Royal Weisse - Sly Fox Brewing Company

northyorksammy

Ontario (Canada)

3.93/5  rDev +1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4

Pours a light body with vast quickly disapearing head. The aroma was a bit funky yeast to me, with lots of spices to come. A medium mouthfeel, I have had some thicker hefeweiz, but do not recall such a spicey one with a spice rack full of corriander, cinammon, nutmeg, et al.Why there is two of everything on reviews of Sly Fox is much confusing.

Serving type: can

05-21-2007 00:09:47 | More by northyorksammy

mikesgroove

South Carolina

3.9/5  rDev +0.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

bright yellow color coming through right away. A very hazy and cloudy look to this one I have to admit, as I was waiting to find some sediment, but none came forward. Nice three inches of white then topped out over the glass and settled down lightly into a nice little pillow of white, which was reinforced but lots of carbonation.

The aroma was light and very pleasing. Nice touches of grain, light wheat and a touch of a banana like aroma all coming through rather nicely. Some almost light grass like hops bouncing around in there as well. The flavor was very crisp, very clean with a well rounded profile that was very pleasing. Nice light rush of grass and grain, light bready malts and a touch of banana again coming through quite cleanly

Serving type: can

11-02-2011 02:44:30 | More by mikesgroove

brentk56

North Carolina

3.73/5  rDev -4.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4

Appearance: Pours a hazy light apricot color with a beaten egg white head that retains reasonably well and leaves some lacing

Smell: Primarily yeasty banana phenols with a hint of coriander

Taste: Starts out with a doughy banana flavor that, after the swallow brings on some of the spice character; the finish has a bit of a bitter metallic element

Mouthfeel: Medium body with moderate carbonation

Drinkability: With the exception of the bitter finish, a very fine example of the style

Thanks, ClockworkOrange, for the opportunity.

Serving type: can

06-19-2007 02:09:59 | More by brentk56

oberon

North Carolina

4.15/5  rDev +6.7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5

This is a hearty wheat beer for sure,poured a deep hazy copper color with big rocky head.a very spicey/clovey smell to it,the taste was of bubble gum and cloves real nice weiss.A little filling for the style but this one had alot of substance real nice.

Serving type: on-tap

05-26-2003 13:32:03 | More by oberon

NeroFiddled

Pennsylvania

4.55/5  rDev +17%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 5

A cloudy ruddy orange body rests beneath a frothy bright white head that holds well but eventually drops to a thin creamy surface covering. The body is medium (@ 3 Plato/1.012sg) with a very fine and lightly effervescent carbonation that leaves it quite creamy in the mouth. The nose offers bold aromas of apple, extremely ripe banana, and mildly spicy clove. These carry over into a rich flavor that also includes some light phenolics: a mild touch of vanilla, a gentle smokiness, and some minimal acetone. The bitterness is appropriately low, allowing the phenolics and the sweetness of the malt to act as the centerpoint, and yet it finishes short with just a thin lingering sweetness and very mild clove note. An exceptionally well done beer for the person who prefers a richly estery and phenolic weisse. Not to be missed.

Serving type: on-tap

11-26-2002 19:10:45 | More by NeroFiddled

WesWes

New York

4/5  rDev +2.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

The beer pours a cloudy gold color with a thin white lace head. The aroma is good. It has light wheat scent with a sweet, fruity yeast aroma; very nice and aromatic. The taste is good. It has a good wheat malt presence with a strong fruity yeast flavor that dominates the beer. The mouthfeel is fine. It is a medium bodied beer with good carbonation. This is a fine weiss beer. It has great flavor and mouthfeel; another winner!

Serving type: on-tap

04-07-2004 14:23:37 | More by WesWes

Mora2000

Texas

3.78/5  rDev -2.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Thanks to Exiled for sharing this beer. This is my first beer from Sly Fox.

The beer pours a hazy yellow color with a white head. The aroma is banana, cloves and circus peanuts. The flavor is wheat and banana with some clove notes. Medium, creamy mouthfeel and medium carbonation. A very nice hefeweizen.

