Kapuziner Weissbier - Kulmbacher Brauerei AG

albern

Massachusetts

3.73/5  rDev -7.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

Not my favorite hefe-weizen, but not a bad one either. As everyone else mentioned, this beer is quite cloudy, orangish, with more head and retention than is typically characteristic of the style. The smell is prodigious and lasts throughout. Malt, crisp apple, some citrus smell, some cloves too. The beer is less sweet than I would have anticipated from the smell. This is a rather dryish beer, and particularly so for a hefe. You will get a moderately carbonated, tart, dry, yeasty wheatish malt taste, bordering on a toasted malt flavoring. What you won't get is the thick, sweet, typically banana qualities often present with hefes. The cloves are noticeably absent from the taste, but you will get the pepperish snap at the end, but very subtley so. The mouthfeel is significantly more creamy than I would have expected, and the after taste is a bit more pronounced as well. This is a hefe that is complex because it borrows characteristics from other styles. L'Chaim

Serving type: bottle

10-26-2007 22:28:44 | More by albern

Stephen63

United Kingdom (Scotland)

3.73/5  rDev -7.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

A - Incredibly lively pour, with half the glass appearing as foam which took quite a while to settle. Massively hazy...

S - Very sweet with some citrus. Nice.

T - Suprisingly flat. Found the flavour to be lacking with some of the sweetness only coming through (orangy). Felt like there was something missing.

M - Quite smooth and pleasant level of carbonation but a bit thin.

D - If I had a limited choice and this was one of them I'd take it, easily drinkable but certainly not particularly memorable.

Snapped this up on one of my rare visits to Morrisons supermarket (was there for a Nintendo game!). Overall this looked and smelt the part, let down with the body which was rather a pale comparison to some of the classic hefes. Hmm.... If you want to sample the weissbier style start off with Schneider or Weihenstephaner.

Serving type: bottle

12-30-2007 21:53:41 | More by Stephen63

RoyalT

Ohio

3.73/5  rDev -7.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

Appearance - This is a yeasty cloud of orangish-yellow with a white and staying head.

Smell - The aroma here is a superb blend of rich German yeast, lemon rind, and a modest touch of banana. The yeast though makes the nose. It is classic German; simple and raw.

Taste - The lemon zest kind of takes over at the taste and the yeast loses a bit of its composure, but it's still the dominant flavor. There's a light metallic flavor that you get with some samples of the style. It doesn't really detract from me but some don't care for it at all.

Mouthfeel - This hefe is a bit larger than light-bodied with decent carbonation.

Drinkability - This one went down OK, but after smelling it I thought I was about to taste the best hefeweizen of my life. The nose far outshined all other aspects of the beer, but overall it is still a solid drinker that I can easily recommend.

Serving type: bottle

08-15-2008 23:57:30 | More by RoyalT

womencantsail

California

3.73/5  rDev -7.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4

A: The pour on this one is a slightly hazed golden color with a tall white head.

S: A bit more citrus to the nose than usual, but there's a lot of nice bread and wheat aromas to it, too. Some moderate bananan notes and just a hint of spice and bubblegum.

T: Sweet bread dominates and there's a bit of lemon peel and vanilla. Banana sweetness is also present, as is wheat. A bit of clove spiciness, but a bit subdued.

M: Light to medium in body with a medium level of carbonation.

O: I drank the bottle, but I think that was probably enough of this one. Didn't really blow me away.

Serving type: bottle

07-20-2011 00:27:59 | More by womencantsail

Dogbrick

Ohio

3.75/5  rDev -7.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Thanks to cmaruschak for sharing his baby keg. Pours hazy orange/amber with a medium thick and fluffy white head that has decent retention. Thin, slippery lacing. Aroma of wheat and bananas. Medium-bodied with a smooth mouthfeel. Flavors of wheat, citrus and banana. The finish is wheaty with hints of yeast and spice. This is a pretty enjoyable Hefe.

Serving type: can

06-01-2006 16:04:01 | More by Dogbrick

Frozensoul327

Michigan

3.75/5  rDev -7.2%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

A solid German Hefe Weizen. Pours out to a medium yellow gold color with a big head of dense white foam. Uniform rings of lace are present, as the head holds solid to the bottom of the glass. Nice. Aromas of bananas, yeasty bread and malts. Taste is light and enjoyable; buttery malts, banana estery bread, light hops, a touch of spice toward the finish. Nice. Mouthfeel is lighter and very fresh, with some bubbles igniting the tastebuds. Drinkability is pretty good. A nice lighter hefe for the summer months.

