Tap X: Mein Nelson Sauvin (2017)
Schneider Weisse G. Schneider & Sohn

Tap X: Mein Nelson Sauvin (2017)Tap X: Mein Nelson Sauvin (2017)
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From:
Schneider Weisse G. Schneider & Sohn
 
Germany
Style:
Weizenbock
ABV:
7.3%
Score:
92
Avg:
4.11 | pDev: 9.49%
Reviews:
124
Ratings:
309
Status:
Retired
Rated:
Jan 18, 2022
Added:
Oct 28, 2011
Wants:
  48
Gots:
  27
Brewed with the rare Nelson Sauvin hop from New Zealand this bottle-fermented wheat beer resembles an expressive Sauvignon Blanc. An exotic flowery bouqet followed by a malty body, slightly tart fruitiness and a light, dry finish. A fascinating combination of freshness, fruitiness and elegance!

Hops: Tradition and Nelson Sauvin.

30 IBU
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Rated: 4.31 by misteil from Ireland

Jan 18, 2022
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Reviewed by Sigmund from Norway

3.8/5  rDev -7.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
Shared bottle at local tasting. ABV 7.3%. Cloudy orange colour, moderate white head. Moderate aroma, notes of cloves and crushed gooseberries. Spicy flavour, very strong notes of cloves, also notes of Nelson Sauvin hops, but not dominant. Unusual, interesting, and pleasant to drink.
Jun 02, 2021
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Reviewed by mishi_d from Romania

4.3/5  rDev +4.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Hazy golden color with white head, aroma of bananas, wheat, oak and caramel, taste of bananas, oak, caramel and vine, medium body, average carbonation.
Dec 20, 2019
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Reviewed by ChrisCage from Canada (AB)

4.81/5  rDev +17%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.75
A- As always, this has a great masculine looking bottle...solid thick neck and top! As for the liquid, well, it pours a golden amber color, that is semi clear....perhaps slightly chill hazed. The head is just off white in color itself, very dense and meringue like, and the retention factor is quite amazing! The lacing is just as well, with an even coat of patchy dense foam clinging to the inside of the glass, which itself covers the many columns of rather aggressive carbonation rising to the underbelly of the head. Great looking stuff!

S- Nice brown sugar malts right off the bat, with balancing hop presence rounding everything out. Slight citrus rind, vanilla robustness, grassy grain, honeyed clove spice, wine grape, yeasty bread/biscuit, wheat grain.....just a medley of different smells rising into the nasal cavity!

T- Wow! Simply put, this is an example of what a proper Wheat Ale should taste like! Awesome caramel malts, banana esters, blended with mild citrus flesh and rind provide the backbone of this one. Slightly tart wheat malt dryness, hints of clove spice, fresh orchard apple nuances....perhaps even some pear fruit! The hop presence is what I would call a clean semi sweet leafy character....I just cant explain well enough how nice this tastes!

M/O- Champagne like carbonation......a huge amount of wee tiny bubbles that explode on the palate, releasing the various flavors! Highly drinkable, this would be an excellent session-able wheat Ale that pairs well with extra old cheddar, and retains enough sweetness/cleanliness to counter a wide variety of foods. This has to be one of Shneider-Weisses' best outputs to date! Wonderful!!!!
Sep 01, 2019
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Reviewed by TheBierdimpfe from Canada (QC)

3.94/5  rDev -4.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
Medium: Capped 2017 edition, teku glass.
Opacity: Clear with a slight veil and low activity.
Color: Dark golden going for amber.
Head: Slightly creamy beige 1 finger.
Legs: Average with okay swirl reaction.
Smell: Grapes/Caramel/Wheat.
Taste: Apples/Apricot/Brown sugar/Banana yeast/Coriander.
Feel: Estery/Bready/Resinous/Spicy.
Body: Medium slick and smooth, gets a bit oily as it warms.
Carbonation: Light prickly, moderate crisp.
Overall: A bit on the sugary side, but with a low syrup profile while slightly more sour and sharper than usual for the style. Decent warming sensation. Feels like a cross bock and IPA. High quality craft.

Visual 6/10 - Flavors 8/10 - Sensations 8/10 - Balance 8/10 -
Freshness 6/10 - Intensity 7/10 - Complexity 8/10 - Appreciation 8/10
May 10, 2019
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Reviewed by Snowcrash000 from Germany

3.9/5  rDev -5.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
Pours a clear, light golden amber coloration with a huge, foamy head and slightly visible carbonation. Smell is quite hoppy for a Weizenbock, with little malt character showing through except for some light doughy, caramel malt, but being dominated by the Nelson Sauvin, with distinct notes of white grape and gooseberry, as well as lighter estery spice notes. Taste follows the nose, being a lot less malt-forward than you might expect of a Weizenbock, but with light doughy, very slightly caramelly malt and a distinct dry and hoppy white wine character with notes of white grape, gooseberry and just a hint of peach, straw and estery fruit/spice: apple skin, clove. Finishes quite dry, with a light bitterness and some white grape/gooseberry notes lingering in the aftertaste. Smooth mouthfeel with a medium body and medium/strong carbonation.

