Style: Hefeweizen

ABV: 5.3 IBU: 14.0

88/100
Aroma: 11
Appearance: 3
Flavor: 17
Mouthfeel: 4

Erdinger Weissbier

What the brewers say

“Gently spicy wheat and yeast aromas blend with mildly bitter hops. The invigorating carbon dioxide ensures its liveliness.”

What our panel thought

“A clean, somewhat yeasty aroma with hints of peach gives way to malt-forward flavor with subtle floral hops and lightly spicy or peppery notes. The carbonic bite strips off all but the malty sweetness from the palate, leaving a somewhat peculiar finish.”

What our editors thought

“Only the briefest hit of honey malt comes through in the search for a nose, but the sip brings more oxidative honey heft and an indistinct bitterness.”

Review printed in: Wheat, Weed, & Kveik (Apr-May 2019) (View All Issues)


REVIEWS FOR YOU >

Erdinger Weißbier

**Aroma:** “The aroma is pretty faint, but there is a touch of candy fruitiness and light hops. Some honey, burned sugar, and a sweet malty undertone. Medium fruit esters of banana, pineapple, coconut, and kiwi. An indistinct spicy phenol as well, but it isn’t clove.” **Flavor:** “A cornucopia of fruits: kiwi, watermelon, cherry, pineapple, and lychee nut. Bready malt is more Pilsner than wheat, with toasted bread verging on coconut, caramel, and burned sugar. While the impression is sweet, the beer isn’t all that sweet. Crisp hops bitterness, with a bit of grass. Some spiciness emerges in the middle of the sip and fades quickly to a finish with light bread and herbal hops flavors.” **Overall:** “This was a fruit bomb with the tropical and stone fruits and perfume. It’s hard to think of this as any kind of regular wheat. With a bit more date, raisin, heavy body, and alcohol warming, you might have a nice old ale.”

Schneider Weisse Edel-Weisse

“A complex aroma of yeast-derived spice-like notes of pepper, clove, slight bubblegum, spearmint, and pear gives way to an equally complex flavor profile of sweet wheat malt, grains of paradise, mint, and apple. Culminates in a clean, crisp, and slightly dry finish.”

Wektenburger Kloster Hefeweisbier

“This beer pours beautifully with a billowing white head and a hazy straw color. The aroma is light on fruity esters and clove, while showing woody and herbal hops aroma. Tart wheat flavor in the initial sip, with subtle hefe character. A sweet, filling beer.”

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