Veldensteiner Weißbier - Kaiser Bräu GmbH & Co KG

vfgccp

New York

2.43/5  rDev -27.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 2 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5

A - Huge foamy white head with great retention and lace. Light haze on a golden straw body.

S - Green banana, strange acrylic twang, sweet wheat.

T - Lightly sour, thick wheat, lemon highlights. Green vegetable aftertaste.

M - Light frame with an almost syrupy finish.

O - A below average hefe with a lot of off-notes. Save your money for a better brew.

Serving type: bottle

12-27-2012 21:29:41 | More by vfgccp

mscudder

Georgia

3/5  rDev -10.4%
look: 4 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3

Got a lot of these at $2 a bottle on a steal! Poured into a weizen glass.

A - Pours a murky orange-straw yellow. Massive frothy pale head. Give the glass is rather thin, this head is over a full finger length. Awesome retention and nice lacing.

S - Clove. citrus and a bit of funk. Makes me appreciate the greater hefe's from Ayinger and Weihenstephaner.

T - A bit of dank fruit upfront, some lively yeast and thin wheat malts. Not really exciting.

M - Light body with above average carbonation.

O - A boring, musty, hefe that I was really expecting better from. I don't expect to ever have this brew again.

Serving type: bottle

10-14-2012 05:29:30 | More by mscudder

corby112

Pennsylvania

3.15/5  rDev -6%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 4 | overall: 3

Pours a cloudy golden orange color with straw yellow edges and a two finger frothy, pillowy white head that slowly settles into a lasting ring. Streaks and large spots of soapy lacing left behind.

Spicy aroma with a prominent clove presence that's countered by bready yeast, banana and citrus rind. The yeast character is really strong ith lots of bread and banana that overpowers the spice and orange peel notes.

Medium bodied with soft carbonation and a zesty spice flavor that lingers over the yeast, banana and citrus notes into a slightly dry, tart finish. Strong clove presence up front that's quickly countered by prominent bread and banana notes. Tart orange peel sweetness in the finish. Overall this is an average example of the style. It has all of the traditional characteristics but the bread/banana/yeast presence is too strong for my preference overpowering the other flavors.

Serving type: bottle

09-03-2012 06:38:01 | More by corby112

jtierney89

New Jersey

2.3/5  rDev -31.3%
look: 2 | smell: 2 | taste: 2 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

Hazy tarnished brass color with golden highlights. Bright white head. Smells oddly of sweet dark fruit and burnt pizza crusts.

Very strange beer. Tastes like it could be a dunkel but someone lightened it up with something. Light and crisp with a burnt caramel note. Semi-spicy finish.

This beers done wrong. Tastes like a dunkel and looks likes a weiss.Either the importer hasn't taken care of this beer, or its a bad beer from the start.

Serving type: bottle

08-06-2012 04:18:10 | More by jtierney89

Ruds

United Kingdom (England)

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

On tap at the Castle Burg Hotel in Neuhaus Pegntitz, Franconia - tap house for Veldensteiner beers in the same town where it is brewed

Served into a tall Weissbier glass bearing the Valdensteiner name as you would expect!

hazy yellow in colour with typical clouding for weissbier and a fair sized head of around an inch

tastes were of slight barley, fairly sweet but not too so, also slight spice and citrus coming across

Not the worlds greatest Weissbier but a decent enough effort!

Serving type: on-tap

12-08-2011 15:24:22 | More by Ruds

BayouBengal1537

Louisiana

3.13/5  rDev -6.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

Beer pours a cloudy yellow in color into my Amsterdam weizen glass with a noticeable amount of carbonation that is visible from the rising bubbles. Smells of clove, spice notes, coriander, and banana. taste is very similar to the smell but weaker on the flavors; little bit on the bland side. light-bodied on the palate with a moderate amount of carbonation. Dryness on the finish. Overall, a decent hefe but I think there is better out there.

Serving type: bottle

08-28-2011 02:12:55 | More by BayouBengal1537

dasenebler

Maine

2.85/5  rDev -14.9%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 2 | overall: 2

.5L Bügelflasche, best before 10/21/11.

Pours cloudy light straw-orange with a nice head. Not as persistent as some, but still fluffy and creamy, with some lacing.

The aroma is spicy and lemony, with a background of raw yeast.

