Schneider Weisse Tap 4 Mein Grünes - Weisses Bräuhaus G. Schneider & Sohn GmbH

tempest

Pennsylvania

3.9/5  rDev -4.4%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Had a 500ml bottle for $8 at Tap and Table in Emmaus, PA. The waitress gave it the proper, bottle-down-in-the-glass pour and it appeared a hazy amber with a tall white head. In both aroma and taste, this beer started very strong with phenolic bubblegum and then had notes of clove, pepper, and lemon around it. All around very smooth and drinkable, you just need to like bubblegum. Glad I tried it, and it's very well made, but I prefer less bubblegum.

Serving type: bottle

07-08-2009 00:15:58 | More by tempest

rhoadsrage

Illinois

4.1/5  rDev +0.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5

(Served in a weizen glass)

A- This beer pours a hazy yellow body with a sl orange hue to it. There is a sea of tiny bubbles that support a thick spongy off-white head that last for about half of the beer.

S- This beer has a floral edelwiess flower aroma with a soft doughy aroma which is quickly followed by a crusty bread note. The finish has a green herbal note with an apple cider aroma that grows as the beer warms. There is also a perfumed club soda quality that comes through as the beer warms aswell.

T- This smooth fresh dough flavor has a faint green flower note with a pleasant soft citrus quality to it. The tosted bread crust flavor comes through softly at the finish and adds a nice note to the malt flavors.

M- This beer has a medium mouthfeel with a slippery texture and a very delicate fizzy finish.

D- This beer is smooth and soft with a subtle complexity that grows as the beer warms.

Serving type: bottle

04-07-2009 21:08:51 | More by rhoadsrage

Jason

Massachusetts

4.45/5  rDev +9.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Presentation: 500 ml (16.9 oz) slender brown bottle with info about the brewery on the back label, no freshness date.

Appearance: Cloudy orange with a thick meringue-like cream coloured head, this is due to the vigorous pouring and swirling of the yeast into the glass.

Smell: Pungent aromatic spicy clove with noticeable fruity alcoholic esters. Sweetness from a bready wheat malt character and a faint lemon aroma.

Taste: Sturdy medium body, smooth creamy mouth feel though an ample carbonation holds everything together. Straight forward tickly spicy flavour of cloves with suggestions of nutmeg and faded pepper corns. Hops are nearly non existent and are no match for the spicy character of this brew. Malt is quite sufficient and has a sour dough like quality to it, vague and mellow nuttiness from the yeast rounds out the beer with a complex elegance. Alcohol is evident and warms the mouth and body equally. The raw flavours of this intricate beer give a confusing yet blissful end.

Notes: German wheat in the raw, very robust and in you face. A beer to consume with full respect and enjoy like royalty because this is a trophy brew that flexes for all of the senses.

Serving type: bottle

02-09-2001 20:33:03 | More by Jason

Billolick

New York

3.9/5  rDev -4.4%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Mid sized bottle, has some numbers on the rear label, but not sure what they all mean. Pours cloudy darker apricot, with a slight olive oil like hue. Moderate off white head, and leaves quickly sliding spots and tongues of fine lace. Fruity, wheaty, yeasty nose. Fruity and flavorful. Some honey, very light pepper, ripe fruit. Typical German wheat flavor notes, typically yummy and delicious. Organic to boot. Nice wheat. Go get some and enjoy.

Serving type: bottle

10-02-2009 00:13:05 | More by Billolick

Zorro

California

3.88/5  rDev -4.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Pours a cloudy tan colored beer, looks less tan and more golden as some of the yeast falls to the bottom of the glass.

Smell is sweet and grainy with lots of Band Aid and clove scents. Could be more complex.

Taste is mild sweetness and strong cloves and medicine flavor. Different flavors in the aftertaste lots of sweet malt and bubble gum flavors linger on the tongue. Tasty but might be a bit strange to someone who isn't a Hefe Weizen fan and doesn’t seek out the exotic wheat beers.

Mouthfeel is good and creamy.

Tasty and off beat Hefe Weizen probably would not be appreciated by a non Hefe Fan. For a wheat beer fan this is a 4.

Serving type: bottle

02-01-2005 03:51:21 | More by Zorro

Kegatron

Pennsylvania

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

500 ml bottle into a Hefe glass.

The initial pour is quite foamy at first but it doesn't take too long to get it all into the glass. Pours a hazy orange with some straw colored highlights and several fingers of poofy brite-white head. Settles down into a solid creamy layer that retains well, leaving some solid lacing down the sides of the glass. The aroma is fairly vibrant with notes of wheat, orange, lemon, bananas, and a fairly prominent clove spiciness.