Serving type: bottle

06-21-2006 18:55:49 | More by Frozensoul327

mdagnew

United Kingdom (Northern Ireland)

3.75/5  rDev -7.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5

500ml bottle bought from onlyfinebeer.co.uk

Poured a hazy golden colour with some coppery tinges... Slightly off white head poured thick and meringue like and lasted for quite a while then faded to light layer... lots of carbonation races to the surface... patchy lacing...

Aroma - Strong bubblegum notes, some mustiness / earthiness, some clove spiciness, light vanilla notes, quite strong wheatiness, very light malts, light banana and lemony fruitiness, slight salty notes, peppery, no real hops...

Taste – Nice citrusy fruits (lemons, light limes, also some grape notes), light cloves, faint biscuity malts, light bubblegum traces, earthy, grassy, some salty notes, peppery hints, again no real hops....

Feel - Some light sharpness then smooths out... light body... Very drinkable and thirst quenching - would be nice on a hot summer day...

Overall - A decent enough hefe.... well worth a try....

Serving type: bottle

11-23-2006 10:28:10 | More by mdagnew

morebeergood

Massachusetts

3.75/5  rDev -7.2%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

Picked up a single bottle from Bauer last week to enjoy Friday night. Poured into a hefe glass, and a huge white head formed. Cloudy yellow color and lots of lacing. Smell was of lots of cloves. Banana and spice were the major flavors in the first couple of sips. But as this beer got warmer, it seemed to lose a bit of flavor. It just seemed to get a bit muted. As I have recently had a Tucher, I'd have to admit that this one doesn't quite reach that level. This is a good (but not great) German hefe.

Serving type: bottle

06-24-2008 00:36:48 | More by morebeergood

mjurney

Texas

3.75/5  rDev -7.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Look:
Very cloudy. Deep golden color. Good amount of small carbonation rising. Foamy head that disappears pretty quick.

Smell:
Sweet nose. Bananas, cloves, bready, just a hint of citrus.

Taste:
Bready up front. Fruity, bananas, cloves, tart, yeasty. Bitterness towards the finish.

Mouthfeel:
Thick, yet slightly crisp. Very light on the carbonation.

Serving type: bottle

06-17-2012 04:20:35 | More by mjurney

PopeJonPaul

Oregon

3.78/5  rDev -6.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Cloudy gold with a nice white head that left great lacing in the glass. Spicy, peppery-hopped banana and fruit flavors with good body and a grapefruit-sour finish, the hoppiness cuts the sweetness down. Refreshing, not a particular standout in my pantheon of Hefe beers though as I like them on the sweet side. Still a great choice for a hot, sweaty NY summer afternoon, glad the bartender did not sour this with a lemon.

Serving type: bottle

06-21-2004 00:21:47 | More by PopeJonPaul

Zorro

California

3.78/5  rDev -6.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5

Sampled due to the kindness of MABZ.

The pour reveals a cloudy light brown colored Hefe with a decent but not spectacular white head.

The smell is sweet and malty with a fair amount of banana and clove scent to it. This is a beer that is heavier on the banana than the clove and smells a bit like a banana Crème brûlée. Malt is a bit sugary with a fair wheat cracker aroma.

The taste begins neutral sweet and quite spicy on the tongue. Sweetness subsides quickly and this quickly becomes a clove and spice drop flavored HefeWeizen. Fairly bready in taste the banana that I could smell is totally gone in the taste. Malt and spice are what this beer is all about.

Mouthfeel is quite full in this beer, almost like toast in milk thick.

A nice drinkable Hefe but maybe not a perfect summer beer. This is quite thick heavy with malt and substantial for a German wheat beer. This is a quite nice winter to spring transition beer almost being a little like a bock in its thickness. In the summer though this probably would be a bit too thick. A good beer for 70 degree days but not really a beer for a hot day.

Serving type: bottle

02-10-2007 04:31:07 | More by Zorro

tempest

Pennsylvania

3.78/5  rDev -6.4%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 5 | overall: 4

Normal looking hefe, a yellow-gold with cloudy yeast. The uyeast actually gives a little extra kick, so be sure to mix it in. The flavor besides that is average, but that's among other great German hefes. There's spicy banana with a touch of citrus. Not many beers pull of a complex mouthfeel, but this one's creamy mouthfeel, but it finishes juicy like a good hefe.

Serving type: bottle

05-18-2007 02:17:49 | More by tempest

Gmann

New York

3.78/5  rDev -6.4%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4

Pours a bright golden orange color with a fantastic pillowy white head that dissipated into a nice cap. This brew is very cloudy, kind of looks like dirty orange juice. The smell is sub-par for a German hefe, reminds me more of an American wheat. Strong wheat malt and lemon citrus aromas. The taste on the other hand is quite smooth. A nice banana flavor base with some light phenols and a light citrus touch. The feel is moderate with fizzy carbonation. Finishes slightly tart. It has the typical hefe crisp yet creamy texture. A good hefe but not a great hefe. The citrus like flavors cut into the banana/phenol flavors that should be center stage. I nit-pick a little, this is a really good hefe.

