Pfungstädter Weizen Radler
Pfungstädter Brauerei
- From:
- Pfungstädter Brauerei
- Germany
- Style:
- Fruit and Field Beer
- ABV:
- 2.7%
- Score:
- 79
- Avg:
- 3.11 | pDev: 20.58%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 5
- Status:
- Inactive
- Rated:
- May 06, 2019
- Added:
- Sep 16, 2005
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 1
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79
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79
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Reviewed by StonedTrippin from Colorado
3.5/5 rDev +12.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.5/5 rDev +12.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
my first beer from these guys, cool to see so much more german beer around boise than i ever saw in denver, i welcome this sort of thing, and the price always seems to be right! on a hot sunny day in a parking lot, this was pretty darn refreshing ice cold from the can. sure its sweet, sure the lemon element doesnt taste all that natural, and sure the beer underneath is basically inconsequential, this drinks like fizzy lemonade with the lightest bit of wheat beer behind it, i think in this context, its pretty perfect, especially with the real low abv, i appreciate that part the most. when it warms it tastes a little cheap and metallic, but that isnt unexpected, and we drink it quickly enough for it to stay refreshing rather than sweet, beery enough rather than soda-esque, and for the can to hold its high carbonation just fine. the lemon is strong in here, i wish it were a little more acidic and natural, but i like the base beer showing some wheat to balance, even if it doesnt readily identify itself as german in terms of malt and yeast. in the right setting, this is a delight. i wouldnt make a day of them, a but too much residual sugar for that, but a nice quencher in the hot afternoon sun between the cornhole boards!
May 06, 2019
Rated by WoodBrew from Ohio
3.12/5 rDev +0.3%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
3.12/5 rDev +0.3%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
I tried this at the Bavarian Lodge in Lisle, IL. It was too fruity.
Oct 07, 2017
Reviewed by dbrauneis from North Carolina
3.72/5 rDev +19.6%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
3.72/5 rDev +19.6%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
A: Pours a medium yellow in color with a hint of haziness, moderate amounts of active visible carbonation rising quickly from the bottom of the glass, and faint amounts of pale golden yellow colored highlights. The beer has a two figner tall dense creamy foamy white head that slowly reduces to a large patch of thin film covering the entire surface of the beer and a medium thick ring at the edges of the glass. Light to moderate amounts of lacing are observed.
S: Light aromas of wheat, cereal grain, and doughy malts with a light amount of grainy sweetness. There is also a just shy of moderate aroma of slightly sweet lemon soda (European lemonade which is closer to Sprite than lemonade).
T: Upfront there are light flavors of wheat, cereal grain, and doughy malts with a light amount of grainy sweetness. That is followed by slightly stronger than moderate flavors of European lemonade - slightly sweet, slightly artificial lemon with a light sugary presence towards the finish.
M: Light to medium bodied with slightly heavier than moderate amounts of carbonation. Crisp upfront.
O: Easy to drink at 2.7% ABV with a lightish mouthfeel and very refreshing - this one would be perfect for a hot day working in the yard. I could easily have a couple of these when I'm in the mood for a radler - a decent example of the style.
Sep 21, 2017S: Light aromas of wheat, cereal grain, and doughy malts with a light amount of grainy sweetness. There is also a just shy of moderate aroma of slightly sweet lemon soda (European lemonade which is closer to Sprite than lemonade).
T: Upfront there are light flavors of wheat, cereal grain, and doughy malts with a light amount of grainy sweetness. That is followed by slightly stronger than moderate flavors of European lemonade - slightly sweet, slightly artificial lemon with a light sugary presence towards the finish.
M: Light to medium bodied with slightly heavier than moderate amounts of carbonation. Crisp upfront.
O: Easy to drink at 2.7% ABV with a lightish mouthfeel and very refreshing - this one would be perfect for a hot day working in the yard. I could easily have a couple of these when I'm in the mood for a radler - a decent example of the style.
Rated by ThisWangsChung from Maryland
2.52/5 rDev -19%
look: 3.25 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.25 | overall: 2.5
2.52/5 rDev -19%
look: 3.25 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.25 | overall: 2.5
Now up to 2.7%!
2.52/5: Weird and ineffective, with a lack of balance and blistering carbonation
Sep 09, 20172.52/5: Weird and ineffective, with a lack of balance and blistering carbonation
Reviewed by biboergosum from Canada (AB)
3.32/5 rDev +6.8%
look: 4 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
3.32/5 rDev +6.8%
look: 4 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
500ml can, actually denoted as a 'Weizen Radler', but there's already another entry on here for this, and well, ya know...
This beer pours a clear, pale golden yellow colour, with three fingers of puffy, finely foamy, and mildly bubbly off-white head, which leaves some decent pitted limestone arch lace around the glass as things lazily recede.
It smells of semi-sweet, grainy and doughy wheat malt, Euro 'lemonade', a bit of edgy wheatiness, faint earthy spice, and very little else. The taste is bready and grainy pale malt, a weak cereal wheatiness, generic and muted sugary lemon notes, ephemeral yeast, weak clove and white pepper essences, and a sense of further generic citrus acridity.
The carbonation is quite tame in its barely-there frothiness, the body a decent medium weight, and actually pretty smooth, with a nice airy creaminess settling in right from the get-go. It finishes on the sweet side, but in the moderated European sense that you're not really aware of until you have partaken of American-made juices or soft drinks.
