Erdinger Weissbier Alkoholfrei (Non-Alcoholic)
Erdinger Weissbräu

 

 

 

This is my first time for this classic NA brew. Comes in a heavy bottle—I feel a mediation on the ethics and environmental impact of shipping glass overseas coming my way. … but on to the beer!

Pours clear with thin foaming. Looks the part, clear and brite. That funky NA worty aroma is present, unfortunately, but it’s dialed down and tuned in. The sip follows, with a residual sweetness. Overall, not the best but definitely not the worst of the NA beers I’ve tried.

From the bottle, it pours a clear golden color with a marvelous white head that lasts! Scent is earthy, bready and a bit grassy - not overly pleasant. Taste is light and easy to drink.

Completely clear gol,gold, amber appearance.
Carbonation was definitely medium with the body close to the same.
Aroma wasn't overpowering but there was bread,toasted crust,herbal,earthy,floral, and something that came off almost like clay.
Taste not too far off from the aroma,had a tiny hop bite to it. Little bit of that earthy aftertaste.
Overall its always tough to review na beer but for the category it was very good.

Bought a single for $1.99. This is by no means great, but unlike a lot of other NA beers, this one actually tastes like beer. It was sweet with caramel and toffee and still had a little bitter bite.

Look :- Golden , a light haze , a large head and high carbonation. Good lacing.

Smell :- Not a huge smell on this , some malt,wheat and maybe a hint of treacle .

Taste :- Light herbal taste , light malt,wheat and sweetness . Nothing strong or in your face , just light flavours .

Mouth feel :- A bit watery , fizzy .

Overall:- Light and refreshing. Doesn't taste much like beer , more beer flavoured pop . A cold one on a hot day wouldn't be bad at all .

It's hazy as expected since it's a wheat bier and with a moderate taste/aroma of raw wort, plus slight sweetness like it has some non-fermentable sugars which masks the hops a bit. But it's a decent n/a beer relative to others in this style.

 

 

December 2004: 500 ml bottle. Looks like a very pale Hefe-Weissbier, and for some reason I hoped a N/A Weissbier would be much better than other N/A beers. I was disappointed. Sickly "boiled" smell and flavour of wort, overdone vegetables and wet cardboard, just like Clausthaler. None of the Hefe aroma and "freshness" I hoped for. Avoid.

 

Looks like a cloudy wheat beer, with the typical frothy head in the glass. Unusual taste. A bit like malty, strongly brewed black tea with honey. Satisfying mouthfeel and finish and all the better for not trying to be something it's not. A lovely drop in its own right.

 

A: Pours a clear medium yellow in color with slightly heavier than moderate amounts of active visible carbonation rising quickly from the bottom of the glass and moderate medium golden yellow + brassy + amber + pale orange colored highlights. The beer has a three finger tall pillowy sudsy foamy white head that slowly reduces to a large patch of medium thick 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: Slightly stronger than moderate aromas of bready + biscuit + wheat + cracker malts with a moderate amount of honey sweetness. Very light aromas of earthy + herbal + grassy hops. Light amounts of bubblegum + very faint clove from the yeast.

T: Upfront there are slightly stronger than moderate flavors of bready + biscuit + wheat + cracker malts with a moderate amount of honey sweetness. That is followed by very light flavors of bubblegum + clove from the yeast. Finally there is a very light flavor of earthy + herbal + grassy hops which impart a light amount of bitterness which fades away quickly leaving light lingering honey + wheat malts.

M: Light to medium bodied with moderate amounts of carbonation. Smooth with a hint of creaminess upfront and a hint of dryness in the finish.

O: Easy to drink with an interesting touch of creaminess to the mouthfeel. Enjoyable combination of malts especially with the honey adding some sweetness but could use just a hint more hop presence to balance it out.

 

 

Nice amber color with a decent cloudy head. Aroma of honey, flower, herbs, lemon. Taste is like tea with lemon and honey. Mouthfeel is light to slightly slick. Clean finish. On the maltier side. Actually quite enjoyable and would taste great mixed with a lemonade.

(330 ml bottle; best before 08-2021; purchased single off shelf... poured into a Belhaven pub pint)

L: polished-clear, amber liquid; foam fills half the glass (10 oz worth), off-white, fantastic pillowy, tight build... the foam retention is incredible, and it laces a little

S: very mellow intensity, dough, spicy-herbal grass... really a chore to snuff out some

T: rather clear malt expression, taking a few seconds to unravel through the long finish... maybe a bit of phenolic spice, and definitely a mellow residual sweetness, which builds as it goes... very little notable bitterness; aftertaste is predominantly a doughy bread flavor, with a subtle apple-like ester slowly emerging

F: lacks the creamy, round textures of a yeasty hefeweizen, though it leaves a very delicate residual viscosity... as with most NAs, the finish cuts away clean

O: as far as a wheat NA, this is ok, but arguably not as characterful as the Weihenstephaner (though better looking); can't say which one is better... overall, it's well made, not too sweet, not too bitter; would probably go well enough with food, though its nuances would likely be muted, even against a cracker (1748)