The flavor is kind of watered-down. Some hints of clove, coriander and other spices, along with a nondescript fruitiness. Tastes kind of like a Witbier meets Hefeweizen, though not convincing. Lightly sweet and yeasty. The mouthfeel is well-carbonated, but comes off harsh and drying on the palate.

An average Hefeweizen at best.

Serving type: bottle

06-22-2011 22:19:49 | More by dasenebler

vtfan77

Virginia

3.1/5  rDev -7.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3

Ok, not gonna lie; I got this beer mostly because of the bottle. But it works out because of the hefeweizen kick I'm on now and it's something new.

A- Light golden orange with a decent white head that quickly dissipates into an equally decent ring of lace.

S- Not a whole lot of smell, but what there is is sort of a sweet, nondescript fruit aroma. It's a bit like sweet pears or plums with maybe a little of the traditional banana and clove aromas. Not bad, but I really wish it were stronger.

T- Some sour malt and a grassy hop character. A little bit of banana and some powdery yeast, but not much else. Not bad, but pretty bland.

M- Fairly light with a good dose of prickly carbonation.

Eh, it's pretty so-so. Nothing stands out as "bad" about it; there aren't any off flavors or anything. It's just bland. I mean, it's probably a good quencher for a hot summer day, but that's about it. You can do better, and at a lower price too. I probably won't be getting it again.

Serving type: bottle

05-24-2011 23:46:01 | More by vtfan77

rtepiak

Poland

3.78/5  rDev +12.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

a very old bottle that held up...

drink by 16/09/10 posted...

nose when popped is at first and foremost almond/marzipan. that fades rather quickly and is replaced with a stale banana fruit... but this even dissipates. it takes a bit. the pour is beige with a good carbonation. great for the age. palate once dissipated is actually similar to the pilsner in hop character once its gotten old. a bit floral subtle. more so sweet like a belgian malt liquor sweet. brown sugar and honey. not overpowering but very much so the predominant.

would like to try fresh... on the helles hef side i would figure.

Serving type: bottle

05-11-2011 01:05:56 | More by rtepiak

bluejacket74

Ohio

3.53/5  rDev +5.4%
look: 3 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5

500 ml swing-top bottle. Served in a weizen glass, the beer pours a hazy golden/orange color with a two inch frothy white head. Head retention is pretty good, but there isn't much lacing at all. Aroma is cloves, banana and wheat. Nice smelling brew. It tastes like wheat, cloves, and a bit of bubblegum. Not as nice as the aroma, but still decent. Mouthfeel/body is light/medium, it's smooth and is well carbonated (maybe a bit too much). I think it's a decent brew, but not one of the best hefe's I've tried. With that being said, it's worth a try.

Serving type: bottle

04-02-2011 00:27:44 | More by bluejacket74

Knapp85

Pennsylvania

2.58/5  rDev -23%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2 | overall: 2.5

Tried this at the Split Rock Beer Fest on 11-21-10. They had a bunch of the Veldensteiner bottles there and I knew that I'd never tried any of them so I made sure to get them all under my belt. This ended up being a pretty standard Weissbeir. Cloudy yellow color, Banana and clove on the nose. Little on the flat side. It's was ok.

Serving type: bottle

03-27-2011 23:04:22 | More by Knapp85

atlason

New York

4.25/5  rDev +26.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4

Pours a pale amber, clear until the yeast filters down from the top providing a uniform beautiful haze. Pretty head with below average retention. Some odd deposits that look different from oridinary yeast.

Strong spicy notes on the nose --- coriander ?

Complex spicy taste with Indian curry like spices mixed with pulpy orange and sweet yeast. Very pleasant, perhaps slightly cloying.

Mouthfeel is somewhat viscuous and sweet. Carbonation relatively heavy but not for a Hefeweizen. Good drinkability.

Aftertaste is long and very consistent with main taste. This is one of the strongest aspects of this beautiful beer.

Overall definitely a Hefeweizen worth checking out. Purchased from New Beer Distributors NYC.

Serving type: bottle

03-27-2011 03:51:40 | More by atlason

kojevergas

California

2.35/5  rDev -29.9%
look: 2 | smell: 2 | taste: 2 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 3.5

Served on draught into a Veldensteiner .3L glass in Berlin.

