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Leikeim Helle Weisse
Brauerei Leikeim
- From:
- Brauerei Leikeim
- Germany
- Style:
- Hefeweizen
Ranked #261 - ABV:
- 5.4%
- Score:
- 82
Ranked #24,667 - Avg:
- 3.58 | pDev: 12.57%
- Reviews:
- 23
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Apr 02, 2023
- Added:
- Mar 30, 2012
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 5
No description / notes.
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Ratings by CaptJackHarkness:
Reviewed by CaptJackHarkness from New York
3.57/5 rDev -0.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
3.57/5 rDev -0.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
From a one pint nine ounce swing top bottle, freshness dated to April 16 2014.
The aroma is blandly bready and sweet. Pours a cloudy pale orange/yellow with decent white head. The head quickly dissipates to spotty lacing of glass. The taste is mildly citrus with a sweet bread and a touch of fig.Highly drinkable.
Dec 14, 2013The aroma is blandly bready and sweet. Pours a cloudy pale orange/yellow with decent white head. The head quickly dissipates to spotty lacing of glass. The taste is mildly citrus with a sweet bread and a touch of fig.Highly drinkable.
More User Ratings:
Reviewed by Sigmund from Norway
3.75/5 rDev +4.7%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.75/5 rDev +4.7%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
RBESG 2016 in Barcelona. On tap in La Cervecita Nuestra De Cada Dia. Hazy straw colour, white head. True to style hefeweizen, with notes of banana and cloves in aroma and flavour, also hints of citrus and herbs. Refreshing.
Oct 04, 2022Reviewed by josanguapo from Spain
3.55/5 rDev -0.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
3.55/5 rDev -0.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
De Corte Ingles del Duque. En copa Bavaria. Viendo Niños Grandes 2 con Asun chica. Con palomitas. Mas ligera de lo habitual en el estilo. Con las notas tipicas presentes pero algo faltas de intensidad, aunque gana con el tiempo
Mar 01, 2020Reviewed by FBarber from Illinois
3.85/5 rDev +7.5%
look: 4.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.85/5 rDev +7.5%
look: 4.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Pours a pretty clear golden color. Huge pillowy white velvet head settles slowly on the top of the beer. Even a couple minutes after the pour there is still a full two fingers of foam on top of the beer.
Aroma has notes of clove, cinnamon, banana, wheat and some sweet bready malts.
Taste has notes of banana bread, clove, wheat, cinnamon and nutmeg. Hints of some light bittering hops peep through towards the back end with some spicy peppery yeast.
Feel is medium to thicker bodied. Initially smooth carbonation provides a slight tingle on the back end.
Overall a nice above average example of the style.
Oct 18, 2019Aroma has notes of clove, cinnamon, banana, wheat and some sweet bready malts.
Taste has notes of banana bread, clove, wheat, cinnamon and nutmeg. Hints of some light bittering hops peep through towards the back end with some spicy peppery yeast.
Feel is medium to thicker bodied. Initially smooth carbonation provides a slight tingle on the back end.
Overall a nice above average example of the style.
Reviewed by Zorro from California
3.15/5 rDev -12%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
3.15/5 rDev -12%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
Cloudy orange with a tall and rocky white head.
Smells of bruised bananas Clove is pretty strong but really this is banana.
Starts out bread and yeast. Banana and clove in equal measure. Still it is on the watery side. Not the tastiest of the style.
Mouthfeel is standard.
Overall, it is OK. But there are better ones out there. On second taste.... Yep just an OK beer.
Jun 02, 2019Smells of bruised bananas Clove is pretty strong but really this is banana.
Starts out bread and yeast. Banana and clove in equal measure. Still it is on the watery side. Not the tastiest of the style.
Mouthfeel is standard.
Overall, it is OK. But there are better ones out there. On second taste.... Yep just an OK beer.
Reviewed by Ciocanelu from Romania
3.5/5 rDev -2.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.5/5 rDev -2.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Hazy peach color with impressive head. Aroma head fermented grains and fruits, quite yeasty and bready. Taste follows with dusty grains, sweet wheat, some bakers yeast, light hop bitterness on the finish. Medium body and carbonation. It's doesn't taste like a typical weizen, the yeast profile is quite different but overall it's s decent beer.
Feb 08, 2018Reviewed by stevoj from Idaho
3.23/5 rDev -9.8%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.25
3.23/5 rDev -9.8%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.25
From 2012: Good example of a German hefeweizen. Taste of banana, bread, etc. Aroma of bubblegum. Slightly cloudy golden color with silky head. Average at best, but on target.
