Westheimer Weizen - Brauerei Westheim GmbH

superspak

Michigan

3.68/5  rDev +1.7%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

500 ml bottle into weizen glass, no bottle dating. Pours very hazy golden amber color with a 1-2 finger dense and fluffy white head with good retention, that reduces to a nice cap that lingers. Spotty soapy lacing clings down the glass. Aromas of orange zest, banana, pear, apple, clove, pepper, wheat, bread, floral, grass, light bubblegum, and yeast earthiness. Nice and pleasant aromas with good balance and complexity of malt and fruity/spicy esters; with solid strength. Taste of banana, pear, apple, orange zest, clove, pepper, biscuit, wheat, floral, grass, light bubblegum, and yeast earthiness. Lingering notes of banana, light fruits, clove, biscuit, wheat, floral, light bubblegum, and earthiness on the finish for a bit. Nice balance and complexity of bready malt with fruity/spicy esters; with good fruity/spicy balance, good robustness, and zero cloying flavors after the finish. Medium-high carbonation and medium bodied; with a creamy and fairly crisp mouthfeel that is good. Alcohol is very well hidden with only a slight warming noticed after the finish. Overall this is a nice Hefeweizen. Good balance, robustness, and complexity of flavors; and very smooth to drink. A nicely enjoyable offering.

Serving type: bottle

05-17-2013 04:22:39 | More by superspak

augustgarage

California

3.56/5  rDev -1.7%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.75

Poured from a 500mL bottle into my Ayinger weizen glass.

Pale gold, lightly cloudy body with two fingers of active off white foam that settle to a persistent slick surrounded by a popped collar of foam. Gentle soapy lacing; average retention.

Bready, biscuity malted wheat in the aroma with a nice balance of banana, clove and vanilla. Possibly a hint of bubblegum as well.

The flavor reveals the balance to be more towards the fruity end of the ester spectrum, but not excessively. Sufficient IBUs to offset the sweetness, though no appreciable hop flavor comes across. Medium-finish with a touch of cookie.

Carbonation is high enough to have a bit of an edge to it, and yet doesn't provide much body. I would guess the wheat is 50% of the grist rather than a higher percentage given how light-bodied the beer is.

All in all, a good, properly crafted, unpasteurized weizen.

Serving type: bottle

05-03-2013 20:40:12 | More by augustgarage

drpimento

Wisconsin

3/5  rDev -17.1%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

Poured at a good temperature with a large, foamy, frothy, off-white head that soon settles down and almost no lace. Hardly any yeast sediment. Color is a very slightly hazy amber with lots of bubble trails. Aroma is yeast, malt, clove, banana, bread dough. Flavor is like nose, a little shallow, a little sweet, but not bad; otherwise good balance between sweet, carbonic tang, and mostly yeast bitter, but also hop. Body and carbonation are average. Finish is like flavor, a bit long, and ok. Lots better weizens out there.

Serving type: bottle

06-16-2012 01:30:06 | More by drpimento