Queen City Hefeweizen
Queen City Brewery
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- Style:
- Wheat Beer - Hefeweizen
Ranked #131 - ABV:
- 5.6%
- Score:
- 85
Ranked #27,309 - Avg:
- 3.82 | pDev: 8.64%
- Reviews:
- 11
- Ratings:
- From:
- Queen City Brewery
- Vermont, United States
- Avail:
- Rotating/Seasonal
- Wants
- 1
- Gots
- 15
SCORE
85
Very Good
85
Very Good
Notes:
Queen City’s unfiltered wheat beer, produced exclusively from German malt, wheat, and hops, is complex and refreshing. The large percentage of wheat provides a pleasant creaminess and long-lasting head, while our distinctive yeast produces subtle banana- and clove-like notes in both the aroma and flavor, which perfectly balance the bready character of the malt. (ABV 5.6% IBU 24)
Reviews: 11
| Ratings: 49
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Reviews by NeroFiddled:
NeroFiddled from Pennsylvania
3.85/5 rDev +0.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Queen City Brewery "Hefeweizen"
on tap at the brewery on 7 June 2016
Notes: Typical appearance: hazy golden body beneath a bright white head that holds fairly well and leaves spotty and splashy lace as it goes. The aroma is phenolic with plastic/clove, green banana, and lemon over a wheaty malt base. The flavor follows, as expected. Moderately bitter as expected, and subtly tart, leading to a perfect balance if you like your weizen a little drier. Light-medium in body with a zesty carbonation, but nowhere near that of a bottled weizen level. Refreshing and tasty.
Aug 08, 2016
3.85/5 rDev +0.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Queen City Brewery "Hefeweizen"
on tap at the brewery on 7 June 2016
Notes: Typical appearance: hazy golden body beneath a bright white head that holds fairly well and leaves spotty and splashy lace as it goes. The aroma is phenolic with plastic/clove, green banana, and lemon over a wheaty malt base. The flavor follows, as expected. Moderately bitter as expected, and subtly tart, leading to a perfect balance if you like your weizen a little drier. Light-medium in body with a zesty carbonation, but nowhere near that of a bottled weizen level. Refreshing and tasty.
Aug 08, 2016
More User Reviews:
crenegar from New Jersey
4.28/5 rDev +12%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
Really good hefe, nearly German quality.
Jul 17, 2016
4.28/5 rDev +12%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
Really good hefe, nearly German quality.
Jul 17, 2016
TheManiacalOne from Rhode Island
4.03/5 rDev +5.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
On-tap 3/17/2016 at Battleship Brewhouse in Fall River, MA, served in a US tumbler pint glass.
A: The beer is a deep yellow color, with a large white head that fades slowly and leaves a thick lace on the glass.
S: The aroma contains bananas, wheat, caramelized malts and a touch of hops.
T: The taste starts out sweet with flavors of bananas, caramel and citrus. Then a strong breadiness comes in from wheat and a hearty malt character. The hops presence is mild but complementary and brings a good balance. The after-taste is slightly bready and slightly sweet.
M: Crisp and very smooth, medium body, medium carbonation, finish is clean.
O: Tasty, goes down easily, not too filling, mild kick, good representation of style, this is a very solid beer to drink for a long time if you’re in the mood for the style.
Mar 17, 2017
4.03/5 rDev +5.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
On-tap 3/17/2016 at Battleship Brewhouse in Fall River, MA, served in a US tumbler pint glass.
A: The beer is a deep yellow color, with a large white head that fades slowly and leaves a thick lace on the glass.
S: The aroma contains bananas, wheat, caramelized malts and a touch of hops.
T: The taste starts out sweet with flavors of bananas, caramel and citrus. Then a strong breadiness comes in from wheat and a hearty malt character. The hops presence is mild but complementary and brings a good balance. The after-taste is slightly bready and slightly sweet.
M: Crisp and very smooth, medium body, medium carbonation, finish is clean.
O: Tasty, goes down easily, not too filling, mild kick, good representation of style, this is a very solid beer to drink for a long time if you’re in the mood for the style.
