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Nein Ale
Surly Brewing Company
- From:
- Surly Brewing Company
- Minnesota, United States
- Style:
- Hefeweizen
- ABV:
- 10%
- Score:
- 88
- Avg:
- 3.92 | pDev: 11.48%
- Reviews:
- 48
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Sep 06, 2022
- Added:
- Jun 26, 2015
- Wants:
- 8
- Gots:
- 67
Nein was inspired by a trip to Bamberg, Germany and it is brewed with oak-smoked wheat malt and fermented with German Hefe yeast. The beer is then aged on charred oak and packaged in 750ml bottles.
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Ratings by Jaywalsh20:
Rated by Jaywalsh20 from Illinois
3.71/5 rDev -5.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
Oct 10, 2015
3.71/5 rDev -5.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
Oct 10, 2015
More User Ratings:
Reviewed by gatornation from Arizona
3.52/5 rDev -10.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.52/5 rDev -10.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Pours a light mahogany color with a khaki head. . Smell and taste were bland notes of char and smoke light wheat ,spice . Mouth feel had good carbonation. Hefe traits were lacking/
Sep 06, 2022Reviewed by chum_husk from Minnesota
3.33/5 rDev -15.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3
3.33/5 rDev -15.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3
Sampled this about 2-3 years ago from the bottle, review from notes
Cola color, dunkleweizen scent / flavors, everything dialed up: fruit spice yeast all with a toasted smoked edge... kinda boring / typical other than being "imperial", doesn't do anything crazy like the old surly beers, other than this heavy smoke presence... eh..
Feb 05, 2022Cola color, dunkleweizen scent / flavors, everything dialed up: fruit spice yeast all with a toasted smoked edge... kinda boring / typical other than being "imperial", doesn't do anything crazy like the old surly beers, other than this heavy smoke presence... eh..
Reviewed by MonDak_Joe1953 from Minnesota
3.94/5 rDev +0.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.94/5 rDev +0.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
750ml bottle. Gold wax over cap.
Ruby brown colored body. Brief light tan head, simmers back to a skiff and a thin ring. No lacing.
Aroma of medium smoke wheat malt and light vanilla.
Taste of smoked wheat malt with a bit of sweetness from vanilla. Banana and clove are a brief memory.
Medium plus mouth feel. Very good carbonation.
This is still a good tasting beer, but the Hefeweizen aspects have faded. Now the smoke and oak aging provide the majority of the beer drinking experience.
Sep 27, 2019Ruby brown colored body. Brief light tan head, simmers back to a skiff and a thin ring. No lacing.
Aroma of medium smoke wheat malt and light vanilla.
Taste of smoked wheat malt with a bit of sweetness from vanilla. Banana and clove are a brief memory.
Medium plus mouth feel. Very good carbonation.
This is still a good tasting beer, but the Hefeweizen aspects have faded. Now the smoke and oak aging provide the majority of the beer drinking experience.
Reviewed by Hopheadjeffery from Illinois
3.92/5 rDev 0%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
3.92/5 rDev 0%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
Tasted in a Rastal Teku from a 22 fl oz bottle on December 31, 2018. Inspired by a trip to Bamberg, Germany. NEIN is brewed with oak smoked wheat malt and fermented with German Hefe yeast. Aged on charred oak. A complex, dark beer, delivering the intense flavors of smoked banana, vanilla and clove.
Feb 05, 2019Reviewed by zonker17 from Texas
3.77/5 rDev -3.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
3.77/5 rDev -3.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
Might have waited too long. Near black with minimal head. Nose lacking in character, just some smoke. Taste not bad, decent smoked malt and some oxidation coming through.
Jul 22, 2018
Nein Ale from Surly Brewing Company
Beer rating:
88 out of
100 with
222 ratings
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