Hefe
Widmer Brothers Brewing Company

Look: Cloudy orange-yellow. Small head that quickly recedes.
Smell: Pleasantly strong aroma of honey and malt.
Taste: A sweeter honey flavor is met by bready malt. Wheat is prevalent in the aftertaste.
Feel: Ok. Medium bodied.
Overall: This is a classic brew but it gets boring pretty fast. This would be a good start for someone just starting out on craft beer (of course AB-InBev owns these guys now so go figure).

 

12 oz bottle poured into Weizen-Tulip hybrid glass.
Quite the looker. Hazy vivid orange color. Nose is soft ale with mild fruit and honey notes from the wheat and yeast. Taste is initially mildly fruity with slight honey undertones, with trailing hop bitterness on the finish. Certainly more of a American Pale Wheat than authentic Hefe, yet has the larger body of a Hefe. A balanced brew that might appeal to those who don't like the overt fruitiness and thin bodies of pale wheats.

Look
Cloudy, orange yellow, creamy lasting white head.

Sniff
Wheat, slight banana and clove. Not strong.

Sip
Creamy, fruity, some banana pudding notes

Mouthfeel
In a word, Smooth. All style nominal, no bads.

Think
The American version of hefeweizen. Cloudy, spicy, fruity, smooth and easy to quaff. I like it.

Plain and simple, this is not a hefeweizen, it's an American wheat beer. As someone who didn't know that when purchasing, suffice to say I was disappointed by what I actually got. The aroma is minimal. On the palate, wheat character is present, but the usual hefe notes like banana and clove are totally absent, supplanted instead by hop bitterness and some background citrus. Even by the standards of the category to which this beer should belong, it's unbalanced and forgettable.

The perfect "average" hefe, in my book. Balanced everything makes it a beer that can be had at any time or occasion. Looks premium in a tulip glass, smells spicy, tastes rich AND refreshing though maybe a tad metallic and dry, feels downright energizing. Doesn't floor you so you can have one of your even-better favorites as a complement.

I don't understand the hate here. If you are devoted hefewiezen snob, then this beer is not for you. It is fruity. You gotta turn the bottle back and forth to dissolve the wheat at the bottom. It will turn cloudy. This is when to pour half the bottle, spin it a few times, pour the rest, squeeze a slice of lemon then drop it in. Head pours to 3/4 of an inch and disappears almost immediately so it needs to be drank pretty quickly. Can't savour this for a half an hour it loses its carbonation fast. However when poured in a tall glass it will stand the test of time a little longer. Not ready for prime time in a pint glass. It is satisfying on a nice summer day. Goes down easy. Citrusy all the way through. Best on tap for sure but if poured from a bottle properly very satisfying. For me, It's a go to for those occasions.

Hazy light orange color with a substantial foamy white head and nice lacing.
The aroma is kind of funky wheat and banana.
The taste is also funky wheat, bananas, coriander and just a hint of cloves.
The body is light, good carbonation, very drinkable.
Altogether, this is a decent brew, although flavors are off a bit from expected hefeweizen, still, not bad.

Poured from a can into a pint glass. Pours hazy orange with a fluffy white head. Smells of wheat and banana. Tastes of wheat and banana, nice and inviting. Beer is light bodied and easy drinking, good carbonation. Overall, a good beer.

Overall this is a classic hefe, cloudy straw appearance, white head with pronounced lacing and a long lasting head. There's a light, refreshing mouthfeel with nice tingly CO2. But the thing smells and tastes like bike tires. New ones, but still, bike tires. Sure there's some citrus, light malts and faint clove but again, bike tires.

 

 

Big yellow 19.2oz can labeled "Hefe" and "The Original American Hefeweizen" and pkgd on Apr08 22. Somehow this was the only American hefeweizen in my grocery store. Served in a UFO weizen glass. Big, orange amber and extremely hazy, with a nice white foam. Not as golden as I'd like for a wheat beer, but ok.

Aroma doesn't offer much, not clove, not banana, not yeast, not citrus. Flavor is wheaty but neutral. There's only enough noble hop flavor to balance out the malt, and the unmalted grain flavor just barely comes through. Still, it's nice enough, and the mouthfeel is deliciously creamy and not at all over-carbed.

Give me El Jefe. Give me UFO. Give me Sam Summer on draught. Widmer's Hefe is the most ubiquitous hefeweizen around here, and Widmer's most famous beer under that name. And it's drinkable, but it doesn't deserve the shelf space.

 

Rerate, 355 ml bottle, ABV 4.9%, as Widmer Brothers Hefe, from Vinmonopolet Verksgt., Stavanger. Slightly hazy golden, low and shortlived white head. Still a boring beer, but not quite as bad as claimed in my first comments. Noticeable hops. I’m upping it one point.

Original rating: Sample from bottle at Vectura tasting. Slightly hazy golden colour. Bland aroma and flavour, with only the faintest traces of typical hefeweizen characteristics. Calling this a "Hefeweizen" is unforgiveable, if they had called it an "American Wheat" they would at least have had a point. (But who cares for American Wheats anyway?) Yes, it is wet and cold, and might slake your thirst if you’re desperate, but that are all the good things you can say about it.

 

smell is what i expected of a hefe. tastes a little worse than others i’ve had. not a horrible beer but not the best to hefeweizen i’ve had. probably wouldn’t try again

 

Scrappy notes from 2006.
First tried on a Widmir Brewery tour then from 12 ounce bottles from Albertson's market.
Has a cloudy gold look with a pretty big white head. Smelling wheat, malts and yeast. Tasting wheat and a bit of zippy citrus with light bitterness. Fantastic taste that is very lightly sweet. It's light on the palate with some staying power and extremely easy to drink. An excellent Germanic American Hefeweizen example.