Posted in wheat beer, hefeweizen, Samuel Adams on August 4th, 2007 No Comments »
This is a cloudy, straw colored beer with a thin head and moderate carbonation. The signature taste and aroma of the hefeweizen style is banana and clove. With many hefeweizens however, I can’t find any hint of banana or clove. I don’t know if it’s just me or if they’re really not there. But I […]
Posted in wheat beer, hefeweizen, Leinenkugel's, fruit beers on February 18th, 2007 No Comments »
Sorry, no picture for this one. I forgot to take one, and I’m too lazy to go get the empty bottle from the trunk of my car. This is another wheat beer offering from Leinie’s, but this has “mixed berrries” added. It pours an orangish-pink color with a white head, and has a very strong […]
Posted in white ale, wheat beer, hefeweizen, Goose Island Beer Company on February 18th, 2007 No Comments »
First of all, I like this beer because the label has the number 312 on it. I don’t know for sure what it stands for. I thought maybe it was the address of one of the Goose Island brewpubs in Chicago, but it’s not. Then I figured out that 312 is the area code for […]
Posted in wheat beer, hefeweizen, Leinenkugel's on February 18th, 2007 1 Comment »
OK, as you can tell from the name, this is a wheat beer that is brewed with honey. It’s hard to tell it’s a wheat beer though. The yellow/straw color of the beer is right, but it’s very clear which indicates it’s filtered. Wheat beers traditionally are not filtered, and appear cloudy from the suspended […]
Posted in wheat beer, hefeweizen, Widmer Brothers Brewery on December 10th, 2006 1 Comment »
Kurt and Rob Widmer started their Portland, Oregon brewery in 1984 and started brewing their Hefeweizen in 1986. As such, it has been around longer than many American craft brews. Way back then, they studied brewing science in Düsseldorf, Germany and brought back a sample of a special yeast which they have maintained in their […]
