Waterkeeper Hefeweizen
SweetWater Brewing Company

Waterkeeper HefeweizenWaterkeeper Hefeweizen
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From:
SweetWater Brewing Company
 
Georgia, United States
Style:
Hefeweizen
Ranked #303
ABV:
5.7%
Score:
80
Ranked #25,961
Avg:
3.54 | pDev: 13.84%
Reviews:
80
Ratings:
437
Status:
Active
Rated:
Apr 16, 2023
Added:
May 23, 2011
Wants:
  10
Gots:
  132
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Ratings by willardt09:
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Rated by willardt09 from North Carolina

3.25/5  rDev -8.2%

Jun 16, 2014
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Reviewed by DarkPassport

4.18/5  rDev +18.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 5 | overall: 4.25
Appearance: Hazy yellow, bright white ring that didn’t stick to a pint glass from draft.

Aroma and Taste: Cloves. Tiny bit of banana. Spices.

Feel: Medium. Good carbonation. Perfect feel.

Overall: Pretty good beer especially if you like hefe.
Apr 16, 2023
 
Rated: 3.5 by cold_beer

May 06, 2022
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Reviewed by GuyFawkes from Illinois

4/5  rDev +13%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
"Best by 8/23/15"; drank 7/21/15 @ the Yarchives.

Semi -opaque orange/yellow appearance.

HUGE fluffy & noisy eggnog head (careful pouring!); strong lace.

Banana, mild citrus & faint black pepper notes in the nose.

Medium thin mouthfeel.

Wheat, banana & mild orange citrus flavors up front; mild clove notes on the finish.

A nice, refreshing hefe for the summer months.
Dec 07, 2019
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Reviewed by mothmanscott from Georgia

3.5/5  rDev -1.1%
look: 4 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
From notes 7/4/3: Pours a beautiful, cloudy, deep gold with a huge, foamy, slightly off-white head that leaves too few patches and rings of lace for its size and grandeur. Aroma is ester loaded with wheat, banana and lemon, cloves, bready malt faint grassy hops and a detracting sulfur like hint. Taste is wheat, banana and cloves with hints of coriander, lemon and grassy hops. The sulfur hint is not detectable in the mouth. Mildly sweet in the finish, peppery throughout the sip. Medium body, dry and delicate but heavily carbonated.
Dec 06, 2018
 
Rated: 3.75 by Ealanjones from Mississippi

Dec 27, 2016
 
Rated: 4.55 by DeRey from Illinois

Aug 31, 2016
 
Rated: 3.5 by Cuervo_PCB from Florida

Aug 27, 2016
 
Rated: 4.48 by ClutchPerformance from Ohio

Jul 10, 2016
 
Rated: 3.25 by forshamegetit from Florida

Jun 08, 2016
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Reviewed by Squire from Mississippi

3.64/5  rDev +2.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
In my ceaseful effort to find an American brewed Hefeweizen comparable to Hacker-Pschorr or Paulaner I will occasionally take a flyer and this was a short trip.

As Hefes go this one isn't too shabby. It has the right elements and is fairly well put together, just doesn't quite match up to the German marks but then they've had a few centuries head start in brewing the style. I found this one to be just a touch too tart which for me threw off the balance.

More than drinkable though and wouldn't mind another round.
Apr 10, 2016
 
Rated: 3.12 by TheStoutLord from Oklahoma

Apr 07, 2016
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Reviewed by Omnium from Pennsylvania

3.09/5  rDev -12.7%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3
Bottle into a Mason pint.
A. Light gold straw yellow with a big two finger soapy head.
S. Lots of wheat, light citrus, slightly astringent, wet grass
T. Meh, wheat galore, adjunct kinda taste, wet straw and grass.
M. Thin and watery.
O. I just can't get into this kind of beer, maybe on a hot day and this was ice cold, but wheat beers fill me up fast. This is your average run of the mill kind of heffeweizen
Mar 02, 2016
 
Rated: 3.59 by jeschaefer from Texas

Jan 30, 2016
 
Rated: 3.18 by fakedeadgirlfriend from Florida

Jan 21, 2016
 
Rated: 3.5 by Zylod from West Virginia

Jan 11, 2016
 
Rated: 2.6 by zaraspook from Illinois

Jan 10, 2016
 
Rated: 2.79 by Sweetdemonsweat from Germany

Dec 26, 2015
 
Rated: 3.5 by WesM63 from Ohio

Dec 15, 2015
 
Rated: 4.3 by guzzleacoldone from Ohio

Nov 26, 2015
Waterkeeper Hefeweizen from SweetWater Brewing Company
Beer rating: 80 out of 100 with 437 ratings