Das Spritzhaus
Abe Erb Brewing Co.
- From:
- Abe Erb Brewing Co.
- Ontario, Canada
- Style:
- Hefeweizen
- ABV:
- 4.7%
- Score:
- +2 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.33 | pDev: 8.71%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 4
- Status:
- Inactive
- Rated:
- Feb 18, 2018
- Added:
- May 19, 2015
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 2
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Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by TerryW from Canada (ON)
3/5 rDev -9.9%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
3/5 rDev -9.9%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
Nope. Too offish to work for me. Not much of a head/lace, an odd colour, subdued aroma and taste. I enjoy hefes and this one just doesn't work. Too many weaknesses, no particular strengths. Forgettable.
Dec 19, 2017
Reviewed by taxandbeerguy from Canada (ON)
3.52/5 rDev +5.7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
3.52/5 rDev +5.7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
473 ml can served fairly cold into a Chalice (Uggghh... really need to do dishes). An LCBO purchase for around $3 CDN.
Appearance - Hazy dark copper in color with a small half finger of head that doesn't linger. Expected more here if if the glass doesn't quite fit.
Smell - Wheat, with a faint banana aroma and some sweetness. Not a terribly aromatic beer.
Taste - Some wheat, faint clove, banana comes through at the end but very little initially. There is a bubblegum characteristic as well as a sweet corn flavor in there that I find with blonde ales. A milky quality there too, reminding me of the milk left overs after being poured over a sweetened cereal. I'm not really sure how feel about this as one sip it absolutely works for me and the next it doesn't.
Mouthfeel - Medium bodied, well carbonated, with a little more saccharine sweetness and stickiness that many a hefe.
Overall - Not a bad brew with a couple of nuanced differences, but not as clean and refreshing as the German giants in this style.
Nov 29, 2017Appearance - Hazy dark copper in color with a small half finger of head that doesn't linger. Expected more here if if the glass doesn't quite fit.
Smell - Wheat, with a faint banana aroma and some sweetness. Not a terribly aromatic beer.
Taste - Some wheat, faint clove, banana comes through at the end but very little initially. There is a bubblegum characteristic as well as a sweet corn flavor in there that I find with blonde ales. A milky quality there too, reminding me of the milk left overs after being poured over a sweetened cereal. I'm not really sure how feel about this as one sip it absolutely works for me and the next it doesn't.
Mouthfeel - Medium bodied, well carbonated, with a little more saccharine sweetness and stickiness that many a hefe.
Overall - Not a bad brew with a couple of nuanced differences, but not as clean and refreshing as the German giants in this style.
Reviewed by thehyperduck from Canada (ON)
3.43/5 rDev +3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.25
3.43/5 rDev +3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.25
Tallboy can from the LCBO; no packaging date as far as I can tell. Served well chilled.
Pours a hazy, effervescent golden-yellow, with two fingers of soapy, foamy white head placed neatly atop. It recedes steadily over the next 5 minutes or so, leaving behind a modest cap and a wide, frothy collar; a splendid coating of sticky lace is deposited simultaneously. Looks good to me. The aroma is yeasty, with bready wheat sweetness coming through quite clearly alongside a few minor hints of green banana, clove spice, apple and some orange peel-like acidity.
The flavour profile is along the same lines, with grainy pale malts and bready wheat sweetness figuring in strongly. Mildly fruity, with hints of apple flesh and white grape leading into a banana flavour by mid-sip. It becomes quite spicy and yeasty on the back end, with unsubtle clove spice merging together with orange citrus and a slight phenol/bandage adhesive note. Spicy, yeasty aftertaste that persists for a few seconds after each sip. Rather light in body, with aggressive, in-your-face carbonation that relentlessly prickles the palate and froths up in the mouth. Refreshing enough, but also a bit on the bloaty side.
Final Grade: 3.43, a B-. Abe Erb's Das Spritzhaus Hefeweizen is a decent stab at a German-style weissbier - but in a market where top quality imports of this stripe are fairly easy to come by, I'm not sure this one manages to cut the mustard. At the very least, it's a legitimate hefe (as compared to the blander 'North American pale wheat ale' style), but I still feel that it lacks the finesse, cohesive flavour profile, and (especially) the mouthfeel that I'd expect of the best hefeweizens (e.g. Weihenstephaner, Ayinger, etc.). Give it a try if you're curious, but don't expect too much.
Oct 22, 2017Pours a hazy, effervescent golden-yellow, with two fingers of soapy, foamy white head placed neatly atop. It recedes steadily over the next 5 minutes or so, leaving behind a modest cap and a wide, frothy collar; a splendid coating of sticky lace is deposited simultaneously. Looks good to me. The aroma is yeasty, with bready wheat sweetness coming through quite clearly alongside a few minor hints of green banana, clove spice, apple and some orange peel-like acidity.
The flavour profile is along the same lines, with grainy pale malts and bready wheat sweetness figuring in strongly. Mildly fruity, with hints of apple flesh and white grape leading into a banana flavour by mid-sip. It becomes quite spicy and yeasty on the back end, with unsubtle clove spice merging together with orange citrus and a slight phenol/bandage adhesive note. Spicy, yeasty aftertaste that persists for a few seconds after each sip. Rather light in body, with aggressive, in-your-face carbonation that relentlessly prickles the palate and froths up in the mouth. Refreshing enough, but also a bit on the bloaty side.
Final Grade: 3.43, a B-. Abe Erb's Das Spritzhaus Hefeweizen is a decent stab at a German-style weissbier - but in a market where top quality imports of this stripe are fairly easy to come by, I'm not sure this one manages to cut the mustard. At the very least, it's a legitimate hefe (as compared to the blander 'North American pale wheat ale' style), but I still feel that it lacks the finesse, cohesive flavour profile, and (especially) the mouthfeel that I'd expect of the best hefeweizens (e.g. Weihenstephaner, Ayinger, etc.). Give it a try if you're curious, but don't expect too much.
Reviewed by Pmicdee from Canada (ON)
3.19/5 rDev -4.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.25
3.19/5 rDev -4.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.25
Pours a bit darker than your usual Hefeweizen. The smell / taste is more like a sour than a hefe. Could be an old can. No notes of cloves, or bubblegum or bananas, just a sour
October 13 2020
Jul 18, 2017October 13 2020
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