Your Hefeweizen

It's not a Hefeweizen, it's a Weizenbock. Point is taken, of course.

 

Fuck fruit. I like mine naked.

 

No fruit No way in my Hefe

 

It seems like the fruit is there to promote the image of wheat beers as a "summer" drink, mostly due to mass marketing of this type of beer (blue moon, shock top, etc.). This seems to be transitive to some of the more "respected" wheat beers. Whether this is a good or bad thing is not clear to me.

 

If stylistic authenticity is your measure of how to drink your beer, how do you feel about mixes like radler or colaweizen?

 

I never said authenticity is my measure of how to drink my beer; it's the measure of how I drink my hefeweizens. Not trying to be difficult, I'm simply being categorically specific.

That said, I've tried radler and really disliked it (never had colaweizen), so I prefer to consume hefeweizens in the manner in which the brewer(s) intended. It certainly doesn't bother me that others enjoy them...if it tugs your respective bobber, have at it.

 

Not a fan of mixing it myself either. My stepmom has a cousin from Munich who sometimes likes to mix his beer with Pepsi, I tried it once and it definitely doesn't tug my bobber.

Kind of makes me wonder if there are any weissbiers actually brewed with Kola Nut as a flavour adjunct though.

 

With Weisswurst...and mustard and a pretzel.

 

Shoulda used the polling feature on this one.
If I want a cocktail I'll drink a goddamn cocktail. Just give me the beer.

 

I don't like Hefs to begin with. If someone tries to toss a wedge of something in my beer, dem fighting words.

 

I love a lime in Dos Equis Amber. I have spent a lot of good days drinking it that way, so I think it just reminds me of happy times. Never in a hefe though.

 

just the beer by itself. Any beer that needs something added isnt a real beer.

 

You are on a roll bumping some old-ass threads

 

Nothing!!

 

I like drinking a weiss-bier without the lemon but with is acceptable. I have seen some bartenders pour raspberry syrup in a weiss-bier.

 

Depends. If it's even a half-decent Hefeweizen, then no fruit. If it's some brewpub's half-assed attempt at the style, then sure - drown the off flavors in orange.

 

****HOW TO DRINK A HEFEWEIZEN****

compliments of the beer snob


Step 1) Pour beer
Step 2) garnish with citrus
Step 3) eat citrus
Step 4) pour beer down drain.

You're welcome.

 

No fruit, but I do not frown down upon those who prefer it.

 

No fruit at all. Not too recently I did get a puzzled looked from a bartender once when as he was about to throw a lemon wedge in my hefe I asked for no fruit please, which in turn gave me a puzzled look

 

I personally prefer nothing. But I will say that lemon is traditional and is enjoyable in a traditional Weizen. Orange is a ridiculous abomination that started with the Blue Moon/Shock Top thing and apparently wont stop. I now regularly get a slunk of orange on my Oberon if Im not careful about how I order.

I just wish they'd ask first....