Donner Weiss
Kutztown Tavern

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From:
Kutztown Tavern
 
Pennsylvania, United States
Style:
Hefeweizen
ABV:
4.9%
Score:
79
Avg:
3.32 | pDev: 16.57%
Reviews:
12
Ratings:
26
Status:
Active
Rated:
Jun 20, 2016
Added:
Jul 04, 2002
Wants:
  0
Gots:
  1
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Ratings by 99bottles:
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Reviewed by 99bottles from Pennsylvania

3.68/5  rDev +10.8%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Beer pours a hazy yellow-gold with a fluffy white head that dissapates somewhere mid-pint. Served with a lemon. The smells are of yeast, faint spice and even some light citrus though the lemon in the glass may have swayed that opinion. The taste is very smooth, with a nice body of yeastiness, perhaps even a bit overpowering. The aftertaste is all spice, most notably clove and nutmeg. A slight taste of hops seems to be lurking, and this may contribute something to the unique aftertaste. The seasoned finish was a nice departure for an unfiltered wheat, but I wonder if this is something they tinker with from batch to batch. The mouthfeel was excellent, as the cloudy look translated itself onto my palette. All in all, a very solid summer beer for the Golden Avalanche, but not necessarily the best weiss or hefe (the beer itself lacks a true definition) I ever had. Great brewpub and food by the way.
Jul 28, 2003
More User Ratings:
 
Rated: 3.13 by MKrauss from Pennsylvania

Jun 20, 2016
 
Rated: 2.52 by TTripp725 from Pennsylvania

Sep 27, 2015
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Reviewed by Leiermann from Pennsylvania

3.33/5  rDev +0.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
Aspiring beer. The color and look of the beer are characteristic of the style. The flavors of spice and fruit are muted and it could be that much better if the yeast and the spices were more up-front rather than in the back ground. A pleasant lemon flavor is present. I find the hops are disconnected from the overall profile of the beer and seem to wander through at the finish rather than harmonize with the other flavors. Carbonation is subdued and not as effervescent as some bottle conditioned of the same style.
Sep 14, 2015
 
Rated: 3.25 by SouthCrescent from Pennsylvania

Aug 24, 2015
 
Rated: 3 by zekeman17 from Pennsylvania

Aug 18, 2015
 
Rated: 3.71 by orangesol from Pennsylvania

Mar 23, 2015
 
Rated: 4 by mjdaddyo from Pennsylvania

Nov 09, 2014
 
Rated: 3 by IPAchris from Pennsylvania

Oct 20, 2014
 
Rated: 3 by PhineasMcClintock from Massachusetts

Jul 05, 2014
 
Rated: 3.25 by tvghost from Pennsylvania

May 30, 2014
 
Rated: 3 by Barleycorn from Pennsylvania

Mar 31, 2014
 
Rated: 3 by LoveStout from New York

Jul 07, 2013
 
Rated: 3 by justintcoons from Pennsylvania

May 07, 2013
 
Rated: 3 by rydev24 from Pennsylvania

Mar 02, 2012
 
Rated: 1.5 by acurtis from New Jersey

Jan 15, 2012
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Reviewed by Knapp85 from Pennsylvania

3.05/5  rDev -8.1%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3
This brew poured out as a pale hazy yellow color. The head vanished once the lemon was added to the rim of the glass. The smell of the beer has a typical banana/clove and lemon of course. The taste of the beer has the soft wheat flavor with a subtle sweetness too. The mouthfeel was light, soft and a little watery. Overall it's a very average wheat beer to me.
Oct 08, 2011
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Reviewed by Bierman9 from New Hampshire

4/5  rDev +20.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
I stopped into the Kutztown Tavern on Thursday, 02JUN11 for lunch prior to heading to the Reading WWII Weekend. Donner Weiss was my first bier of the trip, a pint for $4.25.

Served in a regular shaker glass, with a slice of lemon (pass!). Donner was a cloudy, pale golden straw color. It had a thin, fine white head, a light layer at most, though it did last and left nice lacing. Aroma was crisp and wheaty, with light clove and some banana. Nice so far... It was medium-bodied, and a light, airy prickly feel on the tongue, just as a Hefe should.

Flavor had some solid wheat character, with a solid clove/banana backbone. Had a little bit of bubblegum esters, and finished dry, crisp and refreshing. Not a killer version, but quite well-made all the same. Prosit!!

4 rDev +6%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

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Jun 06, 2011
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Reviewed by thain709 from Pennsylvania

3.5/5  rDev +5.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
A - A hazy, golden-rod colored body with a thin, white head...the retention wasn't the best as it quickly fell into a broken bead...few spots of lacing

S - The nose is heavy on the clove...banana is also in the forefront...underneath I pick up bready malt, yeast, and cinnamon

T - The flavor starts with the clove...it's letting you know it's there and never becomes too much...there are some other spices lingering around (corriander and cinnamon)...the banana shines in the middle with some pale, bready malts...I'm also picking up a hint of lemon citrus...the yeast finishes the beer with a little bit more of the spices

M - Medium bodied...I liked the mouth feel...it was a bit chewy from the yeast and the spice content was nice...but then there was this metallic twang that I would pick up

D - They served the Donner Weiss with a lemon slice which I nicely put to the side...I've been to the Tavern many times and this was my first time having this one...not my favorite GABCO beer but a good try at the style
Feb 22, 2011
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Reviewed by tgbljb from Pennsylvania

4/5  rDev +20.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Served as a cloudy apricot-colored beer with thick white puffy head. Smell is significant for bananas, cloves and wheat. Taste is light and refreshing, being a bit milder than other beers of this style that I have tried. Somewhat thin at the finish but still enjoyable. A nice interpretation of the style.
Oct 22, 2006
Donner Weiss from Kutztown Tavern
Beer rating: 79 out of 100 with 26 ratings