A: Pours a hazy light gold with a mildly cream head of one finger; poor retention.

Sm: Clean aroma of barley; a very light scent.

T: Empty open to a fresh body of wheat and barley with a slightly off-bitter bleed into the finish. Built pretty standard for the style.

Mf: Smack-your-lips delight on the finish. Coarse and wet through the body - not horribly constructed, but in need of work.

Dr: This beer's highlight is its drinkability. Down one with currywurst in Berlin, but don't order it at a bar.

Serving type: on-tap

03-10-2011 21:15:47 | More by kojevergas

biggred1

Indiana

3.53/5  rDev +5.4%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

Cloudy blonde with cornsilk highlights and a big lumpy head of eggshell foam. Banana, clove and hay with some mild floral hop notes. Nice, spicy bread dough and over-ripe banana notes. Soft and medium bodied. Nice Hefe but not in league with the best of the style.

Serving type: bottle

02-25-2011 23:56:04 | More by biggred1

Sachsenfreude

Germany

3.75/5  rDev +11.9%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4

appearance; typical cloudy Weißbier with a white head. Excellant head rention and lacing

smell; banana yeast and spicy, maybe some bay leaf.

taste; slightly above average for the style, much like the smell. Pretty nice aftertaste, a bit wheaty.

mouthfeel; medium bodied with some creamyness and a smooth refreshing finish.

drinkability; As is expected from the style, this is a thirst quencher, suitable for warm and sunny days in the Biergarten.

Serving type: bottle

01-07-2011 18:37:06 | More by Sachsenfreude

theboozecruise

Louisiana

3.93/5  rDev +17.3%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Porued from a 1/2 liter bottle into a pilsner glass... it's a hazy orange color with a large bubbly white head. Good retention and lacing. Great looking beer.

Good smell to it... some citrus, spices, with a notable wheat base.

The taste is spicy up front, with a hint of citrus at the end... a little bit hoppy, but mostly it's banana on the tongue. Very good, I'm really impressed with this one.

The mouthfeel is really pretty nice too. It's not too thin, good carbonation.

I wasn't expecting much, but this is a pretty good beer.

Serving type: bottle

01-04-2011 03:11:22 | More by theboozecruise

crnipeter

Slovenia

2.93/5  rDev -12.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

0,5 l into tulip. Effervescent peachy body topped by firm white
head,tilts result in stable lacing which gradually breaks down to bands and patches that playfully merge and break while sliding down the walls. Dominant sweet scent of banana,almost sugary, faint clove, some wheat as well. The taste is lemony with notes of banana and wheaty. Very, perhaps overly carbonated and consequently prickly on the palate.

Serving type: bottle

10-16-2010 00:34:24 | More by crnipeter

crossovert

Wisconsin

3.85/5  rDev +14.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5

500 ml swing top bottle. Best before 9/16. Tomorrow ironically. I have been known to enjoy weissbiers near their due date, but I obviously prefer them fresher.

It pours with a typical billowing almost uncontrollable head. It is big, fluffy, and white. It doesn't leave a huge amount of lacing as it recedes though. The body is a honey amber with a touch of gold, slightly hazy.

This one is a ripe banana bomb in the smell. Lots of ripe banana here, there is also a good bit of spicy clove. There is also some caramel.

The taste is kind of on the bland side for the style, though refreshing. It has a very noticeable malt flavor that is almost honey graham cracker like. The clove comes out a bit more in the flavor. The banana is there in the taste but it tastes more like a young banana rather than a ripe one.

It is middle of the road hefe, I have to think some of the flavors have faded, it probably has a lot more banana in the flavor when fresh.

Serving type: bottle

09-15-2010 05:36:20 | More by crossovert

metter98

New York

3.43/5  rDev +2.4%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3

A: The beer is cloudy yellow in color. It poured into a weizen glass with a two finger high head that died down rather quickly, but a thin layer of bubbles consistently remained on the surface. A high amount of carbonation is visible from the rising bubbles.
S: Aromas of cloves and wheat stand out in the nose, which also has notes of bananas and oranges plus some hints of yeast.
T: The taste is very similar to the smell and also has some lemon flavors; the aftertaste is rather citrusy and also has a slight amount of acidity. The finish also becomes a bit spicy as it starts to warm up.
M: It feels light-bodied on the palate with a moderate amount of carbonation. There is a little dryness in the finish.
D: The beer is easy to drink but it isn't quite as thirst quenching as some of the other types of hefeweizens available.

