Krombacher Weizen - Krombacher Brauerei

ChainGangGuy

Georgia

3.45/5  rDev -2.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5

I've noticed Krombacher rolling into the state of Georgia fairly recently. Popping up at various bottle shops and on-tap at a few spots. Production Date: 05.05.11. Oh. Ohhhh. So, it's new and old at the same time.

Appearance: Lightly clouded, golden-amber body with an initially large head, but it settles fairly quickly.

Smell: Water-soaked wheat malt, with just the thinnest, near non-existent notes smelling of honey, citrus, and spice.

Taste: Tangy, bready wheatiness and barley with a brisk layering of reduced honey. Modestly sweet. A few drops of lemon juice, almost a notion of banana (almost). Slightly spicy, with a hint of flummoxed cloves. Very little hop character or bitterness (even with the addition of hop extract, apparently). Sweetness slides back in for the somewhat drying, fairly crispish finish.

Mouthfeel: Medium-light body. Medium-plus carbonation.

Overall: It's like somebody stomped on over to the flavor dial and cranked it down several notches. No part of it tastes inherently bad or 'off', but it's just a bit blah.

Serving type: bottle

10-19-2011 03:44:24 | More by ChainGangGuy

Cyberkedi

Georgia

4.13/5  rDev +16.7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Comes out of the tap a hazy honey-golden with a thick, pale honey head. Rich, nose-filling wheaty aroma has a firm citrus undertone that is sweet and mainly lemon. Rich, wheaty flavor has yeasty and sweet lemon tones and hints of orange and grass. Lively, fizzy, full-bodied texture completes one of the best wheat beers I have ever enjoyed.

Serving type: on-tap

10-08-2011 23:23:06 | More by Cyberkedi

pschul4

Illinois

3.53/5  rDev -0.3%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

Poured from 12oz bottle into weizen glass

A- it's really interesting, cloudy but like ribboned ya know? Very tasty looking pours a nice 2 finger head with decent lacing

S- Appricots for sure, so fruity and inviting I can't wait to taste this beauty

T- Major let down.... Very watery and just a faint fruity taste without much hop or malt presenc. Not bad but not good either

M- Very carbonated and almost soda like, just feels like a milder fresca

O- Not impressed after the smell still better than any macro though

Serving type: bottle

10-04-2011 03:36:58 | More by pschul4

yemenmocha

Arizona

3.55/5  rDev +0.3%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

Pours nice hazy draw color with white head. Nose has yeasty bready notes, with babana. Palate offers dry wheat flavor with clove, banana, and a sour quality. Light, easy drinking, not heavy on palate or in the belly. Could do many of these with appropriate food pairings.

Serving type: bottle

09-13-2011 02:10:49 | More by yemenmocha

RuudJH

Netherlands

2.75/5  rDev -22.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5

Wheatbeer from a big brewery, trying to get into an unfamiliar market.
0.5 l bottle.

Golden colour, thick big fluffy head, but disappointing low carbonation.
Smell has clear banana in it.
Taste is very bland, of a bit malt, bread, starch, and some banana. Watery, no real bitterness or sweetness. A slight unpleasant aroma and taste of cod liver oil, in the aftertaste.

Not a particularly good hefeweizen, i think.

Serving type: bottle

07-07-2011 15:36:58 | More by RuudJH

emerge077

Illinois

3.43/5  rDev -3.1%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

12 oz. bottle, production date 5.5.11, exp date 5.5.12, so this bottle is a new arrival to the market and a relatively fresh import.

Into a weizen glass it pours a sunny golden orange that becomes opaque when the yeast is poured in. Excellent retention with arcs of puffy lace clinging to the glass. Mild wheaty aroma, vaguely sweet with a hint of banana, not especially exciting.

Softly sweet taste, banana and mellow wheat flavors, vanilla wafer and a hint of dry nutmeg or clove in the finish. Creamy feel, rather mellow with a slightly astringent bite. Not a bad summer quencher, though it's a bit tame. My go to hefeweizens are New Glarus, Weihenstephaner, and Paulaner... probably wouldn't seek this out again, but wouldn't refuse one either.

Serving type: bottle

06-23-2011 23:03:44 | More by emerge077

patra7

Greece

3.45/5  rDev -2.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5

Appearance: Gold / amber color; cloudy, especially at the beginning. Off-white thick head that quickly gets thinner but stays on as a thin layer.

Smell: Fruity (citrus type?) and yeast, with some notes of burnt toast at the start which make it different than other hefe-weizens I’ve tried.

Taste: Yeast and malt with some fruit presence (barely discernible).

Mouthfeel: Medium body. Little carbonation. Kind of mushy.

Drinkability: Not of the most refreshing type but interesting enough to quickly disappear from my glass. Beers tend to do that…

Serving type: bottle

04-12-2011 21:12:48 | More by patra7

Everydayoff

Thailand

3.6/5  rDev +1.7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4

500ml bottle poured into a weizen glass by freshness date.

A:
Hazy yellow brass color with thick white velvety head with good retention, it gradually recedes to half-finger layer of froth atop, high carbonation.

