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Weiss
Cervejaria Bohemia
- From:
- Cervejaria Bohemia
- Brazil
- Style:
- Hefeweizen
- ABV:
- 5.6%
- Score:
- 77
- Avg:
- 3.21 | pDev: 17.76%
- Reviews:
- 12
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Nov 16, 2017
- Added:
- Jun 18, 2004
- Wants:
- 1
- Gots:
- 4
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Reviewed by FLima from Brazil
3.43/5 rDev +6.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
3.43/5 rDev +6.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
Golden orange color, slightly hazy.
Clove is predominant in the aroma, with a hint of banana.
Good carbonation, small bubbles. Light body.
It has a citric taste, more orange than lime. Zesty and quite refreshing, not bitter at all. Not overly sweet, giving a better drinkability than average weiss beers, though with less flavor. Thus, not quite true to its style, disconsidering that (for puritans) it is a nice beer. Overall positively surprised, which is good given the AMBEV stigma.
Oct 27, 2012Clove is predominant in the aroma, with a hint of banana.
Good carbonation, small bubbles. Light body.
It has a citric taste, more orange than lime. Zesty and quite refreshing, not bitter at all. Not overly sweet, giving a better drinkability than average weiss beers, though with less flavor. Thus, not quite true to its style, disconsidering that (for puritans) it is a nice beer. Overall positively surprised, which is good given the AMBEV stigma.
Reviewed by fmccormi from California
2.72/5 rDev -15.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 2 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5
2.72/5 rDev -15.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 2 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5
Straight pour from 355ml twist-off bottle w/ foil “collar” to a large wineglass. Freshness date of November 10, 2012 clearly printed in black ink on the back label next to a space indicating freshness and batch info (“Validade e Lote 101112 PR15:32”)
Appearance (3.5): At first, this looks like a world-class saison—that’s my first impression here. The body is a little pale for a hefe, but I don’t care too much. It’s perfectly cloudy but not opaque, and I’ll be damned if the fat two-finger head—which is very, very tight and bone-white—doesn’t take its sweet time receding. Some lacing, too, even if not a ton.
Smell (4.0): Clove is the strongest characteristic scent here, followed by banana esters—like banana Runts, if you can recall that candy. That’s exactly the kind of fruity sweetness I’m getting (but, mixed with clove and a little bit of generic baking spices). There’s some rustic richness that kind of smells like a hayloft, too. Surprisingly nice nose on this. Banana Runts, hayloft, and clove.
Taste (2.0): . . . but then it somehow tastes like an AAL, for the most part. Kind of watered down with the off-tang of adjunct malts and the water you used to cook some frozen vegetables. Eff? What the hell happened? It retains some crisp straw / hay-like character, and sports a very mild but drying, grassy bitterness from the hops. It’s not wholly unenjoyable, it just doesn’t taste like a hefe.
Mouthfeel (2.5): Very light and pretty thin for a hefe, and doesn’t have any of that chewiness that I expect from a good, full-bodied hefe. The carbonation is light and fluffy, never prickly and never particularly full. It’s not bad, and in its own right it’s nice and quenching—very light and dry enough to make it something you’d want to session—but like with the taste, it’s just not quite a hefe to me.
Overall (2.5): Y’know what? It looks and smells pretty good, all things considered, but the taste just isn’t there (for the style, certainly—and kind of light and weak, otherwise) and neither is the body. It’s not BAD, per se, but it’s below average, at least for the style. I wouldn’t be opposed to drinking this by the pint over the course of a long night—seems like it would be built for that, actually, even though that’s not how it’s marketed or received. Oh, well.
Jul 17, 2012Appearance (3.5): At first, this looks like a world-class saison—that’s my first impression here. The body is a little pale for a hefe, but I don’t care too much. It’s perfectly cloudy but not opaque, and I’ll be damned if the fat two-finger head—which is very, very tight and bone-white—doesn’t take its sweet time receding. Some lacing, too, even if not a ton.
Smell (4.0): Clove is the strongest characteristic scent here, followed by banana esters—like banana Runts, if you can recall that candy. That’s exactly the kind of fruity sweetness I’m getting (but, mixed with clove and a little bit of generic baking spices). There’s some rustic richness that kind of smells like a hayloft, too. Surprisingly nice nose on this. Banana Runts, hayloft, and clove.
Taste (2.0): . . . but then it somehow tastes like an AAL, for the most part. Kind of watered down with the off-tang of adjunct malts and the water you used to cook some frozen vegetables. Eff? What the hell happened? It retains some crisp straw / hay-like character, and sports a very mild but drying, grassy bitterness from the hops. It’s not wholly unenjoyable, it just doesn’t taste like a hefe.
Mouthfeel (2.5): Very light and pretty thin for a hefe, and doesn’t have any of that chewiness that I expect from a good, full-bodied hefe. The carbonation is light and fluffy, never prickly and never particularly full. It’s not bad, and in its own right it’s nice and quenching—very light and dry enough to make it something you’d want to session—but like with the taste, it’s just not quite a hefe to me.
Overall (2.5): Y’know what? It looks and smells pretty good, all things considered, but the taste just isn’t there (for the style, certainly—and kind of light and weak, otherwise) and neither is the body. It’s not BAD, per se, but it’s below average, at least for the style. I wouldn’t be opposed to drinking this by the pint over the course of a long night—seems like it would be built for that, actually, even though that’s not how it’s marketed or received. Oh, well.
