White Witch Weizen
Yellowhead Brewery

 

1L howler from the resident brewery in #EDMDT - when inquired, no explanation was given for the name.

This beer pours a clear, bright medium golden yellow colour, with two fingers of puffy, loosely foamy, and bubbly off-white head, which leaves some streaky limestone arch lace around the glass as it eventually bleeds away.

It smells of wet banana chips, kind of sugary gritty and grainy wheat malt, a lesser pale malt sweetness, some earthy yeasty esters, and very plain leafy, weedy, and floral green hop bitters. The taste is bready and doughy wheat malt, some slightly phenolic yeastiness, those banana 'peeps' at Easter time, understated white and black pepper spice, and a further leafy, earthy, and musty floral 'verdant' hoppiness.

The carbonation is adequate in its palate-pleasing frothiness, the body a solid middleweight, and generally smooth, with a nice aerosol creaminess kicking in once things warm up a tad. It finishes off-dry, the wheaty malt character taking the lead, in the face of a meekly lingering yeast and spicy astringency.

Overall, this is a rather well-rendered version of the Teutonic style, with the yeast, malt, and noble hops all working in tandem to reproduce it, as such. I'm still curious as to the nomenclature here, yet I can still attest to the quality of the brewing chops, as already mentioned.