Serving type: bottle

11-24-2007 05:16:20 | More by Gmann

fitzy84

Massachusetts

3.78/5  rDev -6.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

A great orange-yellow appearance with a delicious frothy head made this drink incredibly appetizing. A strong citrus/orange fruit flavor was particularly noticeably along with bready textures. Taste was pretty sweet but had an odd syrupy aftertaste to it. A crisp carbonation aided in a beautiful body that was great to look at. Overall, a great hefeweizen.

Serving type: bottle

03-14-2009 15:08:23 | More by fitzy84

Toddv29424

District of Columbia

3.8/5  rDev -5.9%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3

This beer simply tastes like a traditional hefe beer with lots of flavor in the head. Pours a golden color with a moderate head, although was filled up again after it had settled. The consistency is thick in your mouth, almost like honey, but it gets all your taste buds covered in the substance. It is best tried with a lemon although don't get me wrong.. this is NOT strictly a summer beer. The consistency makes it great for us hefe drinkers who also enjoy them in the winter time.

Serving type: on-tap

06-05-2005 07:50:37 | More by Toddv29424

ProfessorHops

Illinois

3.8/5  rDev -5.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

Appearance- dark gold, white head. Laces well and has a hazy overcast.

Smell- Bitter and very sweet hops.

Taste- good and very round. Light and fruity like advertised. A good trademark German flavor.

Mouthfeel- kinda' too thick to be named the worlds most refreshing beer. But texture is solid and not harmful.

Drinkability- guzzles ok. This beer is to thick to be a true quencher. So it doesn't; go down as fast as I'd like it to. The flavor has no part in this handy cap it's all in the texture.


I liked this beer. All though I had some problems with the texture all and all it was an ext ordinary brew. It is light in flavor and refreshing. I just find that the pallet and texture cause an argument with in the brew. The pallet offers a exciting party drink that could be served be the pincher. But the texture is too thick for this purpose. But the beer is very good, and will definitely try it again when in the mood for a good German hefe.


Gulp Gulp,
PH

Serving type: bottle

06-02-2006 07:43:42 | More by ProfessorHops

lordofthewiens

Maine

3.8/5  rDev -5.9%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5

A 500ml bottle. It was a hazy yellow with a medium head. Kind of nondescript aroma, couldn't get more than a sweet, grainy aroma out of it. Pleasant taste, however. Fruity/banana, with a light malt taste. Very light and bubbly. I rather enjoyed this, and I ordinarily don't care too much for hefes.

Serving type: bottle

05-25-2007 21:59:56 | More by lordofthewiens

bunnyhustle

Illinois

3.8/5  rDev -5.9%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Poured from 16.9 bottle with no freshness date. Pours a copper-like color and not as cloudy as a typical hefe, more like a haze. Thick, rocky head with ok retention. Smell is of cloves, bread, and what seems like a sour apple, very little banana present. Taste is good, nothing outstanding for a hefe, a little sweet and malty, a little apple taste as well which I havent experienced in this style before. Plesant aftertaste, good carbonation, and light mouthfeel make this an easy drinker. Not an amazing hefe but certainly a good one.

Serving type: bottle

07-04-2007 05:02:53 | More by bunnyhustle

HardTarget

Texas

3.8/5  rDev -5.9%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3 | overall: 4

Bottle Inspection: .5 liter brown bottle, 12.07.07 (sampled 07.10.07, slightly past due). 5,4% abv. with the serving suggestion of 8º C.

Aroma: Mild banana esters which I assume are yeast driven.

Appearance: Almost opaque, almost brown, let’s call it dark yellow with a creamy white, tight bubbled head that laced nicely.

Flavor: Again, mild banana esters, bit of clove, little grainy wheat bite with a touch of honey sweetness in the finish. Really nice profile.

Mouthfeel: Medium body and carbonation.

Overall Impression: Old school hefe! Old world charm. Good craftsmanship here.
I learned that the ß in the name is old school German for double S, making it Weissbier.

Big thanks to Max for hand carrying this back from Europe!

Serving type: bottle

10-10-2007 06:23:24 | More by HardTarget

mpyle

Maryland

3.8/5  rDev -5.9%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

2nd review. Knew I'd never seen it before, but wow.

