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Weihenstephaner Hefeweissbier Dunkel 3.54 747

Weihenstephaner Hefeweissbier Dunkel

Percentile
90
overall
Brewed by Bayerische Staatsbrauerei Weihenstephan
Style: Dunkelweizen

Freising, Oberbayern, Germany

bottled
common

on tap
available

Broad Distribution
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7473.54/5.03.54/5.05.3%96.7Stein, Weizen
Commercial Description:
Supple, malty and mellow. Its harmonious flavour is the great strength of our dark wheat beer.
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 Poperinge (359), Cowtown, Alberta, Canada
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/511/20
Mar 11, 2007    Updated: Apr 20, 2007
An OK dunkel hefeweissebier - but not the best I’ve had.and thin. page 488 of Michael Jackson’s Great Beer Guide. Only 196 of his 500 Classic Brews to go


 JorisPPattyn (5191), Antwerpen, Belgium
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/56/103/513/20
Mar 9, 2007  
Fully hazy amber beer with a rosy shine; amber tinted, very dense head. Milk, lactic, traces of diacetyl, and wheat. Roasted malt, only traces of diary flavours. Bit of corn too, and certainly wheat taste. Well balanced. Quite full bodied, aftertaste is typically sourish. Decent Dunkel Weizen. Interesting balance, just fine.


 beerlord (215), tonawanda, New York, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/55/104/515/20
Mar 2, 2007  
Nice medium brown wit a thick tan head. Light Clove arome with a touch of malt. Light sweet malth/phenol flavor. Light mouth feel, suprisingly dry finish.


 rmussman (905), California, USA
4.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/510/104/518/20
Mar 1, 2007  
An excellent hefeweizen. I certainly liked how this one poured, with the same bubbly texture as the regular hefes but with a dark brown appearance. The brew was rather sweet with a nice texture that goes down very smoothly. Worth a try.


bluesman42@gmailcom (43), Arkansas, USA
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/58/104/517/20
Mar 1, 2007  
Without a doubt the greatest weissbier I’ve ever had. Dark and sweet flavors, nice warm thick mouthfeel, everythink I could ever want from a weissbier. Absolutely amazing.


 charlotte (2036), Vanløse, Denmark
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/105/516/20
Feb 28, 2007  
Dark brown colour with nice beige head who stays long,fresh taste of fruit plum and cherrys sweet.


 GG (1656), NorCal, California, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/516/20
Feb 27, 2007  
A very traditional style German beer, and although it is needless to say...these guys know what they are doing. A fantastic tasting beer. You have to give credit for knowing how to perfect something and keep it that way over years and years. A clean nose with banana and cloves with a slight sweet malt nose and a punch of yeast. Appearance looks like rusty water, cloudy with a nice fluffy white head. Mouthfeel is crisp and clean, on the thin side but still nice and smooth. Flavors were more banana, clove, some bubblegum and light cracker notes. Excellent beer for ANY occasion. I think these brewers sometimes gets a bit overlooked in their quality because they are sooo easy to find. I really respect this brewery and their traditions and it’s evident in their beer that they do the same.


 Fantomas23 (463), Pewaukee, Wisconsin, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/516/20
Feb 25, 2007  
Preferred to the Hefeweizen, but that’s my bias. Banana, cloves, hearty wheat bread. A comforting aroma. Like drinking banana bread. Yum.



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