clove, banana, bubblegum, wheat, light orange. Taste is medium sweet, banana cream, some clove, light bubblegum, faint lemon. Creamy medium body, much smoother and with a fuller body than most Hefes (though I’m not sure that’s what I want in a Hefe).

On tap at the Brew Pub. Poured a medium, cloudy/hazy golden color with a smaller white head. Aromas of bananas, spices, citrus and yeast. Tastes of bublegum, bananas, wheat, spices and ctirus. Lots of lacing left on the glass. Damn them for serving it with a wedge of lemon!

12oz bottle-pours a white head and cloudy yellow color. Aroma is yeast, musty wheat, banana, clove, light fruit, spices. Taste is plenty of banana and clove, spices, yeast, musty wheat, light fruit. OK carbonation.

Hazy golden hue, fading white head has a good white ring. Highly phenolic nose, banana ice cream like. Mild cloves sneak in, but I remain unimpressed by the depth of this example. Restrained acidity, a big banana juice with a creamy nature, sweet palate, mellow bitterness. Bready pancakes yeastiness shines for a second just before an almost smoky undertone captures your attention and the beer ceases to exist. Medium bodied, very light carbonation, soft palate.

Draft... Hazy, straw colored ale with a creamy, white head. Good retention. Plenty of the usual suspects (banana, clove, bubble gum) in the aroma. Well-balanced flavor with blasts of underripe banana and clove. More generously bittered than most traditional hefeweizens. Light-bodied and very watery with mild carbonation. Tart, desert-dry finish. Quality brew from a quality brewer, but I just can’t make myself appreciate this style of beer.