Overall, this is a pleasant enough version of the so-called style, with the lemon 'flavouring' making for a refreshing and capable wingman (is the Luftwaffe still a thing? Just watched the recent season of Archer, FWIW) to the underlying German wheat beer. Yeah, nothing more than that, but, on the other hand, it is that.
Jun 02, 2017This beer pours a clear, pale golden yellow colour, with three fingers of puffy, finely foamy, and mildly bubbly off-white head, which leaves some decent pitted limestone arch lace around the glass as things lazily recede.
It smells of semi-sweet, grainy and doughy wheat malt, Euro 'lemonade', a bit of edgy wheatiness, faint earthy spice, and very little else. The taste is bready and grainy pale malt, a weak cereal wheatiness, generic and muted sugary lemon notes, ephemeral yeast, weak clove and white pepper essences, and a sense of further generic citrus acridity.
The carbonation is quite tame in its barely-there frothiness, the body a decent medium weight, and actually pretty smooth, with a nice airy creaminess settling in right from the get-go. It finishes on the sweet side, but in the moderated European sense that you're not really aware of until you have partaken of American-made juices or soft drinks.
Overall, this is a pleasant enough version of the so-called style, with the lemon 'flavouring' making for a refreshing and capable wingman (is the Luftwaffe still a thing? Just watched the recent season of Archer, FWIW) to the underlying German wheat beer. Yeah, nothing more than that, but, on the other hand, it is that.
Reviewed by Bendurgin from Maine
1.9/5 rDev -38.9%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 1 | feel: 3 | overall: 1.5
1.9/5 rDev -38.9%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 1 | feel: 3 | overall: 1.5
Well, this one is in the retired section but I wonder if it should be. Or maybe mine is just old. Either way, my landlord brought this one from Germany for me a couple weeks ago. Poured into a pint glass. This one is clearly the lightest looking beer I have ever seen. A very pale almost light neon yellow with a big foamy white head. Not bad, but this is just a strange color.
Light grainy malts on the aroma with a little bit of a biter hop aroma and a little bit of sweet lemon to the aroma. Would be a lot better if there wasn't this sweetness here. Alright, this is just bad. Just like a lemon cough drop, nothing more and nothing less here.
The feel is light and and the carbonation is lively. Overall, this just taste bad and I'm not drinking it.
Sep 07, 2011Light grainy malts on the aroma with a little bit of a biter hop aroma and a little bit of sweet lemon to the aroma. Would be a lot better if there wasn't this sweetness here. Alright, this is just bad. Just like a lemon cough drop, nothing more and nothing less here.
The feel is light and and the carbonation is lively. Overall, this just taste bad and I'm not drinking it.
Reviewed by DaPeculierDane from Wisconsin
3.15/5 rDev +1.3%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 4
3.15/5 rDev +1.3%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 4
A freundin from Wolfskielen brought me this one the other day. I'm not sure if it's available in the States or not.
Pfungstaedter's Radler is Hessen's version of Bavaria's traditional bicyclist beer. I can see why. This is definitely more like lemonade than beer so it's fitting that Pfungstaedter calls it their "sportsman's beer."
The idea behind this beer is that Germans want to drink beer but can't get too schnockered when they're riding their bikes high in the Alps because they don't want to fall off. They also want something refreshing for those hot and humid Bavarian summer days.
Radlers are perfect for that. They're not high in alcohol, usually between 2.4 and 2.6% and they're half lemon-lime soda so you won't get too dehydrated either.
This Radler is particularly light. I have had others that were 50% Hefe-Weizen and 50% lemon-lime soda. These were a little bit more interesting to me. Pfungstaedters is a combination of 50% low-carb lemonade and 50% beer (I think just a generic macro pilsner or light beer).
At any rate this one goes down particularly easy. It smells of sweet lemons, it tastes sweet with a slightly sour finish.
If you like, or at least can handle a little sweetness in your beer than this is extremely drinkable. If you cant tolerate sugary, fruit beers than you will probably find this one totally undrinkable.
On a hot summer day at the lake, my palate say bring on acase. Any other time or place and I might not even finish one bottle.
Sep 16, 2005Pfungstaedter's Radler is Hessen's version of Bavaria's traditional bicyclist beer. I can see why. This is definitely more like lemonade than beer so it's fitting that Pfungstaedter calls it their "sportsman's beer."
The idea behind this beer is that Germans want to drink beer but can't get too schnockered when they're riding their bikes high in the Alps because they don't want to fall off. They also want something refreshing for those hot and humid Bavarian summer days.
Radlers are perfect for that. They're not high in alcohol, usually between 2.4 and 2.6% and they're half lemon-lime soda so you won't get too dehydrated either.
This Radler is particularly light. I have had others that were 50% Hefe-Weizen and 50% lemon-lime soda. These were a little bit more interesting to me. Pfungstaedters is a combination of 50% low-carb lemonade and 50% beer (I think just a generic macro pilsner or light beer).
At any rate this one goes down particularly easy. It smells of sweet lemons, it tastes sweet with a slightly sour finish.
If you like, or at least can handle a little sweetness in your beer than this is extremely drinkable. If you cant tolerate sugary, fruit beers than you will probably find this one totally undrinkable.
On a hot summer day at the lake, my palate say bring on acase. Any other time or place and I might not even finish one bottle.
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