App - golden color, quite cloudy. Pours a substantial white head, exceptionally thick and creamy and long lasting - could definitely float a bottlecap on this beer's head.

Smell - A bit of clove, and some cider-like fruitiness. Perhaps a gentle malt aroma. Generally quite clean.

Taste - Strong bready, wheat character. Hefe yeast character is secondary, with a subtle sweet clove. Gentle sweetness lingers into the finish, but a clean, almost lager-like flavor profile.

MF - Med body and med-full carbonation. No warming or astringency, but the carbonation does make its presence known as expected for the style.

D'ability - A bit bland, but goes down very easily. Use of a less assertive yeast, or cooler fermentation temperatures, make this example less estery than most. Some may find this desirable, but it left me a little underwhelmed.

Serving type: bottle

06-27-2008 01:32:19 | More by mpyle

JudgeRoughneck

Louisiana

3.83/5  rDev -5.2%
look: 3 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 4.5

This is a hazy, dingy, yellow-orange beer with a big head that fades fast. The nose is an understated and well-balancedmix of clove, lemon, and spicy yeast.

This beer has a heavier mouthfeel which is leathened by wheat zip. Flavor is very balanced, with spice and clove just barely sticking out over a mellow bananna character. No bubblegum, no citrus. A very solid hefe, but I'm alittle bored with it and prefer Paulaner or Franz

Serving type: bottle

05-28-2007 15:49:14 | More by JudgeRoughneck

FreshHawk

Illinois

3.83/5  rDev -5.2%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

A - Hazy butterscotch color with an average sized, light and foamy white head. Disappears fairly fast leaving no lace but plenty of bubbles.

S - Very grainy and wheat like with less banana/gum/clove aroma. There is an overly ripe banana smell and hints of clove and bubblegum. Hints of lemon type of citrus. Fairly strong bready aroma as well. Much more grain driven smell than some other Hefeweizens that I've had.

T - Faint taste of overly ripe banana and some bubblegum start off the taste. Some sweet grainy/bready malt flavor with a bit of a wet wheat flavor comes in soon afterward. This makes up the primary flavor for the beer. Some clove and spiced flavors come in mid to late sip with a slight taste of medicinal and alcohol taste. Banana shows up a bit again at the end.

M - Medium body and very carbonated. Very smooth and has a creamy feel to it.

D - Very easy to drink beer both in body and in flavor. Makes for a nice summertime treat that goes down easy and is quite refreshing.

Notes: Best before 29/09/10. This had a bit less of the typical Hefeweizen taste of banana, bubblegum, and clove. They were still present and contributed, but they were greatly masked by the grainy/bready taste. Not a bad beer, in fact it was enjoyable to drink, I just think it fell a bit flat for the style. Definitely worth a try, and I would have another, but I think there are better examples of the style.

Serving type: bottle

05-30-2010 20:52:14 | More by FreshHawk

basscram

Florida

3.85/5  rDev -4.7%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4

I had this poured in a my half litre mug from a 5 litre keg I purchased at bev. castle temple terrace. This beer pours dark yellowish with some real sparkle to it inside. The head is very big and takes a while to subside. head dissipates after a couple of minutes. The smell is a slight orange with the wheat hint which is hidden well I might add!

Hits tip of tongue its very sharp but goes away quickly as it goes to the back of the throat. I do taste the orange in it and a tad bit of the wheat. There are a lot of flavors I can't describe in it.

This beer is very very easy to drink. I found a new hefe weizen that I like now!

Serving type: on-tap

12-19-2006 05:03:14 | More by basscram

Pegasus

Texas

3.85/5  rDev -4.7%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4

Appearance: Quite hazy, dark golden color, with a moderate white head, and numerous streams of carbonation.

Aroma: Mildly sweet, bready aroma, some ripe banana notes, and a strong herbal hop note.

Taste: Mildly sweet, with honey-like notes, cloves, and ripe bananas, the taste turns to tart malt in the middle of the taste. The finish is dry, with a mildly bready malt, and herbal hops.

Mouth feel: Smooth, full, and pleasant, soft on the palate.

Drinkability/notes: Pleasant and very well-crafted, a sold example of the stylr.

Many thanks to Max for hand-carrying this bottle from Germany.

Serving type: bottle

10-29-2007 02:09:16 | More by Pegasus

Tolnik

Colorado

3.85/5  rDev -4.7%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4

Poured this wheat colored beer into a pint glass. While the white foam was that of good with it reduced down to a slight lingerance. The aroma is that of cloves floweral and slight hops. The taste was similar to that of the aroma with a sweetness to the beer. Overall a great hefeweizen.

Serving type: bottle

12-16-2008 00:24:23 | More by Tolnik