El Hefe Speaks
DC Brau Brewing Co.

A: pours a golden yellow body with some haze with a whit shear with ok retention and lacing.
S: banana esters with some yeasty notes
T: banana esters with hints of clove
M: light and crisp
O: nice feel and taste combo;

12oz can into a tall glass. Canned 6/9/21, so 3 weeks old.

Looks very good in the glass. Hazy golden yellow body with light carbonation. Strong foamy head leaves scattered lacing.

Appropriate aromas of banana, yeast, wheat, and a hint of clove.

On tasting, the wheat and yeast aspects are very strong, banana less so, and clove only faintly.

Mouth closer to full than medium, finish a strong wheat.

Overall, decent beer, though a little unbalanced. Not smooth at all. Perhaps a few more weeks in the can would even things out.

 

Pours a very hazy golden color with a slight head and lacing
Aroma has slight clove and banana hints
The taste follows the nose with clove and banana flavors
A medium bodied decently carbonated beer
A decent wheat beer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I don't drink as many Hefes as I used to, but I generally like DC Brau so I decided to give this a shot. The nose is nice with banana clove esters but the head doesn't last long. Flavor is mild but tasty and refreshing, and texture is appropriately dainty. Not terribly complex, but a solid effort for the style.

 

 

 

From the can, it pours a light hazy amber with a modest head. Light, pleasant scent with hints of banana. The taste is also pleasant, with some banana hints.

 

 

 

 

Ordered a draft at a local pizza joint. It arrived in a tumbler with absolutely no head and zero bubbles. The color was a murky dark yellow. Smelled of banana and toasted wheat bread. Tasted like wheat and clove with a hint of metal. Mouthfeel was light and fleeting. Perhaps I got the dregs of the keg or the order was sitting on the bar too long. Overall this was a huge disappointment.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Do I smell.. Like, Brett in this beer? Is that supposed to be the case? If not, it's working for the smell. I dig it. What I don't dig is the off-flavor in the aftertaste. Definitely picking up a slight buttered popcorn. It's not wholly unpleasant.. I actually like it, but some things seem off.

 

 

 

 

 

My least favorite option from this brewery so far, it starts off so promising but turns into an underwhelming, overly dry finish.

Pour is murky, banana-colored haze with generous head, like a banana smoothie. First sniff is mild but enticing - slightly sweet banana flavors, hints of spice and wheat. Pretty muted, but present enough to encourage further exploration. Taste falls far short, however. Very dry, far more so than a "crushable" summer wheat should be. The banana is still there, but everything else is a hint to hard and bitter on the tongue, like licking glass. If this is what you're bringing to the beach on a hot day (it is in a can, afterall) and you're just thinking of an interesting alternative to Blue Moon, knock yourself out, but I wish this were less dry and more flavorful.

Watery hefeweizen that undermines the flavors of orange, banana, wheat, clove and subtle rye. Smell is a little more forgiving in this regard, but still limited in potency. Body is thin, but the textures come out dry on the finish somehow despite watery nature, so that's something positive. Meh