Serving type: bottle

06-23-2010 02:22:54 | More by Mora2000

metter98

New York

3.98/5  rDev +2.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

A: The beer is slightly hazy yellow in color and has a moderate to high amount of visible carbonation. It poured from a can into a weizen glass with a finger high white head that quickly died down and left a thin layer of bubbles on the surface.
S: There are moderately strong aromas of wheat and bubble gum in the nose.
T: The taste is similar to the smell and also has some hints of clove towards the finish.
M: It feels light-bodied on the palate and has a moderate amount of carbonation.
O: This beer is a very good representation of the style, has great drinkability and is rather refreshing.

Serving type: can

06-24-2012 13:20:17 | More by metter98

akorsak

Pennsylvania

3.68/5  rDev -5.4%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Served on-tap at the Warwick Hotel in Hummelstown, PA.

A: The ale is a cloudy autumn leaves of auburb yellow-and-brown hues. No head whatsoever.

S: The nose offers up some wheat, lightly tart, with a just a bit of weizen-like clove.

T: The weizen's flavor comes through more vibrantly in the taste. Banana and clove stand out, sweetening up the mild tartness of the wheat. Bready malts follow the wheat, adding body to the ale without siphoning off the sweetness.

M: The mouthfeel gets the job done, offering me enough wheat and yeast to get away from the pale wheat ale territory.

D: Another glass or two wouldn't anybody.

Serving type: on-tap

12-12-2009 02:32:01 | More by akorsak

WVbeergeek

Ohio

4.33/5  rDev +11.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5

Best by 8/17/10...Appears a golden sunburst hazed in all it's unfiltered wheat beer glory, large bright white head with fine intricate lacing. The nose is packed with citrus, banana, clove, and a slight vanilla tone, a bit of bubblegum thrown in as well. Bottom line a ton of esters and sharp expressive wheat notes, liquid bread is great. The first true hefe I've had canned. I was excited to see this show up at Robinson Beverage best by date of 8/17/10 canned all summer long baby. It's like a banana smoothie going down, citrus and wheat bite blends nicely a bit of vanilla/bubblegum and a touch of clove adds to some dryness. Yeast sediment is suspended evenly no big chunks but cloudy as hell. Mouthfeel is nice sturdy but no cloying carbonation light to medium bodied smooth drinking beer that I'm glad to support in their new 24 pack sutcases they're selling, damn they look good.

Serving type: can

04-10-2010 03:00:19 | More by WVbeergeek

RblWthACoz

Pennsylvania

4.5/5  rDev +15.7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

Pours a very clouded orange amber with a nice off-white head. Nose is a heavy yeast. Kind of an earthy tar tone to it. Flavor is earthy yeast and very strong at that. Robust. Thick. Deep. Feel is thick on liquid and nice on the carbonation. Overall I have to say this is a pretty tasty brew. Hearty and deep, but definitely worth trying. Especially with all this craft brew in the can stuff going on.

Serving type: can

12-31-2007 08:30:32 | More by RblWthACoz

weeare138

Pennsylvania

3.88/5  rDev -0.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Appears a slightly cloudy golden orange with a frothy white head that seems to stick around. Again, the issue with no lacing. Is this the way the S.F. washes their glasses, or is it the beer being brewed at ROFO?
The smell is of artificial bananas. I'm convinced that they started using banana extract on this since last year. It was always that natural bubble gum-ish and banana aroma before then but now it seems to be nothing but bananas, which leads me to think that. If not, then perhaps they fermented this at a lower temperature before last year. Either that, or this has been doing some serious conditioning with a unique yeast strain.
Taste is of bananas with some crisp wheat in the background.
Mouthfeel is of a medium bodied wheat beer. This could be slightly lower on the carbonation but it's decent.

Serving type: on-tap

07-30-2005 15:43:25 | More by weeare138

corby112

Pennsylvania

2.95/5  rDev -24.2%
look: 3 | smell: 4 | taste: 2 | feel: 3 | overall: 4

Serving: on-tap at the Standard tap in Philadelphia, PA

Pours a cloudy gold color with thin white head. Aroma was kind of week with only a faint hint of citrus. Flavor was bland as well with a slight touch of lemon citrus. Very crisp with a very slight sour finish.

Serving type: on-tap

11-27-2008 23:11:04 | More by corby112

beerthulhu

New Jersey

4.1/5  rDev +5.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5

Barvarian wheat beer with hersbrucker hops.

