Weihenstephener Kristall Weissbier

[Fast_Eddy]

Bottle: Green and white label - marked as malt liquor - 5.4% abv - heralded as the oldest brewery in the world - est. 1040 AD(damn that is old)


Appearance: stunningly clear golden yellow. Head still holding on around the edges after 15 minutes(and my son backwashing into it).

Nose: screams out cloves and phenol

Taste: nice carbonation. Tastes predominately of phenolic clove-like compounds - the kind not atypical of wheat beers. Slightly watery but to style, IMO.

It's pretty good but I don't know if I'd buy it again. I favor the banana wheats a little more. Nothing wrong with it - just less my cup of beer(err..tea).

[steveh]

Originally posted by Fast_Eddy
Bottle: Green and white label - marked as malt liquor - 5.4% abv - heralded as the oldest brewery in the world - est. 1040 AD(damn that is old)

And one of the best brewing schools in the world.

S.

I'm not gonna ask about the backwash...

[Fast_Eddy]

Originally posted by steveh
And one of the best brewing schools in the world.

S.

I'm not gonna ask about the backwash...

I'll tell you anyway - he's three and I let him taste it and he kinda backwashed into it.


I love the weihenstephener yeast - I use it almost exclusively for my weiss beers.

[steveh]

Originally posted by Fast_Eddy
I'll tell you anyway - he's three and I let him taste it and he kinda backwashed into it.

Har. And, yeeesh.

I love the weihenstephener yeast - I use it almost exclusively for my weiss beers.

Finestkind. It's used by nearly every home-brewer I know too (for a Weizen, that is).

S.