The taste starts with a firm base of wheat sweetness that props up strong citric notes of orange and lemon as well as some yeasty bananas and spicy pepper and clove. The mouthfeel has a moderate carbonation to it, with a crisper feel that then gets creamier as it spreads out across the palette. Maybe a bit too thick at times?

Solid selection here tonight. Nice full flavors made this an enjoyable quaff but I think that maybe if the spiciness was toned down just a touch and the carbonation ramped up, it would have increased the drinkibility even more.

Serving type: bottle

01-08-2009 00:50:16 | More by Kegatron

Viggo

Ontario (Canada)

3.58/5  rDev -12.3%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4

An old bottle, but was still pretty good. Pours a clear amber gold, small head forms and dissipates pretty quick, no lacing. Gets cloudy when the bottom of the bottle is dumped in. Smell is citrus, banana, clove spiciness, sweet honey, little bit of wheat. Taste is banana and clove spiciness, with some citrus and yeast, little bit of wheat, very dry finish. Little bit of sourness. Mouthfeel is light bodied with medium carbonation. Really not bad, I was expecting a drain pour because of the age but it held up very well.

Serving type: bottle

03-08-2006 05:41:49 | More by Viggo

corby112

Pennsylvania

4.4/5  rDev +7.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5

Serving type: bottle.

Pours a golden yellow with a slight orange tint and a huge foamy white head. Sweet citrusy aroma with hints of lemmon and orange peel, yeast and alcohol. Very smooth crisp flavorful beer. Tastes of lemon, orange, banana with a slight touch of sour matly alcohol.

Serving type: bottle

11-28-2008 09:06:15 | More by corby112

johnmichaelsen

Oregon

4.8/5  rDev +17.6%
look: 4 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

Have had this beer previously on tap and out of the bottle, but the gravity fed version I had at Max's during their German beer festival was a revelation.

The beer pours a hazy gold color with OK head retention and lacing. I think this beer had been tapped for a day or two before I got my glass, so I was actually a bit surprised and impressed by how attractive it appeared. On the nose.... mmm.... this is as good as it gets in a weizen/hefeweizen. I get huge aroma of smoked banana, clove and nutmeg. This beer smells gorgeous, and the flavors on the palate completely replicate the nose. The amount of spice in this moderately sweet beer is astonishing. If anything, this beer tastes even better then it smells. In addition to the spice, this beer has the flavor of an orange vanilla icecream popsicle. I also get some light tartness and wheatiness, which mixes well with the spice and vanilla orange. As expected in a gravity fed beer, this beer is incredibly smooth, long and creamy, with a finish that approaches perfection. Drinkability is exceptional, with the alcohol in this beer barely an afterthought.

This is clearly wheat beer perfection, or at least as close as I'm ever likely to come to it. An absolute treat. Very, very impressive.

Serving type: cask

10-08-2009 15:39:23 | More by johnmichaelsen

lacqueredmouse

Australia

4.3/5  rDev +5.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5

Pours a hazed orange-golden colour, although the yeast sediment it very compact at the bottom of the bottle, so it takes a bit of vigorous swirling before I can encourage much yeast haze in the beer. Wen it doesn, it awkwardly settles, meaning the top is cloudy, but the bottom is still crystal clear. Odd.

By the time everything is the way it should be, the head has dissipated, although it's still solid and egg-white frothy, just only half a centimetre high. Lots of weight to the body. A decent looking hefe, but not the best I've seen.

Nose is absolutely lovely though. It's a subtle melange of banana phenols, light and brittle spicy clove and a sweetness that comes across partway between bubblegum and tinned baked beans, if you can believe there's a continuum there. All in all, some absolutely classic weizen characters, and very well integrated.

And, the story keeps rolling on, because the taste is possible the standout point. Usually the esters and spice on the nose form the lynchpin of a good hefe, but this one gives out its treasures on the palate. Smooth rounded wheat characters, sweet with fragrant banana and bubblegum through the centre, and a finish which is lightly green and organic, but in such a way that it melds very pleasantly with the wheat and weizen yeast characters - a hop bitterness, for example, would contrast too sharply with the delicate palate.

Feel is light, and the beer overall is surprisingly clean. Hefes can be bloating at times, but this manages to stay fresh and drinkable.

It's a lovely drop of beer, and a really good hefeweizen, which has Schneider at the top of their craft.

Serving type: bottle

11-29-2010 09:17:23 | More by lacqueredmouse

glid02

Georgia

3.83/5  rDev -6.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4

Bottle purchased from Green's on Ponce in Atlanta.