A: Poured a beautiful golden-orange that was cloudy by nature and was topped off by a bright white fluffy head that held up nicely leaving a moderate trail lacing.

S: The nose yielded a strong sense of wheat, bananas, cloves and some light bubblegum hints all combining for a very nice aromatic experience.

T: The flavor was sweet and spicy with lemony wheat, bananas, pineapples, and zesty dry oranges. There was some spicy citrus notes along with a light breadiness and good yeasty attributes.

M: light, creamy leaving a nice slick coating on the tongue of wheat and citrus all brought on by a crisp carbonation.

D: Overall a very nice spicy and sweet drinking weiss that you don't want to put down, very refreshing wit a nice lemony tang. Could drink this all night.

Serving type: on-tap

11-10-2008 23:36:53 | More by beerthulhu

DrJay

Massachusetts

3.83/5  rDev -1.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4

Hazy caramel gold with a bright white head and great retention. The aroma hits all the bases expected of a weisse - cloves, lemon, bread, vanilla. There's also a bit of caramel and some banana as it warms. Some of the same in the flavour, but it falls just short. The spiciness is more pronounced though, particularly near the finish. There's also plenty of citrus and fruit character. Medium/light body and carbonation, slightly drying. This is pretty good, but the flavour doesn't quite match the aroma.

Serving type: on-tap

03-17-2006 03:10:06 | More by DrJay

dirtylou

Washington

3.63/5  rDev -6.7%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4

12oz can, obtained via the pre-season football bif...consumed during the arizona-phili playoff game

appearance: poured into a lakefront pint glass, hazy orange-copper body, fluffy white crest with nice strong retention

smell: saison-like funk, yeast, green apple, clove and white pepper

taste: sweet and fruity, yeasty funk, green apple, corriander and white pepper. lacks a real punch

mouthfeel: oddly foamy throughout

drinkability: good

Serving type: can

01-18-2009 22:32:24 | More by dirtylou

francisweizen

Australia

4.5/5  rDev +15.7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

Murky tangerine with a small head of foam that leaves some nice lace patterns. The aromas are classic hefe. Yeasty banana, bubblegum, fresh wheat, and more. The taste is all banana up front with some other lovely yeasty esters in the mix as well. The mouthfeel is super creamy and perfect for a weizen and the drinkability is pretty damn good. Wow, maybe this one is not loved by many, but this is up there with many German versions to me.

Serving type: on-tap

11-16-2004 22:54:10 | More by francisweizen

tpd975

Florida

3.63/5  rDev -6.7%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4

Thanks to BitterBrian for throwing this one in on our trade along with the matching glass.

A: This one pours a pretty yeasty, hazy orange color. Has a huge head that fades nicely.

S: It smells of bubble gum with hints of banana and clove which is standard for a hefe, and boy do I love the smell of a hefe in the morning.

T: There is a wonderful taste of malt, banana, and citrus with an ever so slight bite of pepper in the finish.

M: It is just about right, medium in body and crisp as it rolls across the tongue.

D: Come woman and man, this one is poundable. Goes down smooth, I could see myself consuming several of these at a BBQ.

Overall: A good hefe, though there are those I like better by Franz, Weihenstephaner, and Penn, but this one is nice. I cracked it open after doing some yard work and boy did it hit the spot. I gulped it down and would have had another if I had one. I guess I will switch to Penn or an Alpha King. Mine came in a can, which makes it great for the beach, the pool, and everywhere else glass is not ideal. If you have access to this one bring it to your next cookout or better yet 4th of July outing. It will enjoyed by one and all.

Serving type: can

06-22-2007 17:28:04 | More by tpd975

DrDemento456

Pennsylvania

3.9/5  rDev +0.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5

A - beer pours a hazy yellow color with a white head that flows with heavy carbonation.

S - Smells of banana, clove, and just a touch of pilsner malt.

T - The first time I had it all I could taste was the bitter pilsner malts but today's tasting after a couple of DIPA's really made the beer taste closer to an actual Heffe. Strong banana with a touch of wheat and clove follow with a smooth finish. Nice.

M - Really light and succession-able

D - Well I really like other Heffe's more but for 10.25 a six pack this was a very good overall beer. Would I buy it again? Eh maybe not.

