The Bruery Hottenroth Berliner Weisse

Brewed by The Bruery
Style: Berliner Weisse
Placentia, California USA

Sampled on 10/30/2009. This Berliner Weisse pours a slightly hazy pale yellow straw color from a 750ml bottle. Medium sized white foamy head, with nice retention, and decent lacing. The aroma is tart lemons, some bread and some tartness. A medium bodied Berliner Weisse. The malts are fruity and tart, crisp and sharp. Nice balance between the tartness and the malts. Excellent carbonation. Lots and lots of flavor for a 3.1% beer. Excellent interpretation of the style, its not as tart as some of the others, you can drink this one without worrying about tooth enamel or stomach problems later… No not really but. Nice beer. Mouthfeel is full and round. Finish is clean and crisp. Aftertaste is tart.

750 mL bottle courtesy of Skyview. Thanks! Pours a hazy lemon yellow color with a moderate fizzy head. Fair head retention and lacing. Aroma is bready and yeasty with a bit of grassy and a tart finish. Some nutty and husky notes as well. Taste is citrus, bread, grass. Tart throughout. A bit on the thin side. Smooth.

750 ml bottle poured a clear yellow with a small lingering white head. Aromas of wheat, citrus, light tuna and light yeast. Palate was light bodied and crisp with a dry lightly tart finish. Flavors of wheat, lemon and straw with a crisp dry clean lingering lightly tart finish. Amazing session beer!

750 from Hop city. Nice haze lemon yellow appearance. Not much head on this at all. Pungent apple sauce with a lemon zest aroma; not too bad of an aroma. Slight lemon sour citrus aroma as well. Taste is a huge let down. Slight lemon sour that doesn’t really develop or last that long. Has a funky malt taste at the end. Palate is average. The beer is nothing spectacular. Didn’t really get much brett out of this either, which is a huge let down. Slight tart apple is coming through. Again, just a big let down from a fairly nice company.

Enjoyed this on Thanksgiving, and am awaiting the day when this is readily available in NC (soon, soon . . . ). Lustrous pale gold pour with a lively, almost champagne-like carbonation. Soft ripe apple notes with lactobacillus out the wazz, yes indeed. Very full mouthfeel, smooth and outrageously drinkable. Some moderate citrus zest in the middle, with smooth yeast and that wonderful faintly lactic flavor that makes the beer. I want kegs of this in my basement, please.

750ml bottle. The pour yields a cloudy body that is the approximate color of grapefruit juice. A small, fizzy, off-white head settles quickly to a wispy film, leaving behind a soapy wash that returns to the pool below with haste. The nose is very light and crisp, fresh wheat showing a lemony citrus overtone and notes of lactic yeast. Flavors follow suit, lightly tart with lemon and just insanely fresh and drinkable. The lacto-wheat combo is simple but effective. It couldn’t be any more refreshing, and at 3% I could probably drink a gallon of it. The palate is crisp and light as can be. While this isn’t necessarily impressive from a hedonistic standpoint, it isn’t meant to be, and the execution of the intention is flawless. Brewers of the world take note, please make more beers like this.

This was an engaging beer that really peaked my interest in every way during every sip. Citrus flavors were strongest. 10 /10 for being a unique. daring beer.

750 ml bottle. Served in a chalice, the beer pours a slightly hazy straw gold color with about a half inch white head. It smells like wheat, bread/dough, lemon and also a bit of an herbal aroma I can’t identify. The aroma isn’t tart at all. However, that all changes in the taste. Tart lemon and apple flavors show up first, and there’s also some wheat/grain and herbs noticable in the taste. Also has a nice lingering tart finish. Mouthfeel/body is light and thin, and it has moderate carbonation. Drinkability is excellent, it’s crisp, refreshing, smooth and extremely easy to drink. With the ABV being just 3.1%, going through a bottle of this is pretty easy. This would really be a great summer beer. This is the first Bruery beer I’ve tried, and it certainly won’t be the last.