Serving type: bottle

09-05-2010 12:47:02 | More by metter98

stakem

Pennsylvania

3.45/5  rDev +3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5

500ml brown swingtop poured into a weizen glass. Some german writing appears on the label talking about the purtiy law and a best by date that I believe to be Sept 16th. This brew appears a cloudy yellowish orange color with a finger of white head that receeds to a thin layering atop the brew. Faint spotty lace clings around the glass.

Aroma of this brew smells predominantly of an even mixture of clove and banana. Also thrown in the nose are some other bits of fruitiness that come across a bit like orange all meshed together with a grain scent that is a bit buttery.

Taste is everything encompassed by the aroma. Upfront there is the flavor of clove and banana with the citrus character that comes across a bit like orange which is strange but acceptable. The grain flavor is there but what is offputting is the buttery notes. Also unusually strange for the style is the presence of the alcohol flavor and warmth in the back of the throat.

This is a medium bodied, more full than I am use to, hefeweizen. Moderately to lower carbed than I expect for the style. All together it isn't that bad, I would drink it again but it wouldn't be my top pick for the style.

Serving type: bottle

07-30-2010 01:16:05 | More by stakem

MrHassellYaHurd

Louisiana

3.65/5  rDev +9%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3

Pours into a weizen glass a hazy yellow-orange with a big, beautiful, thick white head.

Smells of bananas, clove, and spicy notes; as well as a sharp and crisp scent of malted wheat.

Light on the fruitiness normally associated with a hefe. Little banana taste, but spicy and sharp. It's sharply carbonated, which makes for a rather prickly, and less than pleasant mouthfeel. Distinct cereal (like breakfast cereal!) aftertaste with a slightly phenolic edge.

Drinkability is average.

Serving type: bottle

03-27-2010 01:42:16 | More by MrHassellYaHurd

tempest

Pennsylvania

3.48/5  rDev +3.9%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5

Thanks to a friend for sharing this. It appeared hazy old with a tall white head and off the bat, was filled with a clove-candy aroma. Cleaner, smooth body with spiced candy banana flavor. Sweet (as everything tastes and smells like candy) but drinkable, very juicy and little thin.

Serving type: bottle

12-01-2009 13:31:48 | More by tempest

NYCWheatFanSC

New York

2.93/5  rDev -12.5%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

Perhaps I was expecting too much from this beer, but it failed me on all fronts. Seems to be a german version of bud golden wheat beer. At least I got a solid swing top for my homebrews...

A- Not too shabby, a golden color with (perhaps too) solid transparency

S - ok I guess, really just smells sour.

T - a bit too sour, harsh and unbalanced for my tastes, and far from the norm for this style

M - nicely carbonated, but the taste is too distracting to conduct an appropriate analysis

D - think natty light...

Serving type: bottle

11-06-2009 01:50:45 | More by NYCWheatFanSC

emsroth

New York

3.13/5  rDev -6.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

500ml fliptop bottle

App: Dark straw/light gold. It rides the fine line between opaque and translucent. Fluffy, frothy 3 finger head that turns chunky.

Smell: Dominated by sour yeasty, wheat that has a grainy bread-like quality; similar to sourdough. A hint of banana scent. But it's truly the sour aroma that rules, and I love it.

Taste: This where the beer falls short. A light mild taste. A bit of banana throughout. A mild beginning. Ends with a hoppy fruitiness. A husky malt lingers on the palette.

Crisp but with a bit of a sticky film.

Serving type: bottle

10-07-2009 16:20:19 | More by emsroth

ThirstyBird

Germany

3.83/5  rDev +14.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4

Poured from a .5l flip tip bottle
A - Pours with a huge lumpy head. Hazy honey in color. Some lacing.
S - Big yeast, wheat with clove spiciness.
T - Sweet malt, wheat, clove and some mild banana.
M/F - Light body average carbonation.
D - Definitely an easy drinking weissbier. Fairly mild but pleasant.

Serving type: bottle

08-17-2009 12:51:56 | More by ThirstyBird