Reviewed by Northsider from Illinois
3.45/5 rDev +7.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5
3.45/5 rDev +7.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5
I had this last night after painfully downing some Brahma, and this was a blessing. This is what I'd expect from a Hefe, and I'm annoyed they don't serve this in more places.
A - Much better to look at than most Brazil beers. Hazy golden yellow.
S - Typical smells of a Hefe, wheaty, subtle banana
T - Tasted very citrusy, yet very wheaty at the same time
M - smooth enough to make it easy to drink
O - Not THE best hefe I've had, but decent enough to drink again and be enjoyable. Definitely recommended over most the other typical beers served in Brazil
May 21, 2011A - Much better to look at than most Brazil beers. Hazy golden yellow.
S - Typical smells of a Hefe, wheaty, subtle banana
T - Tasted very citrusy, yet very wheaty at the same time
M - smooth enough to make it easy to drink
O - Not THE best hefe I've had, but decent enough to drink again and be enjoyable. Definitely recommended over most the other typical beers served in Brazil
Reviewed by jlindros from Massachusetts
3.85/5 rDev +19.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.85/5 rDev +19.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Got this while in Brazil, at a decent wine, beer, and liquor shop in the downtown area of Larajeiras, Vitoria, E.S.
Pours a very fizzy almost 2 finger head that fades fairly quickly, over super hazy straw banana cream colored beer, with some lacing.
Nose has some wheat aromas, some Bavarian malts, a light banana, some sweet malt extract aromas, light citrus.
Taste is light and refreshing, lots of wheat, some light Bavarian malts, some citrus, bit of banana and clove like spices, light Bavarian yeast flavor, a light flavor of cheap light off flavor that I still think is coming from minerals in the water. Finishes fairly dry, lingering citrus, orange peel, wheats and light malt, as well as a slight lingering flavor of that off flavor from the water I think.
Mouth is fairly light, with tons of carbonation.
Drink is pretty good, light and sessionable, light flavors but tasty, no real abv, and a decent dry finish.
Jan 16, 2011Pours a very fizzy almost 2 finger head that fades fairly quickly, over super hazy straw banana cream colored beer, with some lacing.
Nose has some wheat aromas, some Bavarian malts, a light banana, some sweet malt extract aromas, light citrus.
Taste is light and refreshing, lots of wheat, some light Bavarian malts, some citrus, bit of banana and clove like spices, light Bavarian yeast flavor, a light flavor of cheap light off flavor that I still think is coming from minerals in the water. Finishes fairly dry, lingering citrus, orange peel, wheats and light malt, as well as a slight lingering flavor of that off flavor from the water I think.
Mouth is fairly light, with tons of carbonation.
Drink is pretty good, light and sessionable, light flavors but tasty, no real abv, and a decent dry finish.
Reviewed by brdc from Wisconsin
3.6/5 rDev +12.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
3.6/5 rDev +12.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
Had this one fresh while in Brazil.
A very suspicious me poured this one into their own glass, expecting very little knowing it is a BMC, and after having their awful Confraria.
This one is significantly better.
Hazy bright yellow, decent if not great white head, average retention and some lacing.
Aroma is nothing spectacular but pleasant, with bublegum, banana, wheat.
Light bodied, very refreshing, with some slightly sweet banana and gum notes.
Worthwhile, and considering it is a BMC, a very good beer.
Jan 06, 2010A very suspicious me poured this one into their own glass, expecting very little knowing it is a BMC, and after having their awful Confraria.
This one is significantly better.
Hazy bright yellow, decent if not great white head, average retention and some lacing.
Aroma is nothing spectacular but pleasant, with bublegum, banana, wheat.
Light bodied, very refreshing, with some slightly sweet banana and gum notes.
Worthwhile, and considering it is a BMC, a very good beer.
Reviewed by Halcyondays from California
3.4/5 rDev +5.9%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5
3.4/5 rDev +5.9%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5
550 mL bottle,
A: Pours a hazy bright yellow, with a firm thick white head as to be expected in this style, some sticky lace.
S: Nice yeast esters - banana and bubblegum, wheat malt.
T: The esters are really minor in the actual flavour as compared to the nose. Heavy lemon drives the flavour, rather 1-dimensional. Good wheat flavours too, but really just tastes like an APWA.
M: Creamy, but overly fizzy at times, thin feel. Light-bodied.
D: A quaffable wheat ale, but really nothing more. Though if this is a macro brewery they are certainly making a better product than the BMCs of the world.
Dec 24, 2009A: Pours a hazy bright yellow, with a firm thick white head as to be expected in this style, some sticky lace.
S: Nice yeast esters - banana and bubblegum, wheat malt.
T: The esters are really minor in the actual flavour as compared to the nose. Heavy lemon drives the flavour, rather 1-dimensional. Good wheat flavours too, but really just tastes like an APWA.
M: Creamy, but overly fizzy at times, thin feel. Light-bodied.
D: A quaffable wheat ale, but really nothing more. Though if this is a macro brewery they are certainly making a better product than the BMCs of the world.
Weiss from Cervejaria Bohemia
Beer rating:
77 out of
100 with
26 ratings
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