Hefeweizen Ale - Santa Fe Brewing Company

TheSSG

Illinois

3.25/5  rDev -4.7%

01-07-2013 01:30:28 | More by TheSSG

qubit01

New Mexico

3.75/5  rDev +10%

05-20-2013 15:37:03 | More by qubit01

ScubaSteve00

Texas

3.25/5  rDev -4.7%

05-06-2013 14:35:21 | More by ScubaSteve00

ToMakeEndsMeet

Texas

3.75/5  rDev +10%

09-10-2012 18:30:07 | More by ToMakeEndsMeet

Ispeakforthetrees

Colorado

3.25/5  rDev -4.7%

07-11-2012 15:39:51 | More by Ispeakforthetrees

StonedTrippin

Colorado

3.75/5  rDev +10%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5

curious hefeweizen here. pours oddly clear, urine looking yellow. where is all that sediment i am used to seeing in these? settled on the bottom? hardly. average white head. smells of sweet caramel, which is weird, because that isnt in the taste at all. candied fruit yeast notes and some sturdy wheat malt are most evident in the nose and the taste. none of the soapy feel some of these beers have. in fact, its very smooth and incredibly easy to drink. a 6er of this is no problem at all, especially after a hot day of working outside. feel works. its crisp for a hefe, refreshing to the max, and less than medium bodied. i wouldnt necessarily call this a conventional hefeweizen, especially based on the look, but i like it a lot. good beer as far as im concerned.

Serving type: bottle

05-16-2012 01:35:46 | More by StonedTrippin

crobinso

Colorado

3.25/5  rDev -4.7%

04-09-2012 01:32:58 | More by crobinso

Texasfan549

Texas

3.5/5  rDev +2.6%

04-03-2012 01:48:29 | More by Texasfan549

bpackertx

Texas

3/5  rDev -12%

02-05-2012 23:01:33 | More by bpackertx

TheBishopco

Tennessee

3.5/5  rDev +2.6%

01-03-2012 07:25:35 | More by TheBishopco

ZenAgnostic

Texas

3.38/5  rDev -0.9%
look: 2.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 4 | feel: 1.5 | overall: 3.5

12oz bottle poured into a Shock Top weizen glass. No obvious date. Numbers stamped on neck.

Appearance - Bottle leaves opaque white residue on bottom. Pours small white head with low to no retention and low stick. Slightly cloudy pale gold body.

Smell - Sweet banana malt. Thin and fruity. Smells like an actual hefe and not one of those American wheat beers they call hefes sometimes.

Taste - Wow. An honest to god hefeweizen. Weihenstephan would be proud. Taste very much like the godfather of hefe. The only main difference is the...

Mouthfeel - Head dissipates quickly. The body carbonation suffers a bit as a result. It's still light and enjoyable and really doesn't really isn't that much of an issue. But when you're rating in style, ever peculiarity of a style is scrutinized with a magnifying glass. While enjoyable, it doesn't stack up.

Overall Drinkability - Not bad at all. If only for the carbonation and retention, this would be a pretty legit hefe.

Serving type: bottle

12-10-2011 05:35:09 | More by ZenAgnostic

BuddyLoveFosho

Oklahoma

4/5  rDev +17.3%

11-26-2011 18:31:37 | More by BuddyLoveFosho

Exiled

Texas

3/5  rDev -12%

11-23-2011 03:53:21 | More by Exiled

mactrail

California

3.08/5  rDev -9.7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3

Pours a clear pale yellow amber; yeast sticks mostly to the bottom of the bottle. Malty with some spicy notes but not much of the traditional German estery flavors. Light body. Slight bitterness. Nice carbonation.

Not a bad beer but not a good Hefeweizen.

Serving type: bottle

07-17-2011 04:19:37 | More by mactrail

trappistlover

Arizona

3.33/5  rDev -2.3%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5

(12oz bottle from Total Wine Desert Ridge). Pours hazy yellow with white head. Moderate carbonation. Aromas are muted, but banana, wheat, and coriander are present. Taste is sweet with some light bittering hops. Medium bodied with thick texture. Bitter finish. Average.

Serving type: bottle

06-13-2011 04:01:32 | More by trappistlover

andrewinski1

Maine

3.5/5  rDev +2.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

Poured into a pint glass. Nice layer of yeast in the bottle. The color is a hazy light straw. The head is almost perfectly white and large; almost two inches.

The aroma is predictively full of banana and crisp lemon peel. There is some spice to it in there as well.

The taste starts out with a nice touch of wheat with a refreshing banana finish.

This is very refreshing. The taste is pretty authentic to style for fans.

Serving type: bottle

05-29-2011 01:10:30 | More by andrewinski1

JoeAmerican77

Colorado

3.1/5  rDev -9.1%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5

Poured a golden honey color infused with a haze. Smelled of fresh yeast and dusty hay. The taste was similar to the smell, yeast, wheaty biscuit and wet grain, not complicated, very straightforward. Good medio-light body with a crispness brought on by the carbonation.

I'd recommend it tried.