Apr 11, 2016Reviewed by Jugs_McGhee from Colorado
2.82/5 rDev -21.2%
look: 3 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 3
2.82/5 rDev -21.2%
look: 3 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 3
Brief impressions from a half litre swingtop (brown glass):
Aroma suggests dirty stale wheat, musty straw, and clove. Not the clean fragrant aroma of orange peel, fresh wheat, and banana one would hope for...
Taste is better, with notes of old lemon, must, generic wheat, clove, and ale yeast esters. Simplistic yet still imbalanced, and though it has basic cohesion it doesn't quite come off as a gestalt whole. Poor depth of flavour. Average duration and intensity of flavour.
Mouthfeel is unrefreshing - a serious issue in a hefeweizen. Smooth, wet, light to medium-bodied, overcarbonated, and somewhat stale. There's no harmony of texture and taste here, but it does a decent job suiting the flavour profile (even if the mouthfeel never accentuates specific constituent notes, and fails to elevate the beer as a whole).
Overall, it's a lackluster attempt at a hefeweizen, but it's decent for its low price point. I wouldn't trifle with it again, but it will scratch your hefeweizen itch, unimpressive though it may be. Certainly drinkable.
C (2.82) / AVERAGE
Feb 02, 2016Aroma suggests dirty stale wheat, musty straw, and clove. Not the clean fragrant aroma of orange peel, fresh wheat, and banana one would hope for...
Taste is better, with notes of old lemon, must, generic wheat, clove, and ale yeast esters. Simplistic yet still imbalanced, and though it has basic cohesion it doesn't quite come off as a gestalt whole. Poor depth of flavour. Average duration and intensity of flavour.
Mouthfeel is unrefreshing - a serious issue in a hefeweizen. Smooth, wet, light to medium-bodied, overcarbonated, and somewhat stale. There's no harmony of texture and taste here, but it does a decent job suiting the flavour profile (even if the mouthfeel never accentuates specific constituent notes, and fails to elevate the beer as a whole).
Overall, it's a lackluster attempt at a hefeweizen, but it's decent for its low price point. I wouldn't trifle with it again, but it will scratch your hefeweizen itch, unimpressive though it may be. Certainly drinkable.
C (2.82) / AVERAGE
Reviewed by JaimeLondon from Brazil
3.73/5 rDev +4.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
3.73/5 rDev +4.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
This one is a nice hefeweizen beer, more spicy than the traditional ones (in the smell and in the taste) and with some nice cereal notes too.
Foam in the end is really creamy (another point for Leikeim) but body is too light and is possible to feel a bit of the alcohol in this one.
May 26, 2015Foam in the end is really creamy (another point for Leikeim) but body is too light and is possible to feel a bit of the alcohol in this one.
Reviewed by BeerWithMike from Nebraska
3.75/5 rDev +4.7%
3.75/5 rDev +4.7%
Sampling right now on 11/2/14. Comes in a single 500ml (16.9 ounce) bottle from the local Hy-Vee for $3.79. Has a ceramic stopper with a metal hinge to open the brew. Best before date on back label is "01 08 15". Alcohol content is 5.5% (ABV). Bottle chilled down to 36 degrees F in my beer cooler and poured in to a .5L weissber vase glass.
Pours a hazy golden-yellow in color with a good 3+-finger foamy white head that stays around for a while that finally settles down to a good 4mm head after a good 30+ mins. There is sediment in the bottom of the bottle. Lots of string-like lacing is seen that sticks to the glass after each sip, that is common for a good German brew. The aroma is of wheat sweetness with cloves and bananas for the most part. Pretty much the same I would say for the taste as well. Does finish on the slightly dry side but decent. No bitter or harsh aftertaste though. Lighter+ bodied with perfect carbonation.Overall, a decent 'Hefe'. PROST!
Nov 02, 2014Pours a hazy golden-yellow in color with a good 3+-finger foamy white head that stays around for a while that finally settles down to a good 4mm head after a good 30+ mins. There is sediment in the bottom of the bottle. Lots of string-like lacing is seen that sticks to the glass after each sip, that is common for a good German brew. The aroma is of wheat sweetness with cloves and bananas for the most part. Pretty much the same I would say for the taste as well. Does finish on the slightly dry side but decent. No bitter or harsh aftertaste though. Lighter+ bodied with perfect carbonation.Overall, a decent 'Hefe'. PROST!
Leikeim Helle Weisse from Brauerei Leikeim
Beer rating:
82 out of
100 with
42 ratings
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