Wisenbier
The Brew Keeper
- From:
- The Brew Keeper
- Ohio, United States
- Style:
- Witbier
- ABV:
- 5.5%
- Score:
- +8 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.31 | pDev: 13.9%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 2
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Sep 28, 2009
- Added:
- Aug 13, 2009
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by AltBock from Ohio
2.86/5 rDev -13.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 3
2.86/5 rDev -13.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 3
22 oz. bomber bottle with a nice label of a colorful brewery crest with a shield that has a drawing of a beer stein, a branch, barley stocks, a hop bud, and a chamber with black and red stripes. On top of the shield is a armor helmet with a red wing on top and with green and purple banners shooting out from the sides. Flanking the shield are two full scale suits of armor with an ax in their hands. At the bottom of the label in small print is the ABV% and the address of the Brew Keeper. Directly to the right of the crest is the Government warning. This is the style of beer that I wish the Brew Keeper put a date on.
I probably should have poured this beer into a Weizen glass, but I didn't have one available at the time, so I poured it into my Samuel Smith Imperial pint glass. This Wheat Ale didn't just pour any ordinary yellow color, but a clear and pale gold color. On top of this golden brew was a good looking fluffy pearl white head of foam. Despite my poor choice style of glassware, this head of foam had great retention that left behind a skim of white foam and only a few white spots of lace around the glass.
When I saw that this was labeled as a Witbier here on BA, I couldn't understand why it was based on the label. That changed when I took my first whiff of the beer. After that, I had no idea what style they were trying to pull off here. It was a very grainy aroma with toasted cereal grains, sweet yeast, and a splash of citrus zest at the finish line.
The taste was pretty much the same as the aroma except for a few minor things here and there. The taste was dry and hugely grainy with a ton of malted cereal grains, a dash of black pepper, more than enough dried yeast, and then this dry grainy taste finished up with a splash of citrus zest and a minor citrus hop kick. If you choose to drink this beer, don't expect much of anything to stick out.
This was a light bodied Wheat Ale with a huge amount of crispy carbonation and a grainy aftertaste of cereal grains, dried yeast, and a tiny hint of citrus zest.
After smelling and drinking the entire bottle of beer, I sill have no clue what style of beer they were going for. The Brew Keeper bottles are either a hit or miss and this one is a big miss. They didn't overshoot a style, they undershot a Wheat style of beer. Pass!!
Sep 28, 2009I probably should have poured this beer into a Weizen glass, but I didn't have one available at the time, so I poured it into my Samuel Smith Imperial pint glass. This Wheat Ale didn't just pour any ordinary yellow color, but a clear and pale gold color. On top of this golden brew was a good looking fluffy pearl white head of foam. Despite my poor choice style of glassware, this head of foam had great retention that left behind a skim of white foam and only a few white spots of lace around the glass.
When I saw that this was labeled as a Witbier here on BA, I couldn't understand why it was based on the label. That changed when I took my first whiff of the beer. After that, I had no idea what style they were trying to pull off here. It was a very grainy aroma with toasted cereal grains, sweet yeast, and a splash of citrus zest at the finish line.
The taste was pretty much the same as the aroma except for a few minor things here and there. The taste was dry and hugely grainy with a ton of malted cereal grains, a dash of black pepper, more than enough dried yeast, and then this dry grainy taste finished up with a splash of citrus zest and a minor citrus hop kick. If you choose to drink this beer, don't expect much of anything to stick out.
This was a light bodied Wheat Ale with a huge amount of crispy carbonation and a grainy aftertaste of cereal grains, dried yeast, and a tiny hint of citrus zest.
After smelling and drinking the entire bottle of beer, I sill have no clue what style of beer they were going for. The Brew Keeper bottles are either a hit or miss and this one is a big miss. They didn't overshoot a style, they undershot a Wheat style of beer. Pass!!
Reviewed by adamette from Ohio
3.77/5 rDev +13.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 4.5
3.77/5 rDev +13.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 4.5
Live review. Poured from a 22 oz. bomber into my Ommegang Witte tumbler. Purchased for $5.99 at Warehouse Beverage on Mayfield in Cleveland about 2 weeks ago. No observed "best by" or "freshness date" found by me on label or the bottle. 5.5% ABV.
A Visible sediment on the bottom of the bottle before opening. Pours a moderately dark yellow translucent body under a one inch creamy head that lasted for only a minute or so. 3.5
S Nice light wheat smell with some malt sweetnes, some hops but way in the distance. 4.0
T Light wheat with a bit of hops. Reminds me of Ommegang Witte. Nearer the bottom of the bottle taste improved in that there were more tastes to be had as I went through the bomber. The first sips (from the top of the bottle) were considerably thinner than the sips gained from the bottom of the bottle. 3.5
M As stated, light. Low ABV and minimal hop taste contribute to that as well. 3.0
D Very high, as expected from the style. I could have many of these. 4.5
Notes: Another in a long line of Brew Keeper beers that I will be drinking and rating. This one, very much in the style of Ommegang Witte, is a great local alternative to Witte. Both beers have great drinkability.
Aug 13, 2009A Visible sediment on the bottom of the bottle before opening. Pours a moderately dark yellow translucent body under a one inch creamy head that lasted for only a minute or so. 3.5
S Nice light wheat smell with some malt sweetnes, some hops but way in the distance. 4.0
T Light wheat with a bit of hops. Reminds me of Ommegang Witte. Nearer the bottom of the bottle taste improved in that there were more tastes to be had as I went through the bomber. The first sips (from the top of the bottle) were considerably thinner than the sips gained from the bottom of the bottle. 3.5
M As stated, light. Low ABV and minimal hop taste contribute to that as well. 3.0
D Very high, as expected from the style. I could have many of these. 4.5
Notes: Another in a long line of Brew Keeper beers that I will be drinking and rating. This one, very much in the style of Ommegang Witte, is a great local alternative to Witte. Both beers have great drinkability.
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