Hefeweizen
Capitol City Brewing Company
- From:
- Capitol City Brewing Company
- District of Columbia, United States
- Style:
- Hefeweizen
- ABV:
- 5.4%
- Score:
- 83
- Avg:
- 3.62 | pDev: 15.47%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 17
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- May 30, 2025
- Added:
- Jan 17, 2004
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
SCORE
83
Good
83
Good
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Reviewed by Chaney from District of Columbia
4.15/5 rDev +14.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
4.15/5 rDev +14.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
I had a full pint of this at the Shirlington location.
A: Poured a very cloudy (unfiltered) orange color that was a bit darker than most that I've tried in this style. I would have liked a little more head retention (more cream topping), but that is a minor quibble.
S: This had a VERY strong scent of banana and cloves that I would best compare to Victory's "Golden Monkey."
T: Spicy, yeasty, and very well done. The huge, lingering astringency was both delicious and extremely funky!
M: If you don't like the particular spice bill that I have described, you may not like this beer. I wish some of the sugar and spice was replaced with carbonation and more "foam" in general, but I know that's just personal preference.
O: This was a very nice trippel... I mean hefeweizen.
Nov 15, 2011A: Poured a very cloudy (unfiltered) orange color that was a bit darker than most that I've tried in this style. I would have liked a little more head retention (more cream topping), but that is a minor quibble.
S: This had a VERY strong scent of banana and cloves that I would best compare to Victory's "Golden Monkey."
T: Spicy, yeasty, and very well done. The huge, lingering astringency was both delicious and extremely funky!
M: If you don't like the particular spice bill that I have described, you may not like this beer. I wish some of the sugar and spice was replaced with carbonation and more "foam" in general, but I know that's just personal preference.
O: This was a very nice trippel... I mean hefeweizen.
Reviewed by jsanford from Georgia
2.82/5 rDev -22.1%
look: 2.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 1.5 | overall: 3
2.82/5 rDev -22.1%
look: 2.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 1.5 | overall: 3
On-tap at the downtown location on 11/28/10
A - Very hazy brownish-orange. One of the cloudiest Hefeweizens I've ever seen, I wrote down "looks like pond water" in my notes.
S - Sweet roasted banana and some spicy cloves with a bit of alcohol astringency. Definitely a "banana-bomb", smells a bit messy.
T - Quite a bit of darker caramel malt for a traditional Hefeweizen, the amount of malt borders closer to a Dunkelweizen for me. Other then that I'm getting quite a bit of banana and more cloves. Again, very strong on the banana, not as balanced with the clove as I'd like.
M - Mouthfeel kills this beer, the carbonation level was way too low. I had two other beers while I was here, all with the same issue. Someone needs to get this fixed asap.
D - While I drank my glass fairly quickly, I wouldn't have another.
Usually one of my favorite styles, this was a poor introduction to the Capitol City Brewing Co.
Jan 10, 2011A - Very hazy brownish-orange. One of the cloudiest Hefeweizens I've ever seen, I wrote down "looks like pond water" in my notes.
S - Sweet roasted banana and some spicy cloves with a bit of alcohol astringency. Definitely a "banana-bomb", smells a bit messy.
T - Quite a bit of darker caramel malt for a traditional Hefeweizen, the amount of malt borders closer to a Dunkelweizen for me. Other then that I'm getting quite a bit of banana and more cloves. Again, very strong on the banana, not as balanced with the clove as I'd like.
M - Mouthfeel kills this beer, the carbonation level was way too low. I had two other beers while I was here, all with the same issue. Someone needs to get this fixed asap.
D - While I drank my glass fairly quickly, I wouldn't have another.
Usually one of my favorite styles, this was a poor introduction to the Capitol City Brewing Co.
Reviewed by drabmuh from Maryland
3.54/5 rDev -2.2%
look: 3 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5
3.54/5 rDev -2.2%
look: 3 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5
Beer us yellow and mildly hazy with a pathetic head and moderate carbonation. Some lacing.
The aroma is a banana bomb.
Beer is light in body and has a banana flavor on the palate but has a grainy acidic finish that is not pleasant at all. It makes it hard to drink and very less enjoyable.
Dec 23, 2010The aroma is a banana bomb.
Beer is light in body and has a banana flavor on the palate but has a grainy acidic finish that is not pleasant at all. It makes it hard to drink and very less enjoyable.
Reviewed by Imsothirsty from New Jersey
4.04/5 rDev +11.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
4.04/5 rDev +11.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
Had on tap at downtown DC location
This is the haziest most cloudy hefe I have ever seen or dreamed of. A low half finger of head sits on top while light carbonation bubbles drift lazily to the surface...
