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Furth
Night Shift Brewing
- From:
- Night Shift Brewing
- Massachusetts, United States
- Style:
- Hefeweizen
Ranked #60 - ABV:
- 5.5%
- Score:
- 87
Ranked #16,593 - Avg:
- 3.89 | pDev: 7.97%
- Reviews:
- 45
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Jul 31, 2022
- Added:
- Jul 09, 2015
- Wants:
- 2
- Gots:
- 53
SCORE
87
Very Good
87
Very Good
Named after a Bavarian city, this globally enjoyable hefeweizen sips with soft, fruity notes of banana, wheat, clove, and orange rind.
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Reviewed by JerzDevl2000 from New Jersey
3.69/5 rDev -5.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.69/5 rDev -5.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Okay - a few things I need to get out of the way here:
1) It's spring.
2) I love spring beers.
3) A German Hefeweizen should be perfect for spring.
4) This wasn't a true German Hefeweizen.
That being said, I did find this to be enjoyable, easy to quaff, and nicely made...even though the date on the bottom of this can read 12/19/16. Yes, it was old but it held up well and never felt aged, malted out, or skunked to me but it seemed more like an American Golden Ale more than anything else. If that's what you're looking for, then you've found your match here!
Gold, this was, as the pour had plenty of that with some bright brassiness thrown in for good measure. Enough foamy head topped this off as the lacing didn't quite measure up to that; from the scattered, thin collar on down. Lots of wheat, lemon, banana, and soap in the soft nose as none of those stood out in particular. The taste was much more "golden" as the body was weak and the hop profile was nearly impossible to discern. A mild citrus juiciness tied everything in together as nothing in particular stood out to me when it came to this beer.
The same could be said about the alcoholic content here as the 5.50% nearly qualified this as a session beer. Plenty of basic bread in the malt kept this balanced as a bit of bubblegum sweetness and mild clove lingered in the aftertaste once this was finished off. While not a bad beer, this paled in comparison to it's better German counterparts. Worth a go once if you like this style but with better examples out there, you'd be hard-pressed to go out of your way for this...
May 02, 20191) It's spring.
2) I love spring beers.
3) A German Hefeweizen should be perfect for spring.
4) This wasn't a true German Hefeweizen.
That being said, I did find this to be enjoyable, easy to quaff, and nicely made...even though the date on the bottom of this can read 12/19/16. Yes, it was old but it held up well and never felt aged, malted out, or skunked to me but it seemed more like an American Golden Ale more than anything else. If that's what you're looking for, then you've found your match here!
Gold, this was, as the pour had plenty of that with some bright brassiness thrown in for good measure. Enough foamy head topped this off as the lacing didn't quite measure up to that; from the scattered, thin collar on down. Lots of wheat, lemon, banana, and soap in the soft nose as none of those stood out in particular. The taste was much more "golden" as the body was weak and the hop profile was nearly impossible to discern. A mild citrus juiciness tied everything in together as nothing in particular stood out to me when it came to this beer.
The same could be said about the alcoholic content here as the 5.50% nearly qualified this as a session beer. Plenty of basic bread in the malt kept this balanced as a bit of bubblegum sweetness and mild clove lingered in the aftertaste once this was finished off. While not a bad beer, this paled in comparison to it's better German counterparts. Worth a go once if you like this style but with better examples out there, you'd be hard-pressed to go out of your way for this...
Reviewed by Sewercap from New York
2.48/5 rDev -36.2%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 2 | feel: 2 | overall: 2
2.48/5 rDev -36.2%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 2 | feel: 2 | overall: 2
This did not taste good at all. Fuck, why did this have to be a tallboy? Metallic and nasty flavor. Decent abv at least, but not worth the bad taste at all.
Dec 30, 2018Rated by GregDBoston from Massachusetts
3.48/5 rDev -10.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
3.48/5 rDev -10.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
Night Shift should stick to IPAs. This is a cloying hefeweizen. Drink Belgian ales if you want something fruity/spicy like this.
Nov 27, 2018
Reviewed by woodsman13 from Maine
3.87/5 rDev -0.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 4
3.87/5 rDev -0.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 4
L: light haze, bright straw color with a copper tinge. Almost no head retention or lacing.
S: yeasty and banana and baking spices. Banana bread!
F: pretty flat mouthfeel, especially for a Hefeweizen. Leaves a syrupy slick on your tongue that I don’t love.
T: strong banana flavors. The bready quality in the nose disappears on the tongue, giving way to a sweet flavor reminiscent of a cherry syrup. Not getting the orange that the label says.
O: this is a less yeasty, more fruity Hefeweizen. Flavorful and agreeable enough to get this into the 4’s for me.
Jul 31, 2018S: yeasty and banana and baking spices. Banana bread!
F: pretty flat mouthfeel, especially for a Hefeweizen. Leaves a syrupy slick on your tongue that I don’t love.
T: strong banana flavors. The bready quality in the nose disappears on the tongue, giving way to a sweet flavor reminiscent of a cherry syrup. Not getting the orange that the label says.
O: this is a less yeasty, more fruity Hefeweizen. Flavorful and agreeable enough to get this into the 4’s for me.
Furth from Night Shift Brewing
Beer rating:
87 out of
100 with
209 ratings
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