Burleigh Hefeweizen
Burleigh Brewing Co.

Burleigh HefeweizenBurleigh Hefeweizen
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From:
Burleigh Brewing Co.
 
Australia
Style:
Hefeweizen
ABV:
5.1%
Score:
80
Avg:
3.41 | pDev: 11.14%
Reviews:
21
Ratings:
32
Status:
Retired
Rated:
Jun 22, 2021
Added:
Aug 13, 2008
Wants:
  2
Gots:
  1
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Rated: 3.92 by Daneve76 from Australia

Jun 22, 2021
 
Rated: 3.28 by hopnerd from Australia

May 11, 2016
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Reviewed by Mosant from Australia

3.5/5  rDev +2.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
I had a 330ml bottle bottle and the label seems to have been changed. It is now called HEF and the ABV is 5.0%. This beer won the following International Awards: Gold Medal, 2012 World Beer Cup; 2011 World Beer Championships.

Appearance: dark yellow to golden colour and a little cloudy. Good whit head.
Aroma: nice fruity banana aromas present and some bready yeast bring a good representation of a wheat beer.
Flavour: nice banana flavours follow through when tasting. Good medium mouthfeel. Very enjoyable.
Overall: very nice what beer. Worth a try.
Jan 01, 2015
 
Rated: 3.4 by adityashekhar from India

Nov 24, 2014
 
Rated: 3.01 by Hyperionecta from Australia

Oct 26, 2014
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Reviewed by drpimento from Wisconsin

3.39/5  rDev -0.6%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 3.5
The clerk at the BWS store recommended this, but to me it’s pretty average. Poured at a good a temperature with a sudsy head into a rinsed, but apparently not so clean hotel glass with a small, sudsy, short lived, off-white head and no lace. Color is a slightly hazy amber with some large bubble trails. Aroma is the traditional Bavarian fruit profile with yeast and some malt. Flavor’s like nose, plus some bitter and just a hint of tang as low carbonation. Body is also a tad thin. Finish is like flavor but somewhat lackluster. Nothing special, but not bad.
Jan 12, 2014
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Reviewed by SmashPants from Australia

3.19/5  rDev -6.5%
look: 2.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.25
Bottle: standard 330mL brown bottle with an alright label, have to admit that I do like the mo.

Appearance: not sure this looks much like a hefe - pours a clear mid golden-straw. Update: a light haze after rolling the second bottle. A half-finger white head that dissipates after only a few seconds. Mediocre for a hefe.

Aroma: picks up on the nose - plenty of the traditional clove aroma with a quite strong malt - odd for a hefeweizen. None-the-less, promising.

Taste: and then, let down again. The best way to describe the taste is: awkward. Some spice in the back, but the palate is almost entirely dominated by an awkward, fug-like wheat-malt combination of unknown origins. Not awful, but not what I would have expected from Burleigh.

Aftertaste: a pleasant bitterness does cut through in the aftertaste, still a bit of that awkward fug though.

Mouth feel: the mouthfeel is just about right. Mid-thickness with a fair old whack of carbonation. Somewhat dry on the finish too.

Overall: I have always found Burleigh Brewery a bit of a hit or miss - they made the great My Wife's Bitter, 28 Pale Ale and FIG Jam IPA, but also cursed the world with the unbearably awful BigHead no carb. This beer is something I never thought I would assign to a Burleigh brew - it is boring. Not much really going on as far as a hefe is concerned - awkward malt and wheat with a touch of spice. Add the AU$62 a case price (2014) and this one is a no-go. Not offensive, just dull.
Jan 04, 2014
 
Rated: 2.75 by magpieken from Australia

Nov 18, 2013
 
Rated: 3.5 by Agentveba from North Carolina

Sep 12, 2013
 
Rated: 3.5 by GraduatedCashew from California

Aug 29, 2013
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Reviewed by soju6 from Missouri

2.89/5  rDev -15.2%
look: 3 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.75
A: Pours a hazy copper color with a weak head that fades quickly to no real lacing.