Smell is bananas, hops, and bananas
Taste: more bananas some clove along with a hint of biscuit, and yeast.
Mouthfeel, heavier than most hefe's slightly less carbonation than expected.
Easily drinkable, I could session this, the alcohol doesn't really come through at all.
Jul 20, 2010This is the haziest most cloudy hefe I have ever seen or dreamed of. A low half finger of head sits on top while light carbonation bubbles drift lazily to the surface...
Smell is bananas, hops, and bananas
Taste: more bananas some clove along with a hint of biscuit, and yeast.
Mouthfeel, heavier than most hefe's slightly less carbonation than expected.
Easily drinkable, I could session this, the alcohol doesn't really come through at all.
Reviewed by kshankar from Oregon
3.8/5 rDev +5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
3.8/5 rDev +5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
Looks like a good wheat beer...cloudy orange with a nice head with good retention (it stayed with the beer almost all the way down. Pretty good).
Aroma is typical wheat...there are spices (clove), and of course the fruitier side (banana, citrus, lemon). Nice yeast profile too.
Taste: Does a good job...follows the aroma fairly well. Everything balances out nicely
Mouthfeel: Somewhat creamy, goes down well, light and refreshing.
Drinkable. Would get more, its very easy to drink, and a pretty good version of the style.
Jun 16, 2009Aroma is typical wheat...there are spices (clove), and of course the fruitier side (banana, citrus, lemon). Nice yeast profile too.
Taste: Does a good job...follows the aroma fairly well. Everything balances out nicely
Mouthfeel: Somewhat creamy, goes down well, light and refreshing.
Drinkable. Would get more, its very easy to drink, and a pretty good version of the style.
Reviewed by nrbw23 from Ohio
3.8/5 rDev +5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
3.8/5 rDev +5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
A- Pours a hazy golden yellow color with a nice white head. Head becomes a thin layer of bubbles and leaves a bit of lacing.
S- Smells of bread, yeast, banana, and a touch of bubblegum. Typical Hefe smell.
T- Taste pretty fruity mainly banana and lemon, bready and yeasty. Pretty good.
M- Light in body and good carbonation.
D- Easy to drink specially on a nice hot day.
May 24, 2009S- Smells of bread, yeast, banana, and a touch of bubblegum. Typical Hefe smell.
T- Taste pretty fruity mainly banana and lemon, bready and yeasty. Pretty good.
M- Light in body and good carbonation.
D- Easy to drink specially on a nice hot day.
Reviewed by TheMistler from District of Columbia
3.82/5 rDev +5.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.82/5 rDev +5.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
In keeping with the majority of Cap City beers I've had, the white, foamy head of this did not display much retention, though there was a nice film on top throughout, and decent clinginess and lacing. The beer itself was hazy to the point of being completely opaque, an orange-gold color. Darker than many weizens.
There is some banana to the nose, but overall a very yeasty aroma. It smells of sourdough bread. A tad distinct, I like it.
A full bodied banana flavor develops towards the end, taste-wise, with some fruity banana sweetness starting up front. The dry, threshed wheat profile lend itself to the closing, which is a drying, yeasty and doughy sensation.
This is a crisp, solid beer. A bit heavy though, and not quite as quenching as expected.
Nov 15, 2008There is some banana to the nose, but overall a very yeasty aroma. It smells of sourdough bread. A tad distinct, I like it.
A full bodied banana flavor develops towards the end, taste-wise, with some fruity banana sweetness starting up front. The dry, threshed wheat profile lend itself to the closing, which is a drying, yeasty and doughy sensation.
This is a crisp, solid beer. A bit heavy though, and not quite as quenching as expected.
Reviewed by GFSchwab from New York
2.98/5 rDev -17.7%
look: 3 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5
2.98/5 rDev -17.7%
look: 3 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5
Typical pale yellow appearance, fizzy head made an exit quickly.
The taste was of cloves strongly, no banana. I notice a strong presence of the yeast as the bber lingered on my palate, with a clove like, yeasty finish, with notes of baked bread.
Very light bodied and refreshing, just not much complexity to it. It may have been thisi specific batch at the Washington DC Mass ave. location.
Aug 19, 2008The taste was of cloves strongly, no banana. I notice a strong presence of the yeast as the bber lingered on my palate, with a clove like, yeasty finish, with notes of baked bread.
Very light bodied and refreshing, just not much complexity to it. It may have been thisi specific batch at the Washington DC Mass ave. location.
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