Bärchen
Banded Brewing Co.
- From:
- Banded Brewing Co.
- Maine, United States
- Style:
- Berliner Weisse
- ABV:
- 2.9%
- Score:
- 78
- Avg:
- 3.23 | pDev: 22.29%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 6
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Jun 09, 2016
- Added:
- Feb 03, 2015
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 3
SCORE
78
Okay
78
Okay
Berlinerweisse with Brettanomyces
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Reviewed by Boto from Connecticut
3.47/5 rDev +7.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
3.47/5 rDev +7.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
Draught @ Brewery: This one poured a cloudy, light golden yellow color. There was minimal head and lacing. It has a lighter nose. Mainly wheat and citrus. The taste is good. Tart lemon and wheat. Not bad.
May 20, 2016
Reviewed by trevorpost from Pennsylvania
3.24/5 rDev +0.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 2 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3
3.24/5 rDev +0.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 2 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3
Pours a pale golden with a thick white head. Beer is hazy and head rapidly disappears to nothing.
Smell is strange. There are familiar notes of lemon, grain and tartness, but with a hint of cheesiness and more strangely a fake berry smell reminiscent of aromatic organic chemicals. Like strange perfume that's gone a bit off and now resembles solvent
Taste is much more the usual, with lemon, light tartness and a bit of funk. A slight hint of that fake berry flavor though.
Feel is light and refreshing.
Sort of a mess, though mostly it seems to be a product of lacto gone wild . Needs work.
Aug 26, 2015Smell is strange. There are familiar notes of lemon, grain and tartness, but with a hint of cheesiness and more strangely a fake berry smell reminiscent of aromatic organic chemicals. Like strange perfume that's gone a bit off and now resembles solvent
Taste is much more the usual, with lemon, light tartness and a bit of funk. A slight hint of that fake berry flavor though.
Feel is light and refreshing.
Sort of a mess, though mostly it seems to be a product of lacto gone wild . Needs work.
Reviewed by lordofthewiens from New Mexico
3.65/5 rDev +13%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
3.65/5 rDev +13%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
A bright golden yellow color. Quickly receding white head.
Fruity aroma, not very tart.
Lemony taste, somewhat tart.
Definitely not as sour as I thought it should be.
Still a refreshing beer.
Aug 25, 2015Fruity aroma, not very tart.
Lemony taste, somewhat tart.
Definitely not as sour as I thought it should be.
Still a refreshing beer.
Reviewed by costanzo_mike from Massachusetts
3.68/5 rDev +13.9%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
3.68/5 rDev +13.9%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
Not very sour for a Berlinner Weiss. Golden color, good lacing. Pretty easy drinking for this style but not a lot going on. Some fruit notes. Low ABV and not bad overall for a summer beer
Jul 26, 2015
Reviewed by Neorebel from New Jersey
2.14/5 rDev -33.7%
look: 3 | smell: 2 | taste: 2 | feel: 2.25 | overall: 2.25
2.14/5 rDev -33.7%
look: 3 | smell: 2 | taste: 2 | feel: 2.25 | overall: 2.25
Not a big fan of this one- it had something of a Parmesan cheese aspect in the aroma and flavor- doesn't seem appropriate for the Berliner Weisse style. Hope they adjust it for the next batch...
Jun 07, 2015
Rated by mendvicdog from Maryland
3.99/5 rDev +23.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.99/5 rDev +23.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Great beer from a new up and coming brewery. Sampled at EBF.
Apr 09, 2015Reviewed by ikats from New York
4.07/5 rDev +26%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
4.07/5 rDev +26%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
I generally do not rate beers unless I had at least a pint and with relativity clean palate (a beer or two in at most). I guess the ratings are from the Extreme Beer Fest and I think they are doing the beer a bit of injustice. I've tasted it too and was very impressed by it. It was nicely sour and lemony - very reminiscent of a lemonade - the kind of sourness that is refreshing rather than overpowering. I got the feeling that I would enjoy drinking this beer all day long - all hot, summer day long. I feel I should disclose that I am a big fan of low-alcohol beers in general and Berliner Weisse style in particular.
Mar 22, 2015
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