Bischofshof brewery is located in Regensburg, Germany and have been breweing weissbier since 1649.
I bought this beer in a local supermarket in Porto, Portugal at the price of 1,25 Euro for a 500 ml bottle at 5,1%
A full yellow hazy colour of this unfiltered beer.
A large head the leaves a thin and fine layer.
A good aroma of fruit that is neither dominating or too weak.
Low CO2 and a light fruit taste makes it with a suitable after taste.
Overall rating 78 / 100
The Weltenburger monastary is founded around year 617 on the southern banks of the Danube river in Bayern, Germany. The brewery was built in 1050 which makes it the 2nd oldest brewery in the world. This day today there is 14 monks living at the Weltenburger monastary.
I bought this beer in a local supermarket in Porto, Portugal at 1,25 Euro for a 500 ml bottle at 5,4%.
There is a lot of sediment in the bottle.
A big head the quickly disappears into a thin fine layer.
A yellow hazy look with a hint of orange glow.
The aroma comes off as a weak fruit.
The taste is a nice bubbly fresh fruit and the fruit continues for a long and pleasent after taste.
Overall rating 86 / 100
The beer is brewed by a SABMiller brewery in Russia, further details was not possible to obtain.
I bought this beer at a local supermarket in Tartu, Estonia. 500 ml bottle with a strength of 5,5% for 1,19 Euro.
A yellow beer with a hint of darkness fills the glass and have a, for me first time to see, brownish yellow fill that we for now call a mysteriously inviting look.
The head structure is light, big and fine bubbles that will stay as a thin layer.
The aroma is a lovely light hint of grain. Taste is on the light going to weak side, but accompanied with the aroma it makes a much surprising experience out of itself.
I must say that this beer turned out much over my expectations, a good beer.
Overall rating is 75 / 100
Goldstar is brewed in Israel since 1950, it was originally produced at the Cabeer Brewery in Rishon LeZion.
My girlfriend bought this beer at a local supermarket in Israel, Jerusalem at the price of 2,3 Euro for a 500 ml can at 4,4%.
A stunning golden gold look to it, really lives up to its name.
The head disappears quickly.
The aroma got notes of caramel to it and the taste is dominated by its flat CO2, there is a little caramel to the taste but it is overridden by a bitterness in the finish, a finish with a touch of lager.
Overall rating is 71 / 100
Coisbo beer took its start in 2007 in Morud in Denmark. Brewer Anders Coisbo rents in on different breweries to make his beers.
Bought in a local wine shop at 6 Euro for a 500 ml bottle at 4,8%.
A beautiful yellow unfiltered beer fills the glass and have a inviting orange glowing look to it.
The head starts out big and the structure is very fine bubbles that stays with a thin layer.
A fantastic aroma that is fruitful and inviting.
Taste is a bit on the light side, sprinkling but the fruit fades too fast. The finish turns somewhat from the fruit to a little bitterness. A refreshing weissbier but I miss some more fruit to the taste and finish. The price is also too steep.
Overall rating is 74 / 100
Svaneke brewery is located in Svaneke on the island Bornholm in Denmark. The micro brewery was founded in 2000.
I bought this beer at a local supermarket at the price of 1,1 Euro for a 500ml bottle at ?%.
A solid unfiltered look, light will not pass easily and you get the feeling this should be served with a knife and a fork..
The head is small and a fine structure of fine bubbles lasts throughout drinking the beer.
Aroma comes off with a strong wheat, no fruit to it. A lovely bubbly CO2 and a good wheat finish. Despite the large amount of residue in this beer which could properly save you from eating a meal, it is a good wheat beer.
Overall rating is 81 / 100
Georg I Schneider was the creator of the Schneider Weisse Original recipe, which is still used today. Two-hundred years ago, wheat beer could only be brewed by the Bavarian royal family in their breweries. In 1872, King Ludwig II discontinued brewing wheat beer due to a steady decline in sales.
Georg I Schneider was sold the exclusive right to brew wheat beer. Today, Georg VI Schneider is running the brewery in Kelheim, which the family acquired in 1927 and has remained the Schneider Weisse brewery to this day. It is the oldest wheat beer brewery in Bavaria. Wheat beer has been brewed there without interruption since its founding in the year 1607.
The unfiltered yellow beer fills the glass with a orange or even with red tones, but still it stay mostly with a dull yellow colour. There can be some heavy sediment that flows around in the beer.
The head starts out big and fades slowly, rough in the bottom and fine on the top, perfect!
The aroma gives off a balanced fruit and just gives a hint, not a dominating aroma.
Good fruit in the taste and with a suitable finish, fades slowly. With a little luck you will have the lovely fruit taste going through drinking the beer, between the sips. CO2 is bubbly and suits it well.
Overall rating is 82 / 100
Sierra Nevada Brewing Company is located in Chico in California, USA. The brewery was founded in 1976 by Ken Grossman.
Bought in a local wine and beer import store in Denmark. I payed 3,5 Euro for a 12 oz bottle at 4,8%. The price tag is what to expect from a over seas imported special beer.
A well known fruit aroma is also to find in this Weissbier.
Head is rough and quickly disappear with the beer releasing its CO2 in the glass, a very active beer.
Colour is a hazy yellow and it is lacking the glow of a Weissbier.
The taste is good, bubbly, fruit and the finish goes on for a little while.
For a weissbier brewed in America there is little distinction from a regular weissbier. It is fully justified to name it a Hefeweizen despite it being brewed outside of Bayern.
Overall rating 77 / 100
The House of Wittelsbach began the first brewery in 1260. 32 years later, Herzog Rudolf built the castle Kaltenberg, which houses a part of the brewery’s facilities today. The brewery as it exists today was opened in 1870. Prince Luitpold of the House of Wittelsbach, is the great-grandson of the last King of Bavaria, Ludwig III.
500 ml bottle with a strength of 5,5% for 3,3 Euro each.
A good yellow colour with a unfiltered look with red notes.
The head starts out huge with a rough base and a very fine top.
A well fruited aroma with a hint of barley.
The taste is a little too anonymous fruit accompanied with a little too flat CO2. Enjoying the aroma of this I had expected much more from the taste. It is still a good beer.
The bottle cap with the Bayern weapon shield looks good and so does the yellow labels.
Overall rating is 78 / 100
Christoffel brewery is located in Holland. Founded in 1986 in the city of Roermond, a former coal mine industrial area. The brewery is named after the guardian saint of the city, Saint Christoffel. Christoffel brewery makes its fermentation in open tanks and all beers unpasteurised.
Bought in a local wine store and beer specialist in Denmark, 3,33 Euro for a 330 ml bottle at 6%.
A dark red colour, almost as close to brown as it can get.
The head got a coloured note from the beer and quickly dissipates into a thin layer.
A faint fruit can be sensed in the aroma, but is dominated by the dark notes of caramel.
It is a wheat beer, but that is by far what I find in the taste, by its less amount of yeast there is almost no CO2 left in the beer when it is poured. Caramel and bitterness dominates and it is the same for the finish.
Overall rating is 70 / 100