Shiner Hefeweizen
Spoetzl Brewery

Slightly above average because it’s fairly tasty. It’s not a hefe. The honey they added stands out. Much more like some sort of honey ale. So it’s unique.

 

 

 

I am trying a bottle of this beer from a mixed Christmas holiday 12pck that I bought from my local meijer store. It poured a clear golden with thin white head ring that is not leaving any lace. The scent had malt and grain notes. The taste was nicely balanced and easy to drink with crisp malt base with grain and bittering hop finish. The mouthfeel was lighter in body with good carbonation. Overall it is a good beer but I would not characterize this as a hefe.

From the Home for the Holidays pack. Medium goldenrod color, biscuity smell and taste with a tartness. I’m not getting the bananas and cloves I associate with this style, but very enjoyable.

 

 

Pours clear golden yellow with a thick short-lived white head, minimal lacing. Aroma is faint, biscuit, yeast, and malt. Flavor follows the nose, a bit sweet followed by just enough European style hops to add a bite in the finish. Feel is light and well carbonated. Overall, an enjoyable beer.

Poured from a bottle into a pint glass. Pours orange yellow with a small white head. Smells of sweet banana and wheat. Tastes of wheat with just a hint of banana, but a bit weak. Beer is light bodied and easy drinking, good carbonation. Overall, a good beer.

 

Poured from bottle into tulip, good 1 finger cream colored head, recedes quickly to a pool, good lacing. Dark hazy golden in the glass. Lemon, honey, and wheat on the nose, very muted. Taste follows up, cracker malt on the front, followed by honey sweetness and finishing off with somewhat of a twang. Not a traditional Hefe, but very drinkable just the same. Keep going back to it, very subdued on the front and finishes with that sweet tartness on the end, but not cloying, there is sufficient bitterness to keep it in check
Advent 2023-03