DreamWeaver Wheat
Tröegs Brewing Company

On tap at the Troegs brewery.
Pours a bit opaque, light straw color.
Nicely hoped, lightly malty.
Crisp and refreshing.

Review: 2211
Name: Dream Weaver Wheat
Brewery: Troegs
Location: Hershey, PA
Style: Hefeweizen
A.B.V.: 4.8%
Canned: B.B. 10/24/2024
Date: 27 Sept 2024
Seeing the low score given to this beer made me wonder if it needs to be stylistically correct. I have consumed several beers from Troegs, and generally, the brewers do a stellar job at brewing from what I have consumed. I am serving the beer in a Weizen glass at 44 degrees. The pour created a lovely three-fingered, bright white, foamy, airy head with above-average. The somewhat slow dissipation left some lacing on the head. I am examining the beer's color and charting it at S.R.M. 2, pale golden with straw yellow hues. I hoped the beer would be more cloudy, thus representing the Hefeweizen style better. Overall, the average appearance would have liked better head retention and more cloudiness.
Nosing the glass, I smell cloves, bananas, wheat, lightly toasted cereal grains, and bready with some malty sweetness. Whiffing the glass again, I notice a faint aroma of bubblegum. The aromas are typical for this style.
The flavor starts with bread, cloves, banana, and bubble gum. As the flavor develops, I get some malty sweetness, toasted cereal grains, and light bubble gum. I notice a subtle floral blossom and orange in the background.
The body is medium and has medium carbonation. The mouthfeel is creamy and finishing smooth.
It is not entirely on par with a traditional German hefe, but it is relatively close. The beer has many yeast phenol flavors and a solid malty/wheat body. I am not sure why the low scores; this is one of the better American Hefe I have consumed. I would not mind more of these in my fridge.

Hazy, golden color. Nice white head, but not big enough for weizen. Classic aroma of clove, banana, spices ... Yeast, banana, and malt in taste. Decent brew.

 

 

 

 

8/25/23 On tap at brewery in Hershey.

Despite low rating on this site, I find Troeg's offering to be very good for this style. Plenty of spices, clove and flavor. Aromas are very prominent as well. Nice all aroma depth of flavor!

2023-07-28
12oz can served in a tulip. Can is dated "Freshest by 08/04/2023." @jonphisher sent it to me out of the kindness of his heart.

Pours a hazy yellow with a brassy tinge, medium head or a bit bigger that fades int o a dense, creamy, half-centimeter cap. Smell is fairly mild, sweet bananas and yeast, some spicy clove.

Taste is right in the same vein. Sweet and fruity with a hint of spice, and a pleasant bready yeastiness.

Mouthfeel is light and surprisingly dry. Overall, nice beer.

Bought as a 6 pack of cans. Poured into a German wheat glass.

L- Slightly hazy deep golden color.

S- Peppery wheat aroma with a hint of
banana bubble gum.

T- Crisp and dry. Pepper and clove with
a slight banana flavor.

F- Smooth and dry. Moderate carbonation

O- A splendid easy drinking summer
sipper!

Light gold in color, cloudy but see through, beautiful puffy mountain of perfectly white head rises and rises upon pouring; as it settle it creates mountains and valleys; eventually landing as a thin microfilm layer, no lacing.

A very balanced yet also very aromatic nose; there is ripe banana, some yeast pops up upon each swirl, clove spice present but more in a supporting role; there is a refreshingness to the nose of this beer.

Taste presents much of the same banana bread like at first, then with clove lingering lightly in the aftertaste; starts to verge into classic bubblegum flavor.

Soft mouthfeel and light body, possibly a tad thin, nicely carbonated, with a refreshing bite on the finish; little no zero bitterness is found for me; very refreshing and easy to drink.

This is one incredibly refreshing and drinkable hefeweizen, I'm very glad I bought some to revisit. Highly recommend.

 

 

 

 

One of my favs!

 

 

My wife found this as a single bottle at the local beer store and I was really looking forward to tasting this one. Unfortunately, after chilling it down and then pouring it out, I realized it wasn't the freshest and I could not find a date code on the bottle anywhere. Hopefully, we'll be able to find a fresh version in the future.