Ethereal Leichte Weisse
Templin Family Brewing

2024-07-13
16oz can served in a curvy Monhegan pint glass. Don't see a date on the can. Got it from @Norsemanone in a trade.

Pours a moderately hazy pale amber, smallish head, not a lot of carbonation. Smell is cloves, wheat, a whiff of banana, lots of bread yeast.

Taste is similar, but with a moderate earthy/grassy bitterness. Grains and yeast outshine the clove and banana.

Mouthfeel is light, smooth, and contrary to the appearance, prickly with effervescence. Overall, very nice beer -- clearly a hef, but on the drier and grainier side, which I appreciate.

16oz can picked up from grocery store as part of a 'pick-six' for $9.99

Pours a almost solid opaque straw/sandy color with a very creamy off-white head.

Aroma is subtle but I can pick up vanilla, wheat and clove/spice

Incredibly smooth, perfectly balanced wheat and grainy/grassy flavors with a touch of sweetness and spice complexity

Gentle carbo bite but the body is nice and palpable.

Templin Family brewing really doesn't disappoint with their beers and this one is no exception.

Poured hay color with no translucence (not exactly a hazy) with a white fluffy head. There is just subtle aromas of lemon, banana, and spice. Flavor profile is likewise the same, subtle ester with banana and a faint of spice. Body is light, not overly carbonated. A very light Hefeweizen that pales in comparison to the bigger Hefes out there like Dancing Man. But light enough that you can have another.

 

The show starts quickly with this one - I pour the beer and lean back to take a note, and the aroma comes to me from across the table. It takes very little effort to get those fresh and polished smells of wheat, banana, clove and just a hint of vanilla. All that comes to the flavor too, with a bright, shining weisse. Rich flavors of wheat and grain with some white grape and bitter notes in the finish, and a crisp, carbonated mouthfeel. An excellent summertime beer.

in the same way that their granary keller showcased an incredible amount of pale barley flavor, this beer does the same thing with wheat. its a light hefeweizen type, and a really good one, perfect for the summer heat and just astoundingly flavorful for such a simple and classic beer, i am truly impressed with the quality of these beers so far! this is so fresh, the wheat has more life than it almost ever does, and instead of just providing earthy grounding and fluffy body and one of these, it actually co-captains the beer with the yeast, which has ripe banana, white pepper, white grape, raw dough, and clove notes all in the mix. the wheat is big in taste here, but remains splendidly dry in the mouthfeel, it seems like hefe this refined always comes from germany, which means its never this fresh, somehow here we have both the quality and the freshness in the same drink, its magic! its fuller feeling, with all the elements in play the whole time, not a one then the other situation, but a constant presence for each. great carbonation too. these guys are killing it, and this is one of the better domestic hefe types i have had in a really long time. maybe the best one in the region right now, not to be missed if you are a fan of the style!