Weihenstephaner Hefe Weissbier - Wheat Beer Week of DM's Montreal Beer Reviews

[flyinshu123]

I too enjoyed this beer. I do recomend you try the Wehenstephaner Vital and Tradition as these are two of my favorites. So far..the weihenstephaner is the closest I have found to the true German style beers you would find served up in the pubs of Germany. just as a note: the pronounciation of weiss would sound like "vise". nice review! Ein bier bitte!

[laktosmiffo]

I had one of those just about an hour ago actyally..!

[laktosmiffo]

Great review and personally, I love this beer! Cheers from Sweden!

[GeoJ]

Good review - My favorite wheat and one of the most delicious brews in the world.. Treat yourself to a weizen glass and you'll enjoy it even more - You can do a full pour, and agitate the last 1/2 inch or so of the bottle to get the sediment. Ignore the comments about "too much head" ... with the weizen glass you'll have almost half the glass filled with the wonderful foam. Salud!!!

[leestephenj]

Excellent review young Sir

[DenisLD]

@leestephenj Why, thank you, sir! +)

[michaeljames92]

he poured it too quick, besides it tastes better with a good head on it.

[DenisLD]

@michaeljames92 And besides that, it tastes better from a proper hefeweizen glass ;) (which I didn't own at the time...)

[ZigZag802]

Hey mate good review. Good trick for keeping the head down while pouring is to wet the glass with cool water.

Thats what it said to do with the weihenstephan gift pack i got.

Prost!

[smokerdalejash]

yum, we can get this stuff in australia now, (the real imported, german stuff)

[dirtypearl]

Weihenstephaner - one of my favorite beers!

[zwreckless