S:
Trademark smell of Hefeweizen, there comes banana, citrus, malt and clove spice.

T:
Banana with hint of sweetness from biscuity malt mingles with light citrus and phenolic spice. Hop bitterness is rather mute.

M:
The body is medium, smooth mouth feel, dry finish.

O:
Very refreshing and high drinkable, it is well round balance in every angle, well done.

Serving type: bottle

03-25-2011 13:07:30 | More by Everydayoff

dasenebler

Maine

3/5  rDev -15.3%
look: 2.5 | smell: 2 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

.5L, best before 10/27/11.

Pours a light, burnt orange with fizzy head that is insufficient for the style. Not much lacing, okay retention.

The aroma is yeasty and subtly clovey, though there's some raw, stinky yeast cheese in there I don't care for-- kind of sulfuric.

The flavor is light and basic. Not a terribly sweet Hefeweizen, with more of a crusty bread and medicinal flavor. Somewhat spicy and clovey. Finish is a touch bitter for the style. The mouthfeel is decent, if a bit watery, with more prickly than creamy or fluffy carbonation.

A pretty average wheat beer, but drinkable. I wasn't expecting too much from a new Krombacher beer, since they're really a lager brewery at heart.

Serving type: bottle

03-09-2011 18:40:13 | More by dasenebler

ticklechicken

Korea (South)

1.78/5  rDev -49.7%
look: 3 | smell: 1.5 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2

Lookswise, this is a typical wheat beer: deep orange, minimal head, and this one had very little lacing. The smell was something different though: very grassy with clove and spice, and sort of... mouldy. This was but a hint of the bizareness to come with the taste. This beer had an incredibly earthy taste, which immediately reminded me of game meat. Besides that there were strangely long lingering aftertastes of bubblegum, clove and grain: such complexity in the aftertaste is somewhat strange. This beer was certainly unique, but I have to wonder if mine had gone bad, despite being in date. In the mouth, it was somewhat prickly with some later stickiness. In sum, I'm yet to try a Krombacher beer that I've enjoyed, and I have to rate this weizen's drinkability as pretty low. I might try it again in the future, just to be sure I'm not being to harsh on a beer that has gone stale.

Serving type: bottle

02-15-2011 15:16:17 | More by ticklechicken

NightINgale

Quebec (Canada)

3.48/5  rDev -1.7%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

Brought directly from Germany...
0.5L bottle poured into my Paulaner glass...

A - Cloudy amber body, a pretty solid and typical hefeweizen colour to it. The head is soapy and frothy at first, but then it becomes a little bit disappointing. Not very great head retention; minimal lacing.

S - Nothing spectacular here, but it's in line with the majority of good wheat beers. Yeast, bread, a touch of toffee, some citrus notes and some spices (cinnamon and clove).

T - Tastes like a typical German wheat beer, only milder. Wheaty breadiness and moderate banana-like sweetness dominate the palate. Some hints of spice and vanilla add another layer of flavour. A bit too tart in the finish, which I found quite surprising.

M - Light-to-medium body to it. Definitely not watery, which I really liked. Medium level of carbonation. Some moderate spiciness on the tongue. Quite soft overall. A slight hint of alcohol could be detected.

D - Not bad, but I've had better drinking hefeweizens. Even though this is a 5.3% beer, I felt that it was a bit hefty, and I even managed to get a minor buzz after having eaten a full dinner. Odd.

Overall, it was nice to try a non-Bavarian German wheat beer for a change, and I would definitely be willing to try it again. However, I would probably not put it in my top-5 hefeweizen list.

Serving type: bottle

10-30-2010 01:17:12 | More by NightINgale

Sunnanek

Sweden

3.73/5  rDev +5.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4

A: Pour is murky, light orange with a rich large creamy head that takes it's time to dissipate. Lots of lacings.

S: Ripe banana - wheat. Spicey. Faint malt and lots of citric notes. Some yeast as well.

T: Banana once more, a little held back in comparison to the taste. Bready sweet malt. Citric notes and yeast. lots of spices.

M: Aftertaste stays longer than I anticipated and holds some dryness. Body is light to medium and carbonation isn't offensivly rich.

D: A refreshing Hefeweizen that holds a little more breadyness than usually - not bad at all.

Serving type: bottle

08-10-2010 18:43:47 | More by Sunnanek

seanyfo

United Kingdom (Scotland)

4.03/5  rDev +13.8%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

50cl bottle poured into the branded Krombacher Weizen glass. Bought at beach front cafe in Puerto de la Cruz, Tenerife.

A- Hazy orange hue, with a 3 finger creamy head siting on top, with excellent retention and lacing.

S- Yeasty! Staple banana and clove weizen smells, hint of vanilla.

T- Fruity esters of banana coming through well to a nice soft bittering finish. Lingers well.

M- High carbonation and light body.

D- Lovely to look at and a pleasure to drink with refreshing carbonation and good flavour profile.

Serving type: bottle

07-28-2010 10:49:13 | More by seanyfo

mdagnew

United Kingdom (Northern Ireland)

3.4/5  rDev -4%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4

500ml bottle bought from GapWines, Belfast...

