Hefe Weizen
L'Amère à Boire

Appearance: Poured a somewhat cloudy dirty blonde that is heavy on the amber highlights. I got a solid thumbs worth of head that sadly did not lace nor stick around.

Smell: Mild banana and clove with a touch of biscuit in the background, potency is decent but it really does benefit from a little bit of warming up.

Taste: Grainy wheat malt with a slight honey note and banana that reminds me of slicing a banana into a bowl of Honey Bunches of Oats. The Banana maintains itself as hints of clove of nutmeg come forward before it ends with a dust of spice.

Mouthfeel: Transitioning is an exceptionally mild slope building to a worthy summit, the carbonation is good as does contribute a bit to the creminess of the beer, and the aftertaste is a mild mix of grain, banana and spice which does start to overstay its welcome near the end of the beer.

Drinkability: While I will say it is medium bodied, it's probably slightly heavier then most Hefe's I've had, as I get a nice, hearty vibe from this offering. It settles down incredibly easy and is also just as easy to drink.

Final Thoughts: I had this beer with fried, breaded eggplant and let me tell you, it was the perfect pairing. This is a style I love with schnitzel but I could see this and a full slab of fried meat being a bit too hearty. Thankfully this carried the lighter eggplant in that regard. That's the one world I'd use to describe this beer, hearty. There are probably more flavorful hefes out there, but this one has a unique spin that I really do appreciate. Thumbs Up.

On-tap at L'Amère à Boire, Montréal, QC, Canada

A: The beer is hazy yellow in color. It poured with a half finger high white head that left a narrow collar around the edge.
S: Moderate aromas of bananas are present in the nose.
T: The taste follows the smell and has flavors of bananas along with hints of cloves.
M: It feels light- to medium-bodied on the palate and has a moderate amount of carbonation.
O: This beer isn't super refreshing but has nice proportions of bananas and clove.

Serving type: on-tap

 

 

 

The aroma offers banana runts, apple, clove, orange.

The flavor hits of chemical banana, medium sweetness spice, clove. White Pepper, creamy. mouthfeel. Wheat, white sweet bready malt. A really well done traditional style hefe.

 

 

Had this on tap at L'amère à Boire while on vacation in Montreal with fellow beer drinker JLindros.

A - Poured into a pint glass a nice super hazy straw hue with a good one finger creamy head that leaves awesome lacing a thick blanket.

S - Aromas of nice bananas, cloves, faint almost bubblegum notes, really great wheat and esters.

T - Taste is similar to the nose. Sweet over ripe banana, cloves aren't aggressive, almost a vanilla pudding note which is delicious along with a fluffy nougat. Great wheat, esters, soft malts. Wow.

M - Mouthfeel is nicely carbonated, creamy, fluffy. Faint crispness.

O - Overall this beer far. Exceeds my expectations by leaps and bounds. This beer was quite simply delicious. Out of all the beer I drank in Montreal, this one was hands down my favourite.

Serving Type: On Tap

 

 

 

 

A clouded orange murky brew, a white firm head, good lacing.

Smelling of oranges, pears, clove and cardamom.

Sweet sugar, bitter orange marmalade, spices; clove and cardamom.

Medium low carbonation, small foamy bubbles, soft and refreshing feeling, a good body.

A fresh, slightly sweet summer beer.

Tap from the brewpub: Poured a hazy dirty orangey color ale with a large foamy head with good retention and some retention. Aroma of banana and cloves ester are really dominant with great notes of wheat malt. Taste is a mix between medium sweet wheat malt with great notes of banana and cloves ester. Body is full with limited filtration and great carbonation. Very refreshing and very well done for the style.

Another pint consumed at the bar in the brewpub. This pint was a cloudy caramel colour with a short, whitish cap of very fine bubbles. Sheets of lace coated the glass until the beer was half gone. The aroma was grainy and full of cloves and banana, with a little bit of grassy hop character. The flavour was more of the same, with a little bit of caramel sweetness thrown in. Unfortunately, there was also some chlorinated phenol flavour that became more apparent as the beer warmed. It had a medium body and was smooth, but felt a little dead due to lower than expected carbonation. It was easily drinkable, but a little off style and had some issues.

A truly fantastic hefe. Classic appearance, with a clouded yellow body and a frothy white head. Strong banana esters in the aroma. Lots of banana bearing through in the flavour, with a solid grain background, and a pleasant malty sweetness. Almost so much banana as to be considered a fruit beer! Mouthfeel and carbonation is maybe a little light and could do with some beefing up, but this is a fantastically drinkable hefe regardless.

This beer appears to have been re-brewed. This version is also 5.0% abv.

Mild head for the style--no lace. Lemon yellow color and appropriately cloudy.

This has a classic blé (that's wheat for us anglophones) aroma. Attractive.

Tangy and spicy in addition to the typical weizen flavors, this creates an interesting offering. Very good body with a high level of carbonation.

Bottom line, this is one of the more interesting hefe's imho.

Had this on tap at L'amère à boire brewpub in Montréal during a weekend pubcrawl

A: Bright yellowish colored, very cloudy with foamy head served in a 0.5 L pint. Beautiful!

S: Wow, this reminds me of the fruit alley at the supermarket! Banana, starfruit and other tropical fruit aromas. Clove also pokes its nose.

T: This is all out banana. Deliciously quenching as the taste does not linger on. There is absolutely no bitterness.

M: Very light feel in mouth, soft and cleansing. Very light carbonation, it could've had a bit more.

D: I could drink this all day on the warm days we have the summer. Great quenching qualities and absolutely no alcohol taste.

Overall, very impressed with this beer. Serves its purpose perfectly on warm and sunny summer days.

This beer reminds me of their « Blanche de l'Amère » (that they haven't brewed since a while...). Mouthfeel was pleasant with some bananas and spicy clove aftertaste. A appropriate beer for the summer on their terrace : soft and refreshing; however it doesn't really compare with better representatives of the style.