This really has more in common with a Belgian Pale Ale than a Weizenbock in every way, be it looks, aromatics or taste, but is still quite an enjoyable brew in its own way, especially if you like Nelson Sauvin hops, which really shine through here with those typical dry, white grape/gooseberry notes. There's also some lighter estery fruit and spice notes of apple skin and clove to this though, which complement the Nelson Sauvin hops well and add a little depth. All in all, quite an interesting, enjoyable brew, although not what you might expect from it. This actually reminds me a lot of Tap 5 Hopfenweisse and is basically the same thing, just brewed with Nelson Sauvin. As such, I think that this is much better fresh and does not age as well as other Weizenbocks. While the Nelson Sauvin was still distinct in this, it wasn't nearly as vibrant as the hops in a fresh Hopfenweisse.
Apr 01, 2019
 
Rated: 4 by shelby415 from Oregon

Aug 04, 2018
 
Rated: 4.25 by paulish from New York

Jul 03, 2018
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Reviewed by csmrx7 from Canada (AB)

3.96/5  rDev -3.6%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
Solid wit with great Nelson hop and that signature green grapes. The sweetness of the wit is the perfect combination. Would love to try this fresh where the Nelson would really shine.
Jun 11, 2018
 
Rated: 4.25 by Keith_R from Georgia

May 02, 2018
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Reviewed by jonb5 from England

3.78/5  rDev -8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
375ml bottle, poured into Kasteel Chalice.

A: Bronze, slightly hazy, medium sized head which faded fairly quickly but left some lacing.

S: Had a hint of gooseberry, but it was nowhere near as pronounced as a Sauvingion Blanc wine, quite phenolic, like a Belgian Pale Ale.

T: Sweet, wheaty and phenolic. The gooseberry was present, but suppressed, hid the booze pretty well.

M: Light body, crisp texture.

O: This was very much like a Belgian style pale ale, didn't really have much in common with a normal wheat/weizen beer.
Apr 17, 2018
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Reviewed by Strix from Wisconsin

3.4/5  rDev -17.3%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
Good initial head, drops off to nothing

Apple/pear thing going on, but with a buttery diacetyl thing also

Kind of a weird mix of hefeweizen notes with apple/pear cider/white wine consistency to it. Little bit of grassy/buttery off-note. Lacking any real hop note.

Seriously, the consistency of this along with the flavor could pass for a white wine.

I have no idea what this was like in 2011, it's presumably a bit past its prime?
Mar 04, 2018
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Reviewed by drmeto from Germany

4.14/5  rDev +0.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 4.25
new review June 27 2018

L: /
S:
-grapes,grassy,soapy,oranges,slight mango,gooseberry,wheaty,honey
T:
-Follows the nose

O:
The first bottle i tried hadn't had much of a hop character, this bottle kept much better.
This felt like a different take on the Tap 5.


old review Jan 11 2018
L:
-pours a hazy golden with a medium,fluffy white head
-medium carbonation visible
S:
-herbal,honey,clove,white bread
T:
-honey,grainy,herbs,grassy,grape skin,white bread,biscuity
F:
-medium carbonation
-light to medium body
-alcohol noticeable
O:
The Nelson Hops aren't THAT noticeable.I expected a bit more, but it is a good, herbal & floral Weizenbock.
Jan 11, 2018
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Reviewed by Beersnake from California

4.1/5  rDev -0.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Poured from fridge temp. Pours a nice deep orange with a huge amount of light head. Aroma is heavy on the citrus. Lemon and orange notes explode from the glass. Picking up some pine, vanilla, and some caramel candy. Taste follows the nose. A bit sweet initially, but with some really nice fruit and slight bitterness immediately after. Overall, I would call this more sweet than bitter. I get a decent amount of orange creamsicle. Mouthfeel is a bit dry and creamy. Really smooth and nice. Definitely recommended.
Nov 19, 2017
 
Rated: 4.85 by yaron73 from Israel

Oct 03, 2017
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Reviewed by josanguapo from Spain

4.27/5  rDev +3.9%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.5
From Cervezasespeciales. In Bavaria hefe glass. Playing Bad End. The usual notes of a hefe combine well with the fresh hoppy notes of the nelson hops, providing grape reminiscences
Oct 02, 2017
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Reviewed by ccrida from Oregon

2.45/5  rDev -40.4%
look: 3.25 | smell: 2 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 2.25
On draught at the Delirium in Amsterdam, appearance is a dull gold with small off-white head leaving tight, foamy lace.

Smell is very heavy diacetyl, the first wifts being quite off-putting. After some air and olfactory adjustment, some green apple, continues to improve as it breaths, but from such a low base...

Tasty is a bit more aligned with my expectations, the classic hefe banana esters really dominating. A little more of that green apple and Riesling thing, a save compared to the nose, but too exaggerated, cloying.

Mouthfeel is off-dry, medium-light body.

Drinakability isn't too high for me. I dont like the smell, and the hefe esters are over the top.
Sep 27, 2017
 
Rated: 4.45 by Dreyski from England

Sep 23, 2017
 
Rated: 4.38 by SayBoom from Ukraine

Jul 08, 2017
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Reviewed by Dentist666 from Russian Federation

4.11/5  rDev 0%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Hazy dark amber with excellent steady off-white head.
Smell - gooseberry, spicy, white vine, yellow fruits.
Taste - weizen + vinous traits.
Medium body, smooth, medium carbo.
Jul 06, 2017
Tap X: Mein Nelson Sauvin (2017) from Schneider Weisse G. Schneider & Sohn
Beer rating: 92 out of 100 with 309 ratings