Warbird Thunderbolt Wheat

Formerly brewed at Warbird Brewing Company
Style: German Hefeweizen
Fort Wayne, Indiana USA

Pours a fully clouded yellowish with very minimal head that disappears. Nose is completely like banana bread. Just total funk going on here. I love this nose, and this is exactly how it should be smelling. Flavor is excellent. Very thick hefe characters going on here with the banana really coming forward. Smooth and consistent flavor profile. Feel has a lot of carbonation really attacking the tongue on it, which I find odd because I get no head. Liquid is the typical body. Overall a damn good brew that I would definitely suggest.

Draft at Flat Top Grill in Ft. Wayne, IN. Small white fizzy head that mostly diminished with sparse lacing, no visible carbonation, and a yellow hue. Aroma was malty, wheat, banana, clove, spice, sweet typical of this style. Flavor was sweet, banana, malty, spicy, clove. Right on cue again for this style. Tingly, banana mouthfeel. Medium body. Nice job done by the Warbird staff!!

Bottle. Banana, orange, clove aroma. Cloudy orange-yellow with moderate head. Sweet banana-orange and wheat malt flavor with a lemon peel finish. A very nicely made Hefe.

Bottle and served in Ayinger glass: Pours a nice cloudy golden hue with a fading fizzy head and spotty lace. The aroma has esters of banana, clove, pepper, herbs and grass, wheat, pale malts, and some butterscotch. The taste starts with a fruity note and some light grassy bitterness. Wheaty and biscuity with a hint of yeast as well. The finish displays a note of spice and just a dash of bright acidity. The mouth feel is lively and crisp, refreshing and enjoyable, dry finish. I pretty solid example of the genre.

Bottle courtesy of stfun. Pours amber and very hazy with a thin white head. Smells of rich coriander, bananas, wheat. Tastes of coriander, sweet citrus, bubblegum, some pepper and straw. Mouthfeel is full with a heavy mineral water like finish.

Bottle. Sweet wheaten aroma with yeast, biscuits, and some citrus. Pours an opaquely cloudy lemon yellow with a rich, creamy white head. Smooth medium body with a light wheaty aftertaste. Lemon comes out much more strongly in the taste, which is also yeasty and faintly cloven. Dryish and nicely spiced, with light carbonation and a pleasant, interesting mf. To style and tasty. I’m pleasantly surprised with this brewer, 2/2 so far!

This draft brew from the Flat Top Grill in Fort Wayne, IN was served with a large sized head of foamy long lasting bubbles that left behind a hazy yellow orange colored uncarbonated body and a good thick foamy lacing. The aroma contained banana wheat malt and spicy notes. The mouth feel was tingly from start to finish with a lingering wheat aftertaste. The flavor contained hoppy wheat malt and mild clove notes.

Cloudy, orange, no head. Wheaty aroma. Wheat flavor. Very excellent representation of the German Hefeweizen style.