Pours a darker than normal golden-yellow color with a 1.5-finger white head. The head recedes into a wispy layer on top leaving decent lacing.

Smells of spices - clove mostly with hints of coriander - with underlying light fruits. As the beer warms very light hints of earthy hops enter into things.

Tastes good. The spices are a bit more muted than the smell would intimate however the light fruit flavors - almost all banana but with very light amounts of orange peel - step in to help out. These flavors carry through to a crisp ending.

Mouthfeel is very good. It's got a very nice thickness with coating carbonation.

Drinkability is good. I finished my glass and could have another.

Overall I enjoyed this beer but I didn't think the flavors popped enough for it to break into the top tier for the style. Still, it's worth a shot.

Serving type: bottle

02-01-2010 20:23:42 | More by glid02

DoubleJ

California

3.15/5  rDev -22.8%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

I've started my research for a class on exposing the truth of organic foods, but by no menas am I going to use this beer as part of my research. I've been very happy with the couple of Schneider & Sohn beers I've had, and organic or not, I have high expectations on this one. On to the beer:

The head is a bust on this one, it's soapy, fizzy, and dissapears in a flash after the pour is complete. As for the body, it's a darker blonde color, partly cloudy, and a rush of carbonation bubbles to the top. Malted wheat, buttered wheat toast, and what appears to be honey and nutmeg are scented through the nose.

I wasn't expecting much in phenolic flavor baed on the appearance, and my hypothesis holds true. Nutmeg, cinnamon, and wheat malt in the taste. This just isn't as wildly interesting as I hoped I would get. For the most part, I feel like I'm drinking Honey Nut Cheerios. As I push farther along, while it doesn't become a bad brew, it becomes a very monotone brew.

This would have been a solid hefe, but it got diagnosed with a mono flavor halfway through the drinking.

Serving type: bottle

03-30-2008 06:24:31 | More by DoubleJ

Gusler

Arizona

4.33/5  rDev +6.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5

As the beer withdraws from the captivity of the bottle it pours after decanting a nice chill hazed deep amber color with the head majestic as it sits atop the body, the texture creamy and the color a brilliant white, as it ever so slowly dissolves, the lace forms a silky curtain to seal off the glass. Nose is earthy, with lots of sweet malt, citrus crisp and clean to the senses; start is sweet and has a nice grain profile, the top middling in feel. Finish is forbearing in its acidity, the hops good-hearted in their spiciness, quite dry and somewhat sweet aftertaste, and a great beer that will be ever so welcome here in the desert when it hits the 110’s just a few months from now.

Serving type: bottle

02-16-2004 20:33:10 | More by Gusler

plaid75

New York

4.05/5  rDev -0.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4

Poured a medium straw hue with a four finger white foamy head. There was very good retention and good lacing.

The smell was dominated by the typical hefe banana and spicy clove aroma. There was also a noticable alcohol nose.

The taste was extremely biscuity and wheaty. A very strong clove spice and mild alcohol burn. A green apple element was detected as well.

The mouthfeel was full as far as hefes go. A good chewy yeasty finish.

Overall an unbridled example of the style. May be the most authentic hefe I have sampled.

Serving type: bottle

06-27-2006 02:53:02 | More by plaid75

HopHead84

California

4.03/5  rDev -1.2%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

A: Pours a nice two finger head which degenerates into a small lingering head. Very little lacing on the glass. The beer is a pleasing vibrant orange. I poured the sediment from this unfiltered beauty into the glass so it's very cloudy.

S: Cloves, bananas, cloves, and lots of coriander (possibly other spices).

T: Very small amount of bitterness. Sweet, spicy, and tart. Tastes like lemon, bubblegum, with some banana in the mix.

M: Smooth. Medium bodied with lots of carbonation.

D: At 6.2% the abv is on the high end for a hefeweizen, but the higher alcohol content is unnoticeable in this beer. I'm a big fan of bavarian hefeweizens and drank a plethora of different ones traveling through Germany. This is one of the better ones that I have tasted and I will buy it again, and again, and again. Very drinkable and I'd probably session it.

Serving type: bottle

02-03-2008 23:19:46 | More by HopHead84

biegaman

Ontario (Canada)

4.13/5  rDev +1.2%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5

The carbonation on this thing should be apparent even to the blind; crackles and fizzing give sound to the bubbles' stimulating impatience. Their sight is also quite a spectacle: they slingshot off the bottom with breakneck speed only to launch themselves into a bed of foam the size of a sofa cushion. All this is set to a drowsy backdrop of old gold.