Mar 17, 2017
johnnnniee from New Hampshire
3.52/5 rDev -7.9%
look: 2.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Bottle from Acton
Mostly clear light golden color with a smallish white head that dissipates quickly. Spicy wheat and a hint of fruit and earth with a touch of clove on the nose. Sweet bready maltiness with hints of light stone fruit. Light banana and clove with bits of earthy spicy yeasty flavor. Medium body with a light level of carbonation. <BR> It's really clear, even with a swirl of the bottle to touch up my glass, it should be cloudy with yeast. The carbonation is really light in my bottle, and maybe a bit of carbonic bite would help add a bit of tart to cut through the somewhat sweet character of this beer. Its a clean well made beer, but needs a few tweaks to really stand out.
Jan 09, 2016
3.52/5 rDev -7.9%
look: 2.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Bottle from Acton
Mostly clear light golden color with a smallish white head that dissipates quickly. Spicy wheat and a hint of fruit and earth with a touch of clove on the nose. Sweet bready maltiness with hints of light stone fruit. Light banana and clove with bits of earthy spicy yeasty flavor. Medium body with a light level of carbonation. <BR> It's really clear, even with a swirl of the bottle to touch up my glass, it should be cloudy with yeast. The carbonation is really light in my bottle, and maybe a bit of carbonic bite would help add a bit of tart to cut through the somewhat sweet character of this beer. Its a clean well made beer, but needs a few tweaks to really stand out.
Jan 09, 2016
waiting4lunch from Massachusetts
4/5 rDev +4.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Aug 28, 2016
4/5 rDev +4.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Aug 28, 2016
TheEpeeist from Pennsylvania
4.03/5 rDev +5.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Sep 09, 2017
4.03/5 rDev +5.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Sep 09, 2017
bobv from Vermont
3.54/5 rDev -7.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
Jun 30, 2016
3.54/5 rDev -7.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
Jun 30, 2016
InspectorBob from New Jersey
3.68/5 rDev -3.7%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
Nov 13, 2015
3.68/5 rDev -3.7%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
Nov 13, 2015
BranfordBound from Connecticut
3.78/5 rDev -1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
Had at Queen City during a tour. Pours a classic hefeweizen color, golden and cloudy with a small head.
Smell is pretty much benchmark, lemon like twang from the wheat, hefeweizen spices. Flavor wise good dough note up front, semi sweet, hints of lemon, finishes with the clove spices.
Well made, benchmark. Nothing crazy and easy going.
Aug 10, 2016
3.78/5 rDev -1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
Had at Queen City during a tour. Pours a classic hefeweizen color, golden and cloudy with a small head.
Smell is pretty much benchmark, lemon like twang from the wheat, hefeweizen spices. Flavor wise good dough note up front, semi sweet, hints of lemon, finishes with the clove spices.
Well made, benchmark. Nothing crazy and easy going.
Aug 10, 2016
acurtis from New Jersey
3.27/5 rDev -14.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
Nov 06, 2017
3.27/5 rDev -14.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
Nov 06, 2017
agreenman19 from Connecticut
3.77/5 rDev -1.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
Aug 14, 2015
3.77/5 rDev -1.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
Aug 14, 2015
DBosco from Massachusetts
4/5 rDev +4.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Hazy orange with a small head. Smells of a a good hefeweizen, also taste. Feel is good and crisp hefeweizen. Overall a good hefeweizen.
Nov 27, 2016
4/5 rDev +4.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Hazy orange with a small head. Smells of a a good hefeweizen, also taste. Feel is good and crisp hefeweizen. Overall a good hefeweizen.
Nov 27, 2016
StonedTrippin from Colorado
3.67/5 rDev -3.9%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
a tasty but very generic hefeweizen. my first from this newer operation. i really like the way it looks, a little darker shade of golden than most, and not super cloudy, but very very heady, tall and lasting pure white. it smells and taste the part, banana notes from the yeast, fermented on the warmer side, a little bubblegum going on, but not too sweet. its very boldly flavored, almost entirely from the yeast, and is a little abrasive in that regard, not as smooth and easy drinking as the best examples of the style. lots of wheat means lots of body, creamy and big, a good platform for the fruity yeast flavor, but it does more for the feel than the taste, and there seems to be something lacking there in the middle. i do like the bolder beer, but in hot weather i think its a bit much, try me again on this in february and ill probably think its epic. id be curious to try some more of their other stuff.