S: Aroma of Citrus and banana with a bit of spice in the background.

T: Taste of banana, some citrus with a very light sweetness. Mild bitterness and a clean finish.

F: Light body, crisp and refreshing.

O: Not a bad beer, reminds me more of a Belgian Witbier than a German "Hef".
Jun 03, 2013
 
Rated: 2.5 by pin from Australia

May 27, 2013
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Reviewed by spicelab from Australia

3.93/5  rDev +15.2%
look: 2.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3 | overall: 4
Slightly hazed orange with a very restrained head for a Hefe. Retention isn't great either, rapidly dropping to nought.

Impressive depth of yeast character. Apple strudel, pear danish, banana, fairy floss and mild band-aidy phenolics. Grainy wheat lurking underneath.

Taste displays more of the grainy wheat character, which at once smooths out and dulls the ester profile.

Fairly light entry, hefted up a little from the wheat. Carbonation is a bit full-on and in-your-face.

Very nicely done and definitely one of the better Hefeweizens going around. Strikes as a completely different beer from when I first tried it 2 years ago. Don't know whether they changed the recipe/brewing or if this bottle was in much better nick.
Feb 22, 2013
 
Rated: 3.75 by bylerteck from Canada (ON)

Feb 05, 2013
 
Rated: 3.75 by Camallan from Australia

Feb 02, 2013
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Reviewed by dansmcd from Australia

3.44/5  rDev +0.9%
look: 2.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
A - Pours a hazy dull yellowish orange colour with a very pour head for a hefe.

S - Usual hefe aroma but with an enhanced bubblegum aspect. Wheat, yeast, citrus, clove.

T - Follows the nose, including the big bubblegum character. Very tasty but lacking in depth of flavour.

M - Medium body, moderate carbonation. Slightly chewy mouthful.

O - As a lover of hefes, Ill happily drink this again anytime, as long as there isn't a Weihenstephan around. Not sure it justified an international award.
Nov 09, 2012
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Reviewed by heygeebee from Australia

3.41/5  rDev 0%
look: 2 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
BB 03 2013 From Slowbeer

Pours a cloudy straw. Barely half a finger head comes and goes to film. Poor.

Sweet nose, cloves and banana candy.

Taste is very yeast driven. Cloves yes, bananas barely there. And more yeast. As it warms, other subtle flvours come out like a hint of honey.

Mouthfeel has dreaded mineral water tang at first, but interestingly that passes and becomes much more refeshing.

I was looking forward to drinking and reviewing this one. A World Beer Cup winner, but a low placing here had me intigued. I guess I go more with the BA crowd than the judges, but still good beer, in taste if not looks.
Jul 07, 2012
 
Rated: 3.5 by mungus from Australia

Jun 02, 2012
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Reviewed by deg from New Hampshire

3.53/5  rDev +3.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
A good golden brown color. On the first sniff, I picked up lots of banana and bread, and something else. Maybe a little spice? I couldn't pick that something else up on subsequent sniffs. I could taste a little clove when I drank it. Pleasing carbonation. Easy to drink, I could easily drink more.
Jun 02, 2012
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Reviewed by GarrettMD from New York

3.67/5  rDev +7.6%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
A - Pours a very hazy deep yellow with a thin layer of bubbly white head that fades almost immediately. Lots of carbonation clinging to the sides of the glass.

S - Same as most hefes, lemon, bubble gum, and yeast up front with hints of pepper in the back.

T - Follows the aroma pretty similarly. Lemon with hints of light fruits like pear and apple followed up by the distinct hefe taste of bubblegum and yeast. Very tangy.

M - Thin to medium body, heavily carbonated. Finish is sweet and tangy like most of the taste with the light fruit flavor lingering.

O - Pretty standard hefe, good though. I could easily enjoy multiple in one sitting and wouldn't mind doing so.
Jan 25, 2012
Burleigh Hefeweizen from Burleigh Brewing Co.
Beer rating: 80 out of 100 with 32 ratings