Hefeweizen
Riggs Beer Company
- From:
- Riggs Beer Company
- Illinois, United States
- Style:
- Hefeweizen
Ranked #62 - ABV:
- 5.2%
- Score:
- 88
Ranked #17,751 - Avg:
- 3.97 | pDev: 9.57%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 9
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Apr 14, 2026
- Added:
- Jul 03, 2016
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 4
SCORE
88
Very Good
88
Very Good
This German style wheat beer is brewed with Riggs-Grown Wheat. It has a rich banana aroma, but finishes clean, slightly tart, and refreshing. Brewed by a German certified brewmaster who learned his craft in Bavaria, so you know you’re getting the real deal.
IBU: 11
Boil Hops: Mittelfrüh
Grain: Pale Wheat Malt (Riggs Farm), 2 Row Barley Malt, Carahell
IBU: 11
Boil Hops: Mittelfrüh
Grain: Pale Wheat Malt (Riggs Farm), 2 Row Barley Malt, Carahell
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Rated by stortore from Illinois
4.19/5 rDev +5.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
4.19/5 rDev +5.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
From 1/17/26.
Apr 14, 2026
Reviewed by Victory_Sabre1973 from Minnesota
4.23/5 rDev +6.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
4.23/5 rDev +6.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
From a 16oz can. Canned on January 15, 2025.
This beer has a nice murky golden color to it. When I hold it to the light I see a nice stream of carbonation bubbles rising in the glass. The head is 1 finger in size and white colored. The head is frothy looking and has good retention. There's some lacing on the glass as the head dissipates.
The aroma hit as I was pouring the beer. I was just getting a huge banana aroma. Up close I also get the cloves. I also have to wonder if they're using Belgian yeast, because I get a huge bubblegum aroma as well. Quite pleasing aromas.
Taste - I get a Belgian yeast bubblegum flavor up front. They must be using Belgian yeast in this beer. It is an interesting flavor for the style. The bubblegum flavor mellows out and the sweetness of the banana and cloves kick in. All the flavors work together.
The body is smooth and bubbly in nature. The feeling of the yeast does linger in my throat for a while.
This is a tasty take on the style, and I'm happy I got the chance to try it.
Mar 07, 2025This beer has a nice murky golden color to it. When I hold it to the light I see a nice stream of carbonation bubbles rising in the glass. The head is 1 finger in size and white colored. The head is frothy looking and has good retention. There's some lacing on the glass as the head dissipates.
The aroma hit as I was pouring the beer. I was just getting a huge banana aroma. Up close I also get the cloves. I also have to wonder if they're using Belgian yeast, because I get a huge bubblegum aroma as well. Quite pleasing aromas.
Taste - I get a Belgian yeast bubblegum flavor up front. They must be using Belgian yeast in this beer. It is an interesting flavor for the style. The bubblegum flavor mellows out and the sweetness of the banana and cloves kick in. All the flavors work together.
The body is smooth and bubbly in nature. The feeling of the yeast does linger in my throat for a while.
This is a tasty take on the style, and I'm happy I got the chance to try it.
Rated by 4DAloveofSTOUT from Illinois
4.5/5 rDev +13.4%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.5/5 rDev +13.4%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
This is Dovetail Hefe good. Quite impressive.
Nov 17, 2023
Reviewed by LesDewitt4beer from Minnesota
3.88/5 rDev -2.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
3.88/5 rDev -2.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
16 oz can canned 7/26/23 into a Becher glass.
L: Pours yeast hazed dark corn yellow with a thin white head that dies quickly, good fine carbo bubbles, almost no lacing.
S: Light banana bread, fruity, lightly grassy, a bit earthy.
T: Lightly fruity, banana, clove, sweet malts, lightly yeasty, bready finish.
F: Brisk medium bodied feel with a slightly robust middle and a medium- length gently dry finish.
O: A really nice tasting and feeling American Hefe beer with a very nice easy finish. Quite refreshing and is very good in its style.
