Tag Archives: weissbier

Unertl – Weissbier

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Unertl brewery was founded in Haag, Germany in 1929 by Philomena and Alois Unertl. The brewery is today family owned by the 4th generation of the Unertl family.

I bought this beer in KaDeWe, Berlin at the price of 1,86 Euro for at 500 ml bottle at 4,9%.

A brown colour with a light glow in the bottom.

The head disappears fast and leaves only a thin layer.

The aroma is sweet, fruity and with a scent of caramel.

The medium CO2 comes with a mix of fruit and caramel, the taste is still on the light side and fades very fast.

Overall rating 76 / 100

Hansa – Hvete

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Hansa brewery is located in Bergen, Norway and was founded in 1891 by Waldemar Stoud  Platou. The brewery was moved from the City centre to outer skirts industrial areas in the 1980s. In 1997 Borg brewery and Hansa fused into Hansa Borg breweries.

I bought this wheat beer, brewed as a weissbier as it says, in a local supermarket in Oslo, Norway at the price of ? Euro for a 500 ml can at 4,6%.

Light yellow and not very unfiltered, a haze at most.

Head is rough and quickly disperses into a thin layer.

Aroma is good, sweet and fruity.

CO2 is good, but the taste is too weak and watery, after taste is more to the hops side than a fruit.

Overall rating 71 / 100

St. Georgen Bräu – Weissbier

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St. Georgen-Bräu brewery is located in Buttenheim, Germany. The brewery was founded in 1624 and from 1814 to 2009 it was owned by the Modschiedler family. The brew master Norbert Kramer took over ownership thereafter, he was employed on the brewery since 2000.

I bought this beer in a local supermarket in Oslo, Norway at the price of 6 Euro for a 500ml bottle at 4,6%.

Colour is a unfiltered yellow with a orange glow to it.

Head comes off very big and settles slowly into a layer of fine bubbles.

Aroma is a light and fresh fruit.

A medium CO2 makes for a pleasant drink where the fruit is a bit on the hops side and after taste is not long lasting. The fruit in the taste does not really stand out.

Overall rating 74 / 100

 

 

 

Andechser Weissbier Hell

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Seven Benedictine monks was in 1455 sent to new Andechs monastery from Tegernsee. Beer have been brewed in the monastery since the middle-age. In 1850 they purchased the Abbey of St Boniface in Munich for beer cellar. The modern brewery was built in the 1970-80s.

I bought this beer in Berlin Beer Shop, Germany at the price of 1,8 Euro for a 500ml bottle at 5,5%

The colour is yellow with a orange glow to the unfiltered beer.

The head is big and made of fine bubbles, a head that stays while drinking the beer.

The aroma comes off good with a nice soft and sweet fruit.

A fresh CO2 makes a bubbly experience of this sweet and wonderful fruit taste, the after taste is a nice fade of the drinking.

Overall rating 86 / 100

Aass Weizen

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Aass brewery as it known today was founded in 1867 by Poul Lauritz Aass and the brewery is still on family hands with the 5th generation working on it today.

I bought this beer in a local shop outside of Oslo, Norway at the price of 4,2 Euro for a 500ml can at 4,7%.

The beer is bright and clear like a pilsner beer, it is clearly filtrated.

The head disappears quickly.

The aroma is weak and I was unable to make anything of it.

Drinking it is a fresh, light and bubbly experience but it has nothing to do with a weissbier or wheat beer, it is a pilsner for all I know.

Overall rating 65 / 100

Augustiner Weissbier

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Augustiner beer is brewed since 1328 by the Augustiner monestary located in Munich, Germany. In 1806 the brewery became privately owned with the secularization of state and church. The Wagner family took over ownership in 1829. The brewery sustained heavy damage doing second world war and was rebuilt soon after.

I bought this beer in KaDeWe in Berlin, Germany at the price of 1,86 Euro for a 500ml bottle at 5,4%.

A beautiful unfiltered yellow beer with a orange glow.

A big head with a rough bubbles in the bottom and fine on the top.

The aroma is light and fresh with a weak fruit to it.

The CO2 is suitable but the taste is too weak and can have a watery feeling to it.

Overall rating 72 / 100

Coisbo – Six – Dunkles weizen

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Coisbo beer took its start in 2007 in Morud in Denmark. Brewer Anders Coisbo rents in on different breweries to make his beers.

I bought this beer from the wine shop Vinoble in Odense, Denmark at the price of 7 Euro for a 500 ml bottle at 5,6%

A beautiful brown colour with a orange glow and almost turning red.

Medium sized bubbles makes up the head that disperses into a layer that stays for a long while.

Dark caramel, fresh and lightly fruited aroma.

Good CO2 that balances well with deep notes of fruit, almost replicating the taste complexities found in port. Good dark sweet after taste.

A expensive beer, but it does show some real good qualities.

Overall rating 85 / 100

Haandbryggeriet – Bavaria

GS6A2084Haandbryggeriet is a small hand brewery located in Drammen, Norway. Four guys that used to brew at home moved into a old horse stable in 2005 and in 2011 they got a large premise with room for more tanks.

I bought this bottle of re-fermented, unfiltered and non pasteurized beer in a local supermarket in Lillestrøm, Norway at a price of 6 Euro for a 500 ml bottle at 4,5%

Light yellow unfiltered beer.

Head starts out big and settles down to a thin layer.

Aroma is fresh and with a hint of bitter fruit.

Good CO2 with the same slightly bitter fruit from the aroma in the taste with a good sweetness along it, after taste dominated by the bitterness over the fruit.

It is a wheat beer called Bavaria and thus I look upon it as weissbier. Price is on the expensive side.

Overall rating 75 / 100

GB Weiss Bier

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The Gourmet Brewery was founded in 2005 in Denmark, today the two originally owners are no longer a part of the brewery and it is owned by the Harboe brewery group.

I bought this beer in a local supermarket in Odense, Denmark at the price of 1,5 Euro for a 500 ml can at 4,8%.

The colour is yellow and looks filtered, there is lack of sediment for this beer type.

Very rough head that disappears quickly.

The aroma is a lovely fruit aroma.

Light bubbly CO2 with a hint of fruit, fast after taste and the alcohol is dominating. This beer reminds me more of a witbier than a weissbier.

Overall rating 67 / 100

Störtebeker – Bernstein-weizen

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Störtebeker brewery was founded in 1862 in Stralsund, Germany. The first big expansion of the brewery was in 1899 where the building now had brewing going on on multiply stocks.

I bought this beer at Systembolaget in Vimmerby, Sweden. 2,75 Euro for a 500 ml bottle at 5,2%

A good looking yellow unfiltered beer with a orange glow.

A nice big head with a thin fine layer on top, as the head settles a fine layer is left behind.

A good fruitful aroma with a hint of wheat.

Tasting it, the CO2 bubbles up fast and dies just as fast. The fruit is flat, a little watery and a little bitterness shines through.

Overall rating 70 / 100