Jul 25, 2015
3.67/5 rDev -3.9%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
a tasty but very generic hefeweizen. my first from this newer operation. i really like the way it looks, a little darker shade of golden than most, and not super cloudy, but very very heady, tall and lasting pure white. it smells and taste the part, banana notes from the yeast, fermented on the warmer side, a little bubblegum going on, but not too sweet. its very boldly flavored, almost entirely from the yeast, and is a little abrasive in that regard, not as smooth and easy drinking as the best examples of the style. lots of wheat means lots of body, creamy and big, a good platform for the fruity yeast flavor, but it does more for the feel than the taste, and there seems to be something lacking there in the middle. i do like the bolder beer, but in hot weather i think its a bit much, try me again on this in february and ill probably think its epic. id be curious to try some more of their other stuff.
Jul 25, 2015
DrewSnyc667 from Massachusetts
3.86/5 rDev +1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
Oct 06, 2018
3.86/5 rDev +1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
Oct 06, 2018
smb71481 from Vermont
3.87/5 rDev +1.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Aug 10, 2015
3.87/5 rDev +1.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Aug 10, 2015
Cooker_stp from New York
3.84/5 rDev +0.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Jul 20, 2016
3.84/5 rDev +0.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Jul 20, 2016
Gkruszewski from New York
3.75/5 rDev -1.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Apr 15, 2017
3.75/5 rDev -1.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Apr 15, 2017
BubbleBobble from New York
3.24/5 rDev -15.2%
look: 3 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
Feb 29, 2020
3.24/5 rDev -15.2%
look: 3 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
Feb 29, 2020
TimBeaulieu from Massachusetts
4.42/5 rDev +15.7%
look: 5 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Jun 20, 2015
4.42/5 rDev +15.7%
look: 5 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Jun 20, 2015
Dirk_Chappelle from New Hampshire
4/5 rDev +4.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Mar 06, 2019
4/5 rDev +4.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Mar 06, 2019
The_Craft_Deviant_Rob from New Jersey
4.06/5 rDev +6.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Sep 18, 2015
4.06/5 rDev +6.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Sep 18, 2015
Vt_beer_sampler from Vermont
3.49/5 rDev -8.6%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Dec 23, 2015
3.49/5 rDev -8.6%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Dec 23, 2015
orcrist_cleaver from New York
3.84/5 rDev +0.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
From a 22 oz bomber.
A: Goldenrod color. Head diminishes quickly but is a nice ivory white.
S: Primarily wheat with stronger pils and clove that leads to a spicier scent.
M: Creamy if a little heavy midway thru. Lightens up nicely at end.
T: Banana, bubblegum, clove. Pretty straightforward and a banner brew for the style. Trends toward the pithy, banana in flavor. Pretty good for an American hefe.
Jul 31, 2015
3.84/5 rDev +0.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
From a 22 oz bomber.
A: Goldenrod color. Head diminishes quickly but is a nice ivory white.
S: Primarily wheat with stronger pils and clove that leads to a spicier scent.
M: Creamy if a little heavy midway thru. Lightens up nicely at end.
T: Banana, bubblegum, clove. Pretty straightforward and a banner brew for the style. Trends toward the pithy, banana in flavor. Pretty good for an American hefe.
Jul 31, 2015
Nucleosynthesis from Massachusetts
3.62/5 rDev -5.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Jul 31, 2016
3.62/5 rDev -5.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Jul 31, 2016
costanzo_mike from Massachusetts
4.03/5 rDev +5.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
Sep 20, 2015
4.03/5 rDev +5.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
Sep 20, 2015
Queen City Hefeweizen from Queen City Brewery
Beer rating:
85 out of
100 with
49 ratings
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