Aug 15, 2023L: Pours yeast hazed dark corn yellow with a thin white head that dies quickly, good fine carbo bubbles, almost no lacing.
S: Light banana bread, fruity, lightly grassy, a bit earthy.
T: Lightly fruity, banana, clove, sweet malts, lightly yeasty, bready finish.
F: Brisk medium bodied feel with a slightly robust middle and a medium- length gently dry finish.
O: A really nice tasting and feeling American Hefe beer with a very nice easy finish. Quite refreshing and is very good in its style.
Reviewed by nasal from Illinois
3.16/5 rDev -20.4%
look: 3 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
3.16/5 rDev -20.4%
look: 3 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
The definition of a middle-of-the-road hefeweizen. It has a weird, lingering aftertaste that was still detectable a half-hour into my walk home. Not great, not terrible, not memorable.
Aug 12, 2023
Reviewed by zeff80 from Missouri
3.78/5 rDev -4.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
3.78/5 rDev -4.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
16oz can. Poured out a slightly cloudy, golden amber color with a small, off-white head of foam. It left sudsy trails of glass. It smelled of banana, clove, cracked wheat and some fruit. Sweet wheat taste with banana, clove and some spiciness.
Sep 27, 2022
Reviewed by lewdwig from Michigan
3.74/5 rDev -5.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.74/5 rDev -5.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Poured from a can bought from an IGA in central Illinois. Massive white head that persists. Hazy golden brown. Taste of banana esters, cloves but not intense; banana predominant in aftertaste. Light mouthfeel. A good warm-weather beer.
Apr 08, 2021
Reviewed by guckymeister from Ohio
3.8/5 rDev -4.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
3.8/5 rDev -4.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
Pours a very nice white foamy head.
Smells a lot like Weihenstephaner's hefe, but perhaps a bit less banana.
Once again comparing this Weihenstephaner, I have to say this has a slightly creamier texture and tastes very similar, although like the smell, is missing some of the heavy banana flavors.
I liked it! It certainly feels better than Weihenstephaner, but I don't think it tastes as good.
Jan 25, 2021Smells a lot like Weihenstephaner's hefe, but perhaps a bit less banana.
Once again comparing this Weihenstephaner, I have to say this has a slightly creamier texture and tastes very similar, although like the smell, is missing some of the heavy banana flavors.
I liked it! It certainly feels better than Weihenstephaner, but I don't think it tastes as good.
Reviewed by jlindros from Massachusetts
4.02/5 rDev +1.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4.02/5 rDev +1.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Thanks to falloutsnow, canned 8/17/20
Pours a med foamy pillowy head, med retention and gets rocky, lots of messy lacing, very hazy med orange color
Nose brings plenty of creamy wheat, doughy malt, light vanilla spice, some citrus, fair banana esters, little vanilla icing note as well
Taste brings doughy creamy wheat again, little cereal malt, bit more malt flavor than usual as it somehow comes through the wheat, touch of honey, and more vanilla spice, a bit of citrus, more creamy banana esters, touch of bitterness, some vanilla icing orange cake notes on the back end, mild sticky finish
Mouth is med bod, fair creamy, med fizzy carb
Overall not bad, decent hefe, not quite enough banana, and malt came through a little bit much over the wheat, but otherwise good
Sep 21, 2020Pours a med foamy pillowy head, med retention and gets rocky, lots of messy lacing, very hazy med orange color
Nose brings plenty of creamy wheat, doughy malt, light vanilla spice, some citrus, fair banana esters, little vanilla icing note as well
Taste brings doughy creamy wheat again, little cereal malt, bit more malt flavor than usual as it somehow comes through the wheat, touch of honey, and more vanilla spice, a bit of citrus, more creamy banana esters, touch of bitterness, some vanilla icing orange cake notes on the back end, mild sticky finish
Mouth is med bod, fair creamy, med fizzy carb
Overall not bad, decent hefe, not quite enough banana, and malt came through a little bit much over the wheat, but otherwise good
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