Serving type: can

07-30-2010 18:26:59 | More by DrDemento456

tgbljb

Pennsylvania

4/5  rDev +2.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Served as a cloudy orange-amber berr with modest white puffy head. Smell is banana-like with some yeasty notes present. Taste also is dominated by banana with a nice spiciness also to be found. Finish light and refreshing. Great drinkability. Good interpretation of the style.

Serving type: on-tap

05-06-2006 01:08:52 | More by tgbljb

onix1agr

Pennsylvania

4.85/5  rDev +24.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5

32oz growler from Whole Foods into a tall Hard Rock Cafe glass.

Royal pours out pretty dirty, unfiltered by look, a bold orangish dark tan hue that cant be seen through. A nice bubbly white head that's not quite thick, nice stick.

Smells pretty much equal to a bunch of oranges and wheat. Not alot of banana but a nice sweet malt base. I cant say how much orange is in here, it's abundant.

Being so close to the source, this is fresh as shit. With that you think there would be some hops in here (which there are) but they dont register. Oranges and wheat makes up the whole while banana and malt are in the back. Banana is real light.

Real refreshing easy drinking beer here. The body is a tad thicker than most hefe's but this is the royal we are talking about here, it shows. A light carb and a short and bursting aftertaste.

I cant believe it took me years to get around to this one. This is what beer drinking is about because you can drink tonz of it with the low ABV and not get bored with it. Not your standard Hefe here.

Serving type: growler

08-25-2010 03:14:45 | More by onix1agr

dbrauneis

New Jersey

4/5  rDev +2.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

A: Pours a cloudy dark golden yellow to orange in color. The beer has a finger tall creamy dense white head that slowly reduces to a thin film covering the entire surface of the beer with a couple of slightly thicker patches and a thicker ring at the edges of the glass. Moderate amounts of lacing are observed.

S: Moderate to strong aromas of banana and clove, exactly what I would expect from the style. There are some lighter notes of orange citrus.

T: Like the smell, the taste is also dominated by the banana and clove flavors. There is some more subtle hints of orange citrus and wheat.

M: On the lighter side of medium bodied with moderate to heavy amounts of carbonation. Creamy.

O: This beer is enjoyable, easy to drink, and quite sessionable. This could become a regular in the summer beer rotation - especially since it comes in cans and they can go anywhere (even to the pool).

Serving type: can

06-12-2012 20:45:11 | More by dbrauneis

dsa7783

New Jersey

3.9/5  rDev +0.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Single, twelve-ounce can purchased from Buy Rite on Oak Tree in South Plainfield...
A hefty pour yielded a bright-orange colored-hue with rising carbonation and a moderately-sized foamy head that quickly receded and left a small amount of lacing around the serving glass...
Sweet aroma replete with oranges, wheat, and citrus...
Taste was rendolent of fresh tangerines, wheat, yeast, ripe fruit, and sweet citrus...
Nice mouthfeel, creamy, and sweet with a good level of drinkability to match...
Recommended...

Serving type: bottle

06-09-2008 21:04:26 | More by dsa7783

mdaschaf

Washington

3.88/5  rDev -0.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Had on tap at Whole Foods in Glen Mills PA. Review from notes.

A: Pours a hazy light yellow color with a small white head on top. Medium retention, slowly reducing to a thin cap on top. Minimal lacing.

S: Lots of wheat, some yeast, and a good bit of banana. There is some light pepper and coriander as well.

T: Similar to the aroma with a good bit of banana and some doughy malt. More spice from the yeast as well.

M: Light to medium body with bubble carbonation. Drinks easy.

O: A pretty good hefe. If it were readily available where I lived I could see myself keeping it in the fridge.

Serving type: on-tap

05-01-2012 18:48:07 | More by mdaschaf

cpetrone84

Pennsylvania

3.2/5  rDev -17.7%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

Pours a hazy golden amber with a thick creamy white head. The nose is a little messy and has lots of banana. It is a bit sweet and fruity with little else. The taste is singular, hints of clove and yeast underneath a dominant banana and lemon type hefeweizen flavor with a light bitterness in the back. The body is soft and creamy, lower carbonation for a hefe but a clean crisp finish. This is easy to drink and full of flavor, very simple and lacks the carbonation and spicy balance of a great hefe.

Serving type: on-tap

12-13-2011 15:20:42 | More by cpetrone84