Plank Bavarian Hefeweizen
Brauerei Michael Plank

 

Look: Kind of a burnt orange. Definitely on the darker side for a weissbier. Reminds me of Schneider Tap 7 in that regard. Nice billowing sandy head.

Smell: Clove. A little lemon. Yeasty.

Taste: Clove and some of the expected banana phenols. A little lemon here, too.

Feel: Well-carbonated and very refreshing.

Overall: Very good.

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16 oz. can poured into weizen glass
(B.United/PR2017 printed on bottom of can)

L: bronze-orange almost showing highlights of amber topped with a thick head of beige foam; no major sticking or lacing; keeps a thin collar of offwhite foam with a light skin from plenty of activity in the glass; it's incidental, but I've got a thing for bronze-colored beers that push a bit darker past gold but don't show red/amber, and this beer is very close to that — gorgeous color

S: very spicy/herbal lemon and lemon peel up front, but a sweet banana bread note starts building and building as it warms; it settles into classic banana-clove notes with little bits of other fruit aromas showing at times ... melon, cantaloupe, mango

T: spicy clove, all-spice, lightly tart lemon peel, melon rind; as it warms, a bit of banana; not overly sweet, more crisply dry but also not too bitter or earthy

F: fluffy light up front then develops into a light midweight; in fact, it's very light but somehow not watery ... the definition of "quaffable"

O: pretty classic notes all around, nothing out of bounds or too much in either direction; it could be a bit sweeter to my tastes, but it's not so full of clove/all-spice that it's earthy or medicinal; still, it's on the more clovey side of the style, much less (if any) banana; my bet is my can isn't very fresh and it's suffering a bit from that ... I'd love to try some of this inside a month a canning

Very nice amber-colored Hefeweizen from Bavaria. Seems like it's a pretty small family-owned company that's been around since 1617. Found it at Berkeley Bowl in Berkeley, California, but seems like it might be harder to find. It has the classic flavor profile of a Hefeweizen with a kind of spiced / spicy edge. Not yellow and light like Ayinger, not orange and super fruity like like Weihenstephaner, but amber and well-balanced. Not quite as brown and full-bodied as Schneider Wiesse Tap 7. I've been looking for my favorite Bavarian Hefe and this one is definitely a top contender.

 

 

I had this on draft 7/25/23 @ the Hopleaft.

Mostly opaque orange appearance.

Nice bright white head; strong lacing remained.

Banana, caramel & faint clove notes in the nose.

Medium mouthfeel.

Banana & mild caramel flavors up front; mild clove & spring water notes on the finish.

A well made Hefe. I'd have another!

It says hefeweizen on the can.

The beer is almost brown, darker than expected. Has a good aroma and a great head retention actually.

Mouth feel is a little thin for my liking. Needs more viscosity. Taste is average.

Overall, below average on my book. I can't quite get over the thinness and color.

 

 

 

Can from John’s poured into stein. Darker, less head than standard hefeweizen. Almost like a weizenbock. Solid and enjoyable but not transcendent.

 

Poured from a 16.9 oz. can. Has a muddy river color with a 1/2 inch head. Smell is of bananas, wheat. Taste is the same as the aroma, spices, light bubblegum notes are present. Feels medium bodied in the mouth and overall is a decent beer.

Clove, wheat, a little sourness on the nose; banana shows on the palate, and even more so on the finish. The (only medium) acidity is a little higher than I would like it to be.

Poured from 16oz can into my BeerAdvocate teku.

Appearance: rich amber-orange hue with no haze and a thick finger of frothy ivory foam. I mean, the head is nice, but it's a bit darker and clearer than I think of the style as being.

Smell: light wheaty aroma with the classic slightly spicy-phenolic hefeweizen aroma. More on the clove side than banana, though.

Taste: nice, wheaty, malty flavor. Not super huge on the banana end of things, but just enough yeasty spiciness to be a good hefeweizen. Quite good.

Mouthfeel: medium body with a big carbonation and a good creaminess. I like it.

Overall: well, from the looks of it, I would hardly guess a hefeweizen. Could be that things settled in transport and this can got the clear end of the batch? Hard to say, but the flavors are there!