Fuzztail Hefeweizen
Sunriver Brewing Company

 

On tap at Imperial in pdx today.

The beer pours a golden amber color with good head retention and considerable lacing. This beer looks great. Unfortunately, things went quickly downhill from there. On the nose I get a hint of clove, a hint of honey and very light pepper. The flavor profile is more of the same. The beer is moderately sweet, with no more than a hint of underlying spice. This is really a pretty lackluster hefe. Mouthfeel is medium bodied, and the alcohol is well integrated into the flavor profile. So drinkability is pretty good, except for the unfortunate fact the beer doesn't have much flavor.

Not greatly impressed with this beer. All the more so as it was made by a brewery I generally respect and appreciate. This won't be a beer I'll be ordering again any time soon.

Can from Brewers Haven. Pale golden, Small ring of head. Faint bready aroma, none of the usual weizen aromas. Taste too reflects the wheat bill. Not really a weizen. Normal American wheat ale.

12oz can. Poured out a slightly cloudy, golden yellow color with a small, off-white head of foam. It left minimal lacing. It smelled of cracked wheat, spices and caramel. Sweet wheat taste with some banana, clove and spices.

Smooth and delicious. Light wheat flavor but a lemon is a must.

After a summer day of kayaking, it was a perfect elixir for a dry mouth. Light, refreshing; pretty fruity (lemon, banana, orange) flavor but far from overwhelming; typical body for a wheat

The beer looks nice: hazy pale yellow, nice white head, some delicate lace.
Nothing in the aroma or taste suggests a hefe. I get a little lemon.
A smooth and dry finish.

Pours a nice cloudy straw/yellow, head settles to opaque white but this thing is lacing really really nicely.

Aroma is not very hefeweizen like but it smells quite pleasant. It has an almost lemon like citrus aroma that is paired with a little bit of banana. There is just a little hint of a spiced bread on the nose as well, I'm getting this from the can, harder to pick up from the glass.

The taste is again a little less hefe like than your average but wow is it incredibly tasty and refreshing. The spiced bread note is a little more prominent followed by some citrus like hops and a slight hint of bubble gum like flavor.

Very light and easy to drink, soft creamy, but not low, carbonation and almost spice like bitter note on the finish. This thing drinks incredibly clean for a hefeweizen.

 

 

 

 

12oz can

Pours two fingers of dense, fluffy white head into my Boston Lager glass, cause why not. Retention is above average, and a nice finger remains after a few minutes. Initial lacing looks really nice as well. Body is a dark burnt orange, cloudy, with a lot of bubbles coming up. Looks really nice so far.

Nose is slightly creamy, nice wheat proteins, a touch of bread, faint citrus hops – lemon, surprisingly mineral at times. American hefs aren’t ever that aromatic or complex, and this is generally no different. Smells nice, has a little going on, but is limited by its style.

Was hoping to get a tad more out of the flavor, but it unfortunately follows suit very stubbornly. Definitely drinks lighter than the nose initially gave off, more towards a mineral feel, but not quite to that level – effervescent though. Impression is mostly just crisp, a little bitterness in the finish, wheat flashes for a nanosecond, very faint lemon that comes out considerably as it warms. Not too surprised, but still underwhelmed.

Body is on the lighter side. Carbonation is medium-low, but it’s still a pretty lively feel. Not sweet, not too dry, pretty well balanced. Bitterness is low but makes an appearance, a little lemon. Overall a pretty good mouthfeel, could use a little more weight to it.

Drinks super easy, no complaints there.

The appearance turned out very nice, thick lacing all the way down that brought an island of head along with it.

Pretty standard for an American Hef, but I still always hope for more. This one definitely tastes fuller out of the can.

Light yellow-gold, a bit hazy. Nice head and lacing. Indistinct aroma. The taste is a real let down, not much going on, no hefe notes present, bland. From Silver City, it's a letdown There are plenty of better ones around. The rest of the sixer are going into beer bread and brat basting while we are drinking something else while doing so.

 

 

an insanely mild hefeweizen here, really maybe even a bit underdeveloped in terms of the yeast that is supposed to drive the flavor. it is recognizable, but its minimal, and as much as i like the fresh earthy wheat, i think it needs a little more context than it gets from the yeast in this one, although i guess it would make for a pretty easy drinking take on the style in hot weather or something. there just really isnt much going on, a faint orange note, a little bit of a green banana ester to it, but thats about it other than the dry, slightly doughy wheat. the mouthfeel is pretty good, bubbly and with some body from the wheat. a light metallic note at the end though is a detractor, and it gets worse as it warms. not a bad beer here, but it just seems like something is missing, almost incomplete, and i ended up not liking it nearly as much as i expected to. i have liked other beers from these guys better so far, but if its a lighter example of this style that you seek, without much from the yeast, then this might be more agreeable...

 

 

Canned on 10/10/18. It had the look of a good hefe, a nicely cloudy-opaque yellow, with some fluffy white head, but that's where it ended. No banana, clove, or bubblegum in the nose or on the palate. Smooth body, with decent carbonation. Semi-dry finish. Drinkability was OK, but with beer being lacking in personality, why bother?