Poured a light amber / yellow colour with a good yeasty haze... White head poured typically thick and foamy then faded slowly to decent thickish covering ... lots of carbonation rises to the surface... fair amount of sticky lacing...

Aroma - Very light clove spiciness, good wheatiness, some breadiness, very little malts - just some faint biscuity hints, sweet banana, light fruitiness (apples and lemons), some peppery traces, hay traces...

Taste - Very light biscuit malts, faint clove, quite strong wheat malt notes, quite yeasty, definite breadiness, some soap, metallic hints, nice fruitiness (lots of lemon and banana), light sour notes, peppery hints...

Feel - Fairly smooth with a little bite underneath... light body... As with most hefe's this is pretty refreshing and drinkable...

Overall - A pretty standard, though decent, hefe... certainly worth a try...

Serving type: bottle

04-14-2010 09:45:50 | More by mdagnew

david18

New York

3.45/5  rDev -2.5%
look: 4 | smell: 5 | taste: 3 | feel: 2 | overall: 3.5

Late night after dinner imperial pint was a great way to end the evening. Shared with my wife on a square in the center of berlin. The best part was the significant banana aroma that leaped from the glass. Would recommend to anyone who travels to the great city of Berlin.

Serving type: on-tap

07-12-2009 16:28:56 | More by david18

atis

Finland

3.63/5  rDev +2.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4

Pours hazy yellow/orange with large white head that slowly fades. Aroma is fresh banana, yeast, some fruity esters - orange mostly, bits of clove, quite typical Hefe, but weaker than I would have expected.

Taste is sourish lemon, prickly and rather strong yeast, banana and bits of bittery herbs. Mouthfeel is medium with average carbonation.

Overall, typical, refreshing and well made.

Serving type: bottle

07-08-2009 07:37:39 | More by atis

Jeffo

Netherlands

3.08/5  rDev -13%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

Found this at Bert's Bierhuis in Utrecht.

From a bottle into a weizen glass.

APPEARANCE: Pours a massive 4 finger white medium thick fluffy head that mounds out of the glass like a mountain. A decent amount of carbonation is evident with tiny little bubbles. Quite a few floaties unfortunately. Colour is tangerine orange with some amber at the bottom. Head is pretty persistent and a thick cap remains to the end leaving some decent lacing down the glass. Very nice looking.

SMELL: A decently strong scent of wheat malt, bananas and bubble gum. A bit of clove in there as well. Pleasant.

TASTE: Wheat malt, some clove with banana undertones, but slightly lacking on the initial taste. A mild and short wheat malt aftertaste has a slight bit of spiciness from the alcohol. A little disappointing, as it doesn't quite live up to the nose. Not off putting at all, but no better than average.

PALATE: Medium body and lower end carbonation. Goes down smooth with no bite and finishes very dry on the palate, perhaps a bit too astringent.

OVERALL: This one was an odd one. I had no expectations beforehand, as I didn't even know Krombacher made a weizen. The beginning was a pleasant surprise, but once I took my first sip that enthusiasm turned to disappointment as it turned into an average weizen at best. Great to look at and drinkable enough, but not worth seeking out again.

Serving type: bottle

03-31-2009 17:58:56 | More by Jeffo

elricorico

Alberta (Canada)

3.6/5  rDev +1.7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4

Direct from Germany, brought over as a gift by a friend of a friend. Very hazy golden brown with a finger of fluffy white head. Good retention.

Clove seems to dominate in the aroma category, with a hint of lemon/lime type citrus mixed in.

Good amounts of semi-sweet citrus flavour up front, opening up into the clove and vanilla infused wheat taste that carries until the finish. Not outstanding, but nice.

More body than the average weizen, with the high carbonation you expect. Altogether a solid brew that is an easy drinker with more than enough character to be interesting. My thanks again for the fresh German beer delivery.

Serving type: bottle

01-20-2009 01:39:49 | More by elricorico

botham

Illinois

3.85/5  rDev +8.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

half liter bottle poured into a weizen glass. pours a hazy golden color with amber highlights and four fingers of off white pillow-like head that remains for a couple minutes.

aroma is mainly citrus with a note of vanilla. fruit notes include banana and apple. a slightly bready character is present as well.

taste is similar to the aroma, only with a more refined citrus and a smoother profile. finishes on a creamy note with lingering grain.

mouthfeel is light to medium bodied with a slight bite from co2 and a slightly watery finish.

drinkability is good. the citrus here is well proportioned and seemlessly intertwines with the malts. prost!

Serving type: bottle

03-27-2008 02:06:44 | More by botham

TheSarge

Illinois

3.73/5  rDev +5.4%
look: 5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

This Hefe pours with massive amounts of CO2 and creates great amounts of head retention. This takes a while to pour. The body is quite hazy and is golden orange in color.

Aromas detected are mostly dominated by bubble gum and vanilla.

This is a bit light in taste. Mostly banana in character.

This feels a litte spicy but still quite refreshing.

Serving type: bottle

09-15-2007 10:46:34 | More by TheSarge