Erdinger Oktoberfest Weissbier | Erdinger Weissbräu
Brewed by:
Erdinger Weissbräu
Germany
erdinger.de
Style: Hefeweizen
Alcohol by volume (ABV): 5.70%
Availability: Fall
Notes / Commercial Description:
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Added by bierman2000 on 07-17-2003
Ratings: 604 | Reviews: 298
3.51/5 rDev -2.5%
look: 2.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
16oz draft poured into a pint glass has a light straw colored body(?) and floats an aggressive 1.5in whitish head. No lacing. Okay, it's old, but light straw? Not even gold.
Aromas include malt....and a slight banana and a lagering...
Flavor is malty and the carbonation ads a little bite.
Overall is it old, I know, but I expected some color and some more flavor.
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look: 2.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
16oz draft poured into a pint glass has a light straw colored body(?) and floats an aggressive 1.5in whitish head. No lacing. Okay, it's old, but light straw? Not even gold.
Aromas include malt....and a slight banana and a lagering...
Flavor is malty and the carbonation ads a little bite.
Overall is it old, I know, but I expected some color and some more flavor.
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2.85/5 rDev -20.8%
look: 4 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 2.75
look: 4 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 2.75
3.43/5 rDev -4.7%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
3.5/5 rDev -2.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
4.81/5 rDev +33.6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
3.25/5 rDev -9.7%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
3.68/5 rDev +2.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.75/5 rDev +4.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.66/5 rDev +1.7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
.33L bottle listing 5.7% ABV; served in a lager glass.
Pours hazy amber with a towering, frothy white head that has excellent retention.
Flavor: some typical German weissbier character (banana[ spice; wheat) with more balance and subtlety than usual.
Feel: near light bodied with soft medium-high carbonation.
Overall: excellent hefeweizen (NOT a marzen despite the "Oktoberfest" label).
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look: 4.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
.33L bottle listing 5.7% ABV; served in a lager glass.
Pours hazy amber with a towering, frothy white head that has excellent retention.
Flavor: some typical German weissbier character (banana[ spice; wheat) with more balance and subtlety than usual.
Feel: near light bodied with soft medium-high carbonation.
Overall: excellent hefeweizen (NOT a marzen despite the "Oktoberfest" label).
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4.56/5 rDev +26.7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
3.79/5 rDev +5.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
I don't get the wheatiness. It is outside the style's tradition. But it is just different, not wrong. An enjoyable O-fest that I will have next year.
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look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
I don't get the wheatiness. It is outside the style's tradition. But it is just different, not wrong. An enjoyable O-fest that I will have next year.
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3.75/5 rDev +4.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.89/5 rDev +8.1%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
3.75/5 rDev +4.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.75/5 rDev +4.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.29/5 rDev -8.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.25
My wife and I had a big night out recently in Chicago and decided to hit up the Bohemian House restaurant. This is one of the beers that they had on tap that night and my wife decided to order this one. Luckily, she let me review it. This beer features a white, frothy head that is slightly creamy and dissipates slowly to a thin lacing that is retained. The beer itself is a light, orangish amber color and light carbonation is easily visible. Surprisingly, this Marzen is cloudy. 3.5/5 The aroma is a bit odd for an Oktoberfest with notes of peaches, wheat, oranges, tangerine, and white grapes (think Welch's) coming out. There is a very light caramel and a light breadiness but overall the aroma is very fruity. 3.25/5 The flavor profile starts out with a light caramel along with a lemony citrus note, which is quite interesting. A tiny bit of fresh white bread comes out but then a sugary sweet tangerine, almost clementine, note comes out fairly strongly. There is very little in the way of a hop profile that comes through but there is a pervasive wheat note to the entire flavor profile. 3.25/5 A light body defines this beer with a light drying, albeit no lingering dryness, helping to keep this one from becoming sticky sweet. There is a light carbonation tickle that disappears quickly before the beer truly wets and coats every inch of the tongue. 3.5/5 This is quite an interesting Oktoberfest and not the typical Marzen that I am used to drinking. It has a much lighter body than I am used to and the fruity notes just don't seem to fit right to me. However, this is a very easy drinking beer and is quite enjoyable. 3.25/5