And the aroma, or more specifically the yeast, is every bit as buzzing and sprightly as the bubbles! Like the one kid that hits his growth spurt early, freshly ground clove is head and shoulders above all the other scents. So towering is this clove, in fact, that I can barely make out of the tart apple, alpine herbs or fruity bubblegum esters that supplement it.

There is a lovely green mint element in both the nose and the taste; separating the wheat from the chaff (so to speak) isn't easy and I'm not sure whether it's result of the Cascade hops or the yeast. The citrusy flavour tailgating it leads me to believe it's the former. In any case, the pink grapefruit and pink bubblegum flavours go great together.

Especially when taken in with the notes of banana and vanilla as well. The malt base is light and tactfully sweet, lending just enough creamy graininess to dilute the spicy clove. The Cascades don't amount to any more bitterness than is usual, although they may or may not have something to do with the beer being as refreshing as a moist towelette.

There's enough suds in this that I feel as though I've taken my tongue through the car wash. There's enough body and flavour (bananas, oats) in this I feel as though I've eaten breakfast. There's enough refreshment in this I feel as though I've run through a sprinkler. And in the end, most importantly, I feel as though I've had a good taste of Bavaria.

Serving type: bottle

04-20-2010 01:10:32 | More by biegaman

Brad007

Vermont

3.98/5  rDev -2.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4

Pours a cloudy blondish-amber color with a frothy two-finger head into my fluted glass.

Aroma is full of banana, citrus and clove in the nose followed by wheat malt underneath. So far, so good.

Taste is crisp and full of light banana and clove flavors. The wheat adds a bit of a dry finish to it. The hops are faint but still a bit noticeable.

Mouthfeel is dry with lingering of clove mainly and not much else. Decent. One of my complaints though is that there doesn't seem to be much flavor lingering in the mouth.

A decent hefeweizen. Drinkable, but certainly not perfect by any means. You can't go wrong with anything from this brewery so give it a shot.

Serving type: bottle

07-22-2009 20:14:29 | More by Brad007

Derek

British Columbia (Canada)

4.08/5  rDev 0%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5

This is hoppy!

A: Very cloudy, dirty straw; pours with an off-white head, some retention & lace, but not as much as their other hefes.

S: Clove, cinnamon?, lemon citrus & rind. Different, but certainly intruiging.

T: Clove, citrus, rind, vanilla, cinnamon, pepper, steelie-grassy & floral hops, pineapple, hints of banana & wheaty biscuit. Good bitterness, alcohol is well-hidden, but it's effect is noticable as it's so damn drinkable. Not as traditional as I had expected, but I like it.

M: Moderate body is well attenuated & smooth, with a drying finish.

D: Quite drinkable.

Serving type: bottle

02-26-2010 22:50:44 | More by Derek

Georgiabeer

Georgia

3.18/5  rDev -22.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3

Pours a dark golden with a short white head and no lacing. The smell is slightly sweet. It smells like freshly baked wheat bread and apples, or maybe even banana bread on the finish. There is also a noticeable aroma of alcohol. The taste is similar, but not hot with alcohol. The overall impression is that of sweetened wheat with a little sour grain on the finish. Mouthfeel is a little thin, and the drinkability is hurt by the overall sweetness.

Serving type: bottle

05-14-2007 17:21:20 | More by Georgiabeer

JohnGalt1

Idaho

3.98/5  rDev -2.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

17 oz bottle picked up at the Coop on Thursday for $4.40.. poured into my small weizen glass.

Nice 2 finger head.. doesn't stick around all all that long.. no lacing.. very clear (maybe I should have swirled the bottle) very carbonated golden brew.

Aroma is less than the traditional Schneider hefe.. but still the hefe nose is plenty abundant.. more cloves and than banana... bready pale malts.

Flavor is again a little bit less.. but still very nice.. touches of pink bubblegum mix with the clove and banana bread... faint citrusy hops with touches of lemon zest... Descent body.. with a carbonation that bubbles nicely through the final sip.

I am really starting to enjoy a good German Hefe.. For years I took them for granted.. I've brewed a bunch, but mine are always heavy on the bubblegum spectrum.. I am now much more enjoying the banana esters and the spicy clove notes.. This is a great brew.. and another benchmark on the style.

Serving type: bottle

02-11-2008 09:01:49 | More by JohnGalt1

RoyalT

Ohio

4.1/5  rDev +0.5%
look: 4 | smell: 5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3 | overall: 4

Appearance - The bottle foamed over when I opened it, so I gave this one a very careful pour. The head is white and very tight and the body a darker orange than I expected.