Serving type: bottle

02-15-2011 16:19:09 | More by JoeAmerican77

Monsteruss

Colorado

3.23/5  rDev -5.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 4

After opening and pouring, the foam was white wheat in color, and smooth. The color was gold with orange highlights. It had a hops/wheat balance aroma overtone with hints of orange peel. Its taste had a dominate hops and wheat balance with a light malted barley undertone with hints of orange peel. Mouthfeel - light-bodied and crisp. Drinkability - this is a nice crisp beer that would be good for the summer time due to the hints of orange peel, unfortunatly its winter time. Not too bad of a session.

Serving type: bottle

01-17-2011 21:47:58 | More by Monsteruss

drpimento

Wisconsin

3.05/5  rDev -10.6%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3

This just doesn't quite meet the promise. Poured with a small to medium off white head that fades to a light cover quickly, and little lace. Color is a hazy, dirty amber. Aroma is a mild yeast, malt, plus hint of fruit. Flavor is like nose, plus some of the Bavarian spice, but very little of the fruits. On the dry side and kind of boring. Gets a better rating than I thought it would. Finish is fairly short and forgettable.

Serving type: bottle

12-06-2010 06:35:17 | More by drpimento

Naugros

New Jersey

3.13/5  rDev -8.2%
look: 2.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 3

While in Arizona I was looking for offerings from this brewery and only came across this one...not my choice since I was looking for the pale ale. Oh well, here goes.

Much lighter in color than typical for the style and very clear. The color of your pee after four or five beers. Sudsy bubbles muddle about the top of the beer but never really coalesce into a cohesive head...again, like your pee after four or five beers.

The usual cast of characters approach with banana esters, clove phenols and grassy wheat scents. Nothing bad, but nothing extraordinary either. These scents do continue in the taste, but the phenols take over and throw the beer out of balance.

Despite the light body this beer manages to not be crisp, clean or refreshing. This is not a great example of the style. On my trip to the West I have had three pretty substandard hefes, but this was the worse. It's now obvious that this is not the part of the country where you want to taste a hefeweizen. Maybe there aren't enough Germans there to tell them to stop ruining their most famous style.

Serving type: bottle

11-08-2010 16:04:15 | More by Naugros

canucklehead

British Columbia (Canada)

3.7/5  rDev +8.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4

Pretty solid Hefe from Santa Fe. Not overly complex but it had enough citrus notes combined with the banana esters to make it true to style. When it gets hot in Santa Fe is makes a great patio beer. Had it on tap and in the bottle. The bottle actually tasted better

Serving type: bottle

10-05-2010 05:19:34 | More by canucklehead

Rayek

Colorado

3.6/5  rDev +5.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4

Poured into a Weizen glass.

A: Appropriately cloudy gold with active carbonation. A dense and foamy white head has very nice retention. The beer leaves a little lace behind.

S: A healthy dose of lemon and biscuit dominate the nose. Banana and clove are there, but they're subtle.

T: A pretty straightforward Hefe. A dry yeast bread flavor dominates. A lemon and clove spiciness provides balance. Finishes with lingering biscuit and clove flavors.

M: The body is quite smooth and has the high carbonation I've come to expect from Hefes.

D: This is a nice and light summer beer. Perhaps not the best example of the style I've had, but a solid offering.

Serving type: bottle

09-12-2010 01:45:37 | More by Rayek

TMoney2591

Illinois

3.48/5  rDev +2.1%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

Served in a Devil's Backbone weizen glass.

Thanks to papollo for this bottle!

Yet another stop on the Leaving Falls Church uber-bender express. It pours a pretty clear pale straw topped by a thick white froth. The nose comprises wheat, corn, banana, light clove, and a partial stick o' bubble gum. The taste is similar, with a bit o' coriander and orange peel added in, but the bubblegum comes in again at the end. Odd. The body is fairly light, with a light moderate carbonation and a fluid feel. Overall, this is a decent hefe, but not one I would recommend in high esteem.

Serving type: bottle

08-27-2010 06:13:59 | More by TMoney2591

EgadBananas

Louisiana

3.15/5  rDev -7.6%
look: 4 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5

Hazy and golden in color with a fair white head. Smell is of slight citrus, some tin, maybe a hint of zest. Taste is pretty much the same. The feel is thin and crisp and it's not a hard drinker. I'm not a huge fan of the style, but it's true enough to it, just nothing that stands out about the rest.

Serving type: on-tap

07-26-2010 01:56:40 | More by EgadBananas

Kemmerlin

Colorado

3.75/5  rDev +10%
look: 3 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5

A: even unfiltered haze golden color and a thick but quickly diminishing light white head.
S: has a banana, citrus, and a vanilla smell with an additional pine aroma sneaking in the back
T: orange flavor at first followed quickly by banana then a sour kick added by the yeast and a bitter aftertaste complex and tasty.
M/D: light bodied a little flat in the feel. The drinkability is good but I would recommend this one as something to sip and enjoy with an orange slice garnish.

Serving type: bottle

07-11-2010 19:54:07 | More by Kemmerlin