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look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.25
My wife and I had a big night out recently in Chicago and decided to hit up the Bohemian House restaurant. This is one of the beers that they had on tap that night and my wife decided to order this one. Luckily, she let me review it. This beer features a white, frothy head that is slightly creamy and dissipates slowly to a thin lacing that is retained. The beer itself is a light, orangish amber color and light carbonation is easily visible. Surprisingly, this Marzen is cloudy. 3.5/5 The aroma is a bit odd for an Oktoberfest with notes of peaches, wheat, oranges, tangerine, and white grapes (think Welch's) coming out. There is a very light caramel and a light breadiness but overall the aroma is very fruity. 3.25/5 The flavor profile starts out with a light caramel along with a lemony citrus note, which is quite interesting. A tiny bit of fresh white bread comes out but then a sugary sweet tangerine, almost clementine, note comes out fairly strongly. There is very little in the way of a hop profile that comes through but there is a pervasive wheat note to the entire flavor profile. 3.25/5 A light body defines this beer with a light drying, albeit no lingering dryness, helping to keep this one from becoming sticky sweet. There is a light carbonation tickle that disappears quickly before the beer truly wets and coats every inch of the tongue. 3.5/5 This is quite an interesting Oktoberfest and not the typical Marzen that I am used to drinking. It has a much lighter body than I am used to and the fruity notes just don't seem to fit right to me. However, this is a very easy drinking beer and is quite enjoyable. 3.25/5
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4/5 rDev +11.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
On tap at Swan Market in Rochester, NY.
Is this a Oktoberfest, or a Weissbier? My admittedly brief research leads me to believe that this is a stronger version of their Weissbier, made for Oktoberfest.
This pours a hazy golden yellow/orange, with a small foamy head, and a bit of lacing.
Smells like wheat, clove, a bit of caramel, and toffee.
This does taste like a stronger weissbier, rather than an actual Oktoberfest beer. There's lots of wheat, clove, and maybe a bit of sugar-coated banana, with some toffee, caramel, and breadiness.
This is medium bodied, very crisp, with a good level of carbonation.
This paired incredibly well with a sausage platter at Swan's Market- it certainly helped my enjoyment of the beer.
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look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
On tap at Swan Market in Rochester, NY.
Is this a Oktoberfest, or a Weissbier? My admittedly brief research leads me to believe that this is a stronger version of their Weissbier, made for Oktoberfest.
This pours a hazy golden yellow/orange, with a small foamy head, and a bit of lacing.
Smells like wheat, clove, a bit of caramel, and toffee.
This does taste like a stronger weissbier, rather than an actual Oktoberfest beer. There's lots of wheat, clove, and maybe a bit of sugar-coated banana, with some toffee, caramel, and breadiness.
This is medium bodied, very crisp, with a good level of carbonation.
This paired incredibly well with a sausage platter at Swan's Market- it certainly helped my enjoyment of the beer.
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Erdinger Oktoberfest Weissbier from Erdinger Weissbräu
3.6
out of 5
based on 604 ratings.
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
11.2oz bottle bb May 2018 poured into a .5L krug at fridge temp 5.7% ABV. The beer pours wheat beer hazy and golden yellow in color. The head is off white and persistent. The head eventually settles to a ring with minimal lacing. The aroma has some wheat sweetness and a little yeast character, maybe some bubble gum, no banana. Taste is a little sweet at first, trailing into some wheat malt taste. There's not a hint of toasted malt, at all. Mouthfeel is medium bodied, well carbonated, and medium dry. There is no real bitterness only enough to keep the sweetness of the wheat in check. Overall, good, but not an Oktoberfest of any description. I'm not 100% sure I could pick this out blind against their regular Hefe, which has a subdued yeast character anyway. If you enjoy Hefeweizen and not Marzen, buy a 6 pack and fill your mug.
Note: rated to Hefeweizen style
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