BOW & ARROW DESERT RAMBLER HEFEWEIZEN
Middling hefe defers some of its stylish banana-creamed clove spicing to herbal gingering, lemon zesting and cider sweetening over dryish raw honeyed sourdough wheat base.
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JAILBREAK FEEL THE MONKEY HEFEWEIZEN
In the can, skunked cabbage waft and murky lemon-rotted orange adjunct scour anticipated banana-clove sweetness, picking up dried plantain starching. Better on tap.
FIFTH HAMMER SPARKLE MAGNET HEFEWEIZEN
On tap at Ambulance and a tad richer than most hefeweizens, its creamier soudough sugaring gets upped while the lemony banana-clove influence stays in the herbal midst.
ASPIRE JUBILATE HEFEWEIZEN
On tap at Seven Lakes Station, fizzy lemon liming nearly obscures banana-clove sweetness to its creamy sourdough wheat base. Yet a certain sinewy honeyed yeast clouding thickens its texture (as sharp cider sneaks in).
BERLINER GESCICHTE HEFEWEIZEN
Polite Berlin-styled hefe provides salty lemony herbage for lightly vanilla-creamed banana and clove sweetness to its sugared wheat base. Crystalline, yes, but somewhat unassuming at dryish finish.
ASLIN EARTH DAZE HEFEWEIZEN W/ TOASTED COCONUT
On tap at Ambulance, unconvincing toasted coconut adjunct gets watery as stylish banana-clove-bubblegum sweetness fades into dry rummy midst mired by gluey wheat slickness.
FOUNDATION RADIANT WAVES HEFEWEIZEN
On tap at Pompton Craft House, offbeat hefe invites sourly citric New Zealand Pacifica hops to bring tart lemon-candied murk to compromised banana-clove sweetness, wavered vodka-like whir and mild herbal tinge. Tepid doughy base falters.
CAPSTAN BAR ZESTY SUN HEFEWEIZEN
Tidy banana-bubblegum-clove sweetness picks up tart Lemondrop-hopped lemon rot and light herbal sneak over clover-honeyed wheat breading.
OLDE MECKINBURG HORNETS NEST HEFEWEIZEN
On tap at Growlers To Go - Kitty Hawk, fair clouded golden hefe needs sweeter banana-clove tandem, creamier honeyed wheat malting and niftier sugar cookie respite to fight back less fulfilling herb-dried lemon spritz undermining its stylish depth. Restraint sourdough breading falters.
TARBORO OH HEF YEAH! HEFEWEIZEN
On tap at Growlers To Go - Kitty Hawk, dry orange oiling desiccates vanilla-creamed banana and clove sweetness atop treacly honeyed wheat malting.
SCHOFFERHOFER GRAPEFRUIT HEFEWEIZEN
Easygoing hefe variant utilizes red grapefruit sugaring for syrupy soda-like suds sweet-toothed candy lovers may love or find cloying. Either way, it's closer to a summery shandy or radler than any wheat-based hefe. At the finish, bubblegum-candied orange and tangerine enliven sugary red and white grapefruit juiciness.
NESHAMINY CREEK WAYWARD WHEAT BAVARIAN STYLE WHEAT
Fizzy orange-oiled plantain souring and murkily tart lemon meringue spicing infiltrate pasty wheat-sugared baked breading, lacking proper stylistic banana-clove sweetness.
