Freigeist Pimock - Gasthaus-Brauerei Braustelle

seand

California

3.84/5  rDev +17.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4

A: Pours a hazy amber with a fair amount of off-white head. The foam reduces to a solid blanket fairly quickly, but the blanket retains well and leaves lots of lacing.

S: A bit of wheat, but with lots of sweet malt and yeast.

T: Mildly sweet and somewhat grainy with a bit of wheat and yeast.

M: Medium creamy body, medium carbonation.

Overall, interesting, and pretty good. It's somewhere between a Belgian pale, a hefeweizen, and a cream ale. A decent hot day session beer.

Serving type: bottle

04-24-2013 01:29:30 | More by seand

avalon07

South Carolina

2.88/5  rDev -12.2%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3

A: Poured from a bottle to a weizen glass. Had an orange-brown color and a cloudy consistency. There was a big, creamy, long-lasting head. Good lacing.

S: A slightly odd, acidic aroma of wheat and malt. Didn't have that typically sweet smell you get with a hefeweizen.

T: Tasted of malt, wheat and a little bit of the bubblegum quality you get in this style. A big problem here is that it's very thin and watery. The bubblegum is barely noticeable. It's simply not a well made flavor.

M: A fair amount of carbonation with a thin, watery finish. Light-bodied.

O: This beer is kind of a misfire. It has some decent qualities, but ultimately misses the mark.

Serving type: bottle

03-06-2013 13:43:09 | More by avalon07

TheBrewo

Michigan

3.55/5  rDev +8.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5

This was served from the tap at The Old Toad in Rochester, NY. It arrived in a half sized snifter showing a pale, wheaty gold coloring. A one finger head of creamy white bubbles topped the beverage, showing okay retention to leave a ghostly film across the top. Crisp waves of lacing jetted down the sides of the glass. There was a thick haze to it, with no sediment. Carbonation appeared even. The nose gave big wheat, phenolic clove, vanilla coolness, bready banana esters, bitterness of green banana peel, citric rind, and fresh apple fruitiness. Our first impression was that there was nice apple sweetness to the flavoring that was almost as robust as the wheatiness of it. As we sipped, granny smith apples, chalky wheat, mineral, and bittered yeast started things off. The middle peaked with grassy hop bite, freshly cut grassiness, muddy wheat, mineral, and coin. The finish came with more bitterness of lemon rind and clovey phenols to tame the wet wheatiness throughout. The aftertaste breathed of aromatic apple sweetness, that same wheatiness, mild bite of sweet alcohols, biting chalk, musk, and baby powder. The body was medium, and the carbonation was active and frothy. There was nice slurp, cream, and sip to the mustache, while the mouth as left dripping wet, with no dryness. The abv was appropriate, and the beer drank easily.

Overall, what we enjoyed most about this brew was the light sweetness to the flavoring. While there was a nice malt and wheat to it, with all the necessary notes of a hefe, there were additions of fresh and fruity sweetness of apple. This gave a fresh twist. The nose was curiously like a wheat wine, with strong grape, booze, and wheaty coolness. That said, things get a bit redundant by the end of the glass, as the wheat that is there remains boxed out, only to lose the heartiness of flavoring that kept the beer flowing.

Serving type: on-tap

12-03-2012 23:04:24 | More by TheBrewo

Philousa

California

2.78/5  rDev -15.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5

Looks fairly clear and golden with an amber hue towards the middle. Very creamy head sits a half a finger and sticks to the glass as you drink. Aroma is clean, like a German Marzen. It's malty, syrupy, and nutty. There is some spiciness with a big whiff, but you really have to look for it. This doesn't smell so much wheaty as sweet, like so many German lagers do to me. I also get some earthy, somewhat dirty hops. Not as bright as most lagers or ales of the region. The taste is strange. It's like a battle between Hefeweizen and German lager. I get some nuttiness and tartness then followed by a sweet syrupy flavor that can only be described as malt. There is a clean finish that is more lager than ale. By clean I mean that the flavors tend to dissipate and just leave you with a dry finish. Body is medium, which is lighter than I was expecting from this wheat beer.

This one is just confusing. I mainly dislike German lagers unless they're a Pils or a well balanced Maibock. The clean taste really threw me off, but it really made it drinkable, which is why the Germans love these beers. I'm mixed about it, but it's still not something I'd reach for without being prodded.

Serving type: bottle

10-27-2012 05:06:24 | More by Philousa

metter98

New York

3.4/5  rDev +3.7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

A: The beer is cloudy yellowish orange in color and has a moderate to high amount of visible carbonation. It poured into a weizen glass with a two finger high white head that died down, leaving a thin layer of bubbles covering the surface and a bit of lacing down the sides of the glass.
S: There are light aromas of wheat in the nose along with notes of fruity yeast and hints of clove.
T: As in the smell, the taste is dominated by flavors of wheat and grainy malts and has slight hints of fruity yeast and clove.
M: It feels light-bodied on the palate and has a moderate amount of carbonation.
O: This beer tastes a little bland compared to other beers in the style but is nonetheless easy to drink. It seems like it could use some banana flavors to help offset the heavy amount of wheat.

Serving type: bottle

09-02-2012 15:03:14 | More by metter98

popery

California

3/5  rDev -8.5%
look: 4 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3

This beer pours a deep, brownish orange with a big creamy white head. It's very cloudy. Plenty of yeast in this hefe. Unfortunately, the appearance is the strongest area for this beer.

I don't know if it's a question of freshness, shipping conditions or something similar, but the beer doesn't have the fresh grain flavors so necessary to the style. It smells a bit stale, and perhaps worse, there's just not much of interest. There's little in the way of hefeweizen aromas, maybe a tiny touch of spice. I'm getting a bit of citric hops. The strongest contribution is from the lightly caramel-ish malt. Otherwise, there's not much going on.

The flavor seems to have a little more wheat character, and it's rather refreshing, really. However, it's still a bit bland. It's pretty much just light caramel with light citrus. The mouthfeel helps out some. It's nice and creamy. Relatively low carbonation but a full mouthfeel for the abv.

Not bad but fairly disappointing compared to the kolsch. The beer is fine, but I don't really see the point. It's like they took a hefeweizen and removed the best parts. Plus, there are so many excellent light and refreshing beers in Germany that I'm not really sure where this fits in.

Serving type: bottle

09-02-2012 04:58:28 | More by popery

Knapp85

Pennsylvania

3.83/5  rDev +16.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

This beer poured out as a amberish looking orange color with a thin head on top. The beer is cloudy like this style should be. The smell of the beer is fruity, very mellow though, nothing over the top. The taste of the beer I found to be very refreshing, It would probably taste even better on a hotter day. The mouthfeel of this beer was smooth, nicely carbonated and very drinkable. It went down very quick for me. Overall this beer is good, I enjoyed it, I would consider drinking it again some day.

Serving type: bottle

08-17-2012 20:59:43 | More by Knapp85