Smell - Primo hefe weizen aroma. The yeast is huge and laden with light fruits. This one smells heavenly.

Taste - This is very good. The fruits are heavier that the norm, especially the banana, and the yeast is right on target. It's kind of in between a hefe and a Belgian pale ale.

Mouthfeel - The one noticeable drawback to this offering is the lack of carbonation. This bottle was almost downright flat, which is off-style for sure. Otherwise it felt very good in the mouth. Fuller than most hefe weizens that I've had, this one was actually medium-bodied and kind of chewy.

Drinkability - I wanted an afternoon snack and opted for this over a bag of chips. I'm much the better man for it. This was a neat experience. It is a very interesting take on the style.

Serving type: bottle

01-02-2010 02:13:23 | More by RoyalT

largadeer

California

3.53/5  rDev -13.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

Draft at Gourmet Haus Staudt. Cloudy blond body topped by a frothy white head. Sweet, bready aroma. Banana and apple, mild spiciness. Complex palate, but sweet for the style. Banana bread, green apple, white pepper and clove wrapped in malty sweetness. Good, but a little cloying; it starts and finishes sweet. Schneider has better beers.

Serving type: on-tap

08-18-2010 00:42:30 | More by largadeer

Stinkypuss

Pennsylvania

4.25/5  rDev +4.2%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

16.9 oz bottle into a large weizen glass.

Appearance: Expectedly cloudy, with a nice foamy froth and plenty of lacing. Deep gold bordering orange in color.

Smell: Hay, noble hop flowers with grassy notes. Yeast driven.

Taste: Dark breads, herbal hopping, and a banana like fruityness. A touch of citrus oil, and even bitterness. Ample flavor, authentic at that.

Mouthfeel: Medium bodied, crisp, clean, very drinkable brew.

Overall: A great beer. The bottle proclaims this was a special original recipe brew for an Oktoberfest, the last year before the brewery was bombed, in WWII. Its a very good thing this recipe surivived.

Serving type: bottle

11-20-2011 01:38:45 | More by Stinkypuss

avalon07

South Carolina

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

A: When poured from a bottle to a weizen glass, had a brownish-yellow color and a thick, cloudy consistency. There was a big, long-lasting head and very good lacing.

S: A strong wheaty smell, along with some fruits (bananas?). Nicely subtle.

T: You get a big shot of wheat, bubble gum and fruit in the taste. It's a pretty well-balanced flavor.

M: A good amount of carbonation and a dry finish (although the wheat taste does push its way up in the aftertaste). This is a full-bodied beer, to be sure.

D: On the whole this is a drinkable weisse. It isn't my favorite, per se, but it goes down easy and has a complex taste.

Serving type: bottle

04-19-2008 17:58:21 | More by avalon07

TheLongBeachBum

California

4.45/5  rDev +9.1%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5

Presentation: Half litre brown glass bottle. The obverse label has a green background which has a sepia picture of the old Munich Oktoberfest, after which this beer is dedicated. The reverse label explains the history in greater detail. Labeled as, ‘Schneider Weisse Hefe-Weizen, Ale’ above the sepia picture, whilst below it says ‘Georg Schneider’s Wiesen Edel-Weisse’. Brewed in accordance with the Reinheitsgebot with a Best Before Date of ‘03-211 1-2’ whatever the himmel that means.

Appearance: An intensely cloudy lemon meringue haze mixed with a fused barley like hefe-weizen body sits underneath an intense white blanket covering. The head is smooth soft, pillowy and deep, yet it slowly settles to a ¼” thick head covering. Some nice lacing but minimal carbonation.

Nose: Sweet luscious fruity nose that positively leaps out of the Glass. Yeast, barley, fresh bread, cloves, bananas and a deep inviting Hefe- aroma that entices the imbiber to sniff more.

Taste: This was absolutely gorgeous. Thick and full of yeasty fresh white bread, spicy malts, cloves and spices all mixed with mushy bananas, wheat and barley. Damn this is a heavyweight Hefe that really delivers the goods.

Mouthfeel: This Hefe- has some serious muscle, power and flex. If Hoegaarden is a Flat Four, and Aventinus is a V6, then this is a V8. It is quite something, a Hefe on steroids pumped with Nitrous. Very fulfilling.

Drinkability: Donner und Blitzen!!! Get me another one Franz and tell Helmut to put that Spaten down, we’re drinking Schneider Weisse tonight!

Overall: This is bloody good; fruity, wheaty and impressive as well as very drinkable. This is a classy Hefe.

Highly Recommended.

Serving type: bottle

02-29-2004 05:40:29 | More by TheLongBeachBum