Hoback Hefeweizen
Snake River Brewing Company & Brewpub

Hoback HefeweizenHoback Hefeweizen
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From:
Snake River Brewing Company & Brewpub
 
Wyoming, United States
Style:
Hefeweizen
ABV:
5.2%
Score:
88
Avg:
3.91 | pDev: 11.76%
Reviews:
9
Ratings:
45
Status:
Active
Rated:
Jan 06, 2020
Added:
Aug 20, 2002
Wants:
  3
Gots:
  7
Hefe is the German word for yeast and weizen is wheat, making this beer style fairly self-explanatory. The classic banana and clove-like flavors are derived from a specific Bavarian yeast. Because the beer is unfiltered, these dynamic yeasty flavors come through strongly. There is merely a hint of hop flavor added so as not to compete with the yeast notes. Some drinkers (not all) enjoy a squeeze of lemon.
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Ratings by Patinthebronx:
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Rated by Patinthebronx from New York

4.03/5  rDev +3.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75

May 18, 2017
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Reviewed by stevoj from Idaho

2.88/5  rDev -26.3%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 3
Draft at brewery. Pale, milky golden, small ring of head. Aroma isn’t there. Taste brings some banana, but more of the candy variety. Thin body too. Poor example.
Jan 06, 2020
 
Rated: 4.18 by Superheatnsubcool from Washington

Jun 06, 2019
 
Rated: 4.15 by Dalbeast from Wyoming

May 12, 2019
 
Rated: 3.87 by GloryConway from Wyoming

Dec 08, 2018
 
Rated: 3.93 by WDJersey from Colorado

Oct 14, 2018
 
Rated: 4.39 by LucMcD17 from Indiana

Aug 09, 2018
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Reviewed by Wasatch from Colorado

4.25/5  rDev +8.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Thanks goes out to Bitterbill for this brew.

12 oz. Can
Filled On: 09/28/17

Poured into a tulip a pretty nice cloudy pale yellow color, pretty nice carbonation, with a pretty nice thick/creamy one-finger white head, which also leaves some pretty nice sticky lacing behind. The nose is malty, yeasty, with some nice banana/clove notes, grassy/wheaty. The taste is pretty nice, malty, yeasty, with some nice banana/clove notes, nice grassy/wheatyness. Medium body, ABV is hidden very nicely. Overall, a pretty tasty brew. Thanks Bill!
Mar 15, 2018
 
Rated: 3.87 by Curt3 from Ohio

Dec 02, 2017
 
Rated: 3.59 by Jcbroome from Florida

Sep 22, 2017
 
Rated: 3.71 by BlueSpader from Washington

Aug 27, 2017
 
Rated: 3 by DerwinWentworth from Utah

Jul 26, 2017
 
Rated: 3.62 by SamuelMiller from Montana

Jun 25, 2017
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Reviewed by Bitterbill from Wyoming

4.06/5  rDev +3.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
Can filled April something 2017. Straw hazy pour. Fast shrinking head of foam. Big cloves nose, wheat, lesser with the banana. Plenty of banana and cloves in the taste. Mild suggestion of bubblegum. Tasty. Good.
Jun 24, 2017
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Reviewed by chinchill from South Carolina

3.4/5  rDev -13%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
On tap at the brewpub in Jackson WY.
Pale, cloudy golden body with very durable white head.
Aroma: spicy yeast with banana and clove plus faint hops.
Near moderate strength flavor for style. Better balance than average.
Medium-light body.
Jun 13, 2017
 
Rated: 3.74 by Strohm from New York

Jun 09, 2017
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Reviewed by BEERchitect from Kentucky

3.58/5  rDev -8.4%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Slightly Americanized but resting firmly upon the traditional Bavarian wheat beer, the brewers at Snake River provide a dry bread taste and texture with moderate hints of fruit and spice complexity and a little hop kick to boot.

Hoback Hefeweizen wafts onto the nose with those classic banana and clove aromas, but also with additional citrus, orchard and tropical fruits along with spice of both yeast and grain. Cloudy straw and with a moderately reliant froth, the beer's carbonation springs into action, giving the initial taste a zesty bite through flavors of sourdough, sugar cookie, cereal and honey.

The middle palate shows a waving malt influence while cereal sweetness remains. Banana esters soon follow with lemon, orange, apple and papaya and await a trailing spice of heavy clove, white pepper, vanilla and mint. Grassy hops provide a floral scent, an herbal green tea flavor and then a peppery bitterness with a kiss of citronella.

Medium bodied and racy early, the beer quickly falls flat and allows the raw graininess to rest on the tongue for an unfortunate flat finish. Still, nuances of mint, citrus and clove last beyond the beer's more prevailing tastes and gives the beer one final snappy hop bite to close.
Jun 09, 2017
 
Rated: 4.14 by Dirk_Chappelle from New Hampshire

Jun 03, 2017
 
Rated: 4 by NickMunford from Wyoming

Oct 25, 2016
 
Rated: 3.75 by WillisTalkinBout from Wyoming

Sep 25, 2016
Hoback Hefeweizen from Snake River Brewing Company & Brewpub
Beer rating: 88 out of 100 with 45 ratings