Kloster Weizen - Capital Brewery

roadhouse

Florida

3.23/5  rDev -12.7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5

12 oz. bottle into a weizen glass

Pours a murky orange with a one inch off-white head on top. Quite a bit darker than the usual Hefeweizen. The head falls to a skim and leaves quite a bit of lacing.

Aroma has some slight banana, a bit of breadiness, some apple, and a bit of pear esters. Also a bit of the mandarin orange in a can smell.

Taste is bready first followed by the fruit. Again, canned mandarin oranges and pear, slight banana. A bit of a clovey character shows up as well but doesn't last. Quite sweet overall.

Mouthfeel is light bodied, good creaminess and pretty refreshing. Would be more drinkable if it tasted better.

I just didn't like this one very much. Strange flavors going on here unlike many traditional weizens.

Serving type: bottle

04-24-2009 06:09:25 | More by roadhouse

WastingFreetime

Wisconsin

3.18/5  rDev -14.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

Once the frothy single finger head dies down, (minimal lacing) it appears exactly as though I have a glass of orange juice. Its really quite dark opaque orange. Many many levels darker in color than any other hefeweizen I have ever seen before.

Strong banana and bubble gum scent with vanishingly minimal spicing in the scent. And that seems to be this beer's main problem: They left out the cloves and spicing. There is nothing framing the banana and wheat malt sweetness.

Taste follows the nose...but also includes a hell of a lot of umami from that turbidity-causing unfiltered yeast.

The Body is actually medium-low but comes across as misleadingly thicker than it actually is because of the heavy protein load of all that yeast. Semi-chewy in texture, but flows smoothly and well around the mouth.

Serving type: on-tap

08-10-2011 19:57:17 | More by WastingFreetime

rhoadsrage

Illinois

3.1/5  rDev -16.2%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

(Served in a short Weizen glass)

A- This beer had a bright yellow crystal clear body until the last ounce of beer with a large lump of yeast fell into the glass. There was a big carbonation and the only head was a mass of a few large bubbles.

S- This beer had the strong smell of banana taffy with a light smooth wheat bread hint in the background. Not much depth to the smell.

T- The taste of dry pale malt has a light banana flavor the comes through more after it warms a bit. The finish has a carbonic acid/ club soda taste with a light hop hint.

M- The mouthfeel is light with a dry finish.

D- This beer has a big banana smell with a light dry taste and is not at all what I expected from this style. It would be nice if it had a bit more depth and character all though it is an interesting twist on this style.

Serving type: bottle

09-22-2006 21:23:35 | More by rhoadsrage

Beerandraiderfan

Nevada

3.1/5  rDev -16.2%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

Another review from back in the Marquette days. Typical hefe appearance, yellow, dense haze, average head. Solid banana yeast aroma, lays low on the clove, bready.

Pale wheat flavor, banana, banana gum, lacks any hopping it seems. Like how it is a degree chewy, but light bodied. Pretty much ends it there. No other subtleties to speak of. Banana beer. Was looking for some nuttiness to it. Mildly carbonated, would have appreciated more, would have made the banana heavy beer a little more palatable.

Not bad, but not recommended, if this was a style you're into, I can think of a dozen other offerings I'd mention first.

Serving type: bottle

06-14-2011 19:01:14 | More by Beerandraiderfan

AtLagerHeads

Ohio

3.05/5  rDev -17.6%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 3

A cloudy apricot amber body with a single finger ivory head. The head is gone in a flash leaving no evidence that it was ever there. Obviously there is no lace on this glass of beer. The nose is mostly of yeast with a lurking banana sense far to the background. The immediate taste sensation is of cloves followed by some very faint citrus and masking what might be a small flavor of spice that is indistinct. Thin, watery mouthfeel and no crispness. Peppery sense in the aftertaste. An OK beer, but not one I'll seek out in the future. If offered, I'd take one, just one.

Serving type: bottle

05-15-2003 15:09:12 | More by AtLagerHeads

Dogbrick

Ohio

2.98/5  rDev -19.5%
look: 2.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

Hazy gold color with a thin white head. Slight citrus aroma. A little better than the average German Wheat (I thought it was on the same level as Weihenstephaner) but I am still not a big fan of the style. It is too wheaty/citrusy for my tastes.

Serving type: bottle

10-18-2002 08:15:35 | More by Dogbrick

KarlHungus

Minnesota

2.65/5  rDev -28.4%
look: 2.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 2.5

This brew pours a cloudy pale orange color with no head. In fact, there isn't even enough lacing to coat the top of the liquid. The aroma is rather strong. Bubblegum, bananas, and more bubblegum. It is not really what I expect from a Hefe, or any other wheat beer for that matter. The taste is a lot fainter than the aroma, but bubblegum still dominates. The mouthfeel is medium bodied with nice carbonation. Overall, this isn't a very good beer. I can't see myself buying it again.

Serving type: bottle

02-16-2006 18:31:53 | More by KarlHungus

northyorksammy

Ontario (Canada)

2.65/5  rDev -28.4%
look: 3 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2

Thanks to FlyingBison for coming through on this. Like an American pale wheat that has a sourness, only more aggressive wheat and carbonation. This is not a smooth hefeweizen, i.e. Town Hall. I could not finish the Capital version.Spice is sour lemon and pepper.

Serving type: bottle

09-10-2006 02:05:39 | More by northyorksammy