Edelweiss Dunkel Weissbier - Hofbräu Kaltenhausen (Brau Union)

canucklehead

British Columbia (Canada)

3.65/5  rDev -7.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5

Their regular hefe is a little on the weak side so it is a nice surprise that this is a full bodied dunkel with a strong malty finish. The nose is bready rather than bubblegum or bananas. The beer needs to warm up to show its nuances but the beer is quite balanced with the typical hefe showings arising late in the finish. One of the better dunkels available.

Serving type: bottle

06-11-2007 19:43:22 | More by canucklehead

BeerManDan

California

3.58/5  rDev -9.4%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5

It poured a nice hazy medium dark golden brown with some foam and not much lace, if any. The smell was of cloves, with a hint of malts and hops. Couldn't pick up any wheat aromoa at all. The taste was had a lot of cloves and a hint of malts and hops with a very little wheat if any. The big set back for me was it was to acidic, to over powering and not enough wheat. No much on the after taste, just lack all around to be an exceptional beer!

Serving type: bottle

02-24-2003 13:57:59 | More by BeerManDan

Brabander

Netherlands

3.58/5  rDev -9.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 4 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5

I took this beer home with me after a ski holiday. A good starter for the weekend. The name of this beer beer is funny actually because it says that it's a dark whitebeer.

I have the big glass to gour this one in but i decided to use my most favourite glass of the Struise.

The beer looks quit good with a broken white to very lightbrown head and lightbrown fluid.

For the rest not really much to say about this beer. It's good drinkable like the most of this type of beers.

You can smell the yeast adn there is not much mouthfeel.

Serving type: bottle

04-01-2011 20:47:42 | More by Brabander

elricorico

Alberta (Canada)

3.48/5  rDev -11.9%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

Poured from a 500 mL bottle with the best before date of 10/2004. It's a hazy auburn colour with a big creamy head. I was eating when I poured it, and began to smell the beer's aroma before even trying to. It has a sugary, banana smell that is fairly strong, and not unpleasant.

Taste is sweet up front, big with banana, and comes back with a touch of smokiness in the finish. An aftertaste that hints of cloves and bubblegum remains.

Mouthfeel is nothing special. It is fairly thin, and the carbonation is not high. Drinkability follows mouthfeel in its averageness. The aftertaste keeps me from wanting to have too much of this beer at once.

It's worthwhile to try this beer out if you are a fan of the dunkel or hefe weizen style.

Serving type: bottle

01-07-2005 14:22:12 | More by elricorico

fisherman34

Manitoba (Canada)

3.33/5  rDev -15.7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5

Toffee coloured, hazy, and well carbonated. It’s got some pleasing yeasty and banana aromas. The flavors are your typical hefe: banana, clove, yeast, with a bit of caramel thrown in. Strangely drying finish. This beer is mellow and easy to drink, but the flavors are a little too muted.

Serving type: bottle

06-16-2005 21:06:37 | More by fisherman34

TheDM

Indiana

3.25/5  rDev -17.7%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5

This brew poured a large frothy white head of fine to medium sized bubbles that left very little lacing and a cloudy carbonated light brown body. It has a medium strength malty wheat banana aroma and a banana wheat flavor with a smooth mildy tingly mouthfeel. An OK brew at best.

Serving type: bottle

08-01-2003 22:25:02 | More by TheDM

DrunkMcDermott

Illinois

3.05/5  rDev -22.8%
look: 2 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5

Orange to brown body, not too hazy, under a frothy head. This was an older bottle, so some of the haze may have been in the sedimentation. Retains a hint of dark roasted flavor, but lots of tiny bubbles from the wheat. German hops pretty well balanced.

Serving type: bottle

12-04-2003 19:22:23 | More by DrunkMcDermott

rastaman

United Kingdom (England)

2.9/5  rDev -26.6%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 2 | overall: 3

Not bad, slightly chocolatey, and fruity (banana) flavours, but not one of the better dark wheats you'll find. Generally, easy drinking dark German wheat, smooth and lghtly tart and refreshing, uncomplex flavour, and a nice one for session drinking, look to Andechser, Paulaner, for better examples of the style. This isn't bad though.

Serving type: bottle

03-24-2003 22:36:56 | More by rastaman