Wasatch Apricot Hefe Weizen

Brewed by Schirf Brewing Company/Wasatch Brew Pub
Style: Fruit Beer
Park City, Utah USA

12oz bottle acquired in trade with douglas88 (thanks!). Poured a lighter and cloudy yellow color with an averaged sized head. A couple of floaters in there. Aromas of freash peaches and apricots. Getting a lot of peaches. Tastes of apricots, lighter peaches, and wheat. Thinner body with a light tart finish.

Courtesy Secret Santa- Thanks! Aroma was decent. Strong apricot and roses. Pour was a perfect hazy light gold that you can’t see through. Only a thin white ring for a head, though. Taste was average. Tasted like someone put apricot and some roses in a blender. Not bad, not great.

12oz bottle served in a weizen glass. Pours cloudy, pale straw in color with almost no head. Smells of peaches and apricots, lightly sweet. Lots of tart apricot in the flavor along with some dough and wheat. Prickly carbonation and a slightly astringent feel. It’s alright.

Pours into my New Belgium goblet with a frothy, initially two-finger thick, off-white colored head. The beer is a gold color that shows a hazy, straw-gold color when held up to the light. The aroma is definitely apricot accented as this is even noticeable as I pour this brew. The apricot becomes more pronounced as I go in for a deeper draught of the aroma. Underneath the apricot are some light, cracker-like grain notes, though there doesn’t seem to be much else.

Lightly tart tasting up front, the apricot flavors boost a perceived sweetness and become more noticeable towards the middle and finish. The apricot in the flavor is not quite as dominant as it was in the aroma, but it is still the most noticeable thing about this beer. This has a light heft to it with a body that has some texture and weight, though note enough to keep this from being very quaffable. The light tartness is accented by the wheat character, but really not much else is noticeable underneath the apricot than a clean, neutral grain character.

It was quite hot and something cool, refreshing and easy to drink was what I wanted. This certainly fit the bill, and since I like apricots this beer wasn’t too distracting. Simplistic, why yes it is, but it still didn’t keep me from enjoying this beer. Though I will admit it is a little annoying that this is labeled a HefeWeizen, when it is clear that it uses nothing ore than a bland ale yeast.

Purchased: Plaza Liquors, Tucson AZ

Hazy straw colour. Big apricot, fresh and a little bit yoghurty. Bitter, fairly astringent with a light apricot accent. Slight tartness in the finish. Nothing really comes together here.

Bottle. Hazy golden, pale with some brightness in the color. Barely any head. Aroma is bland soap and perfume. Palate is very watery. Fizzy. Barely any apricot, let alone wheat, but the beer is still refreshing.

12oz bottle. Soapy aroma and stale fruit. Hazy yellow with white head. Has some apricot flavor but is starchy and dry. Not a very good fruit beer.

Pale yellow with a slight hazed. A modest froth dies quickly but does have a full silky canopy that linger the whole drink. Aromas of fresh aproct perfume and biscuits. Nice! Light nectar with ample residual effers. Flavors of apricot sound off as the biscuit factory opens it’s doors. A bit of citrus plays it’s part. The finish is bittered nicely and leaves a lingering refreshing apricot essence. This is a nice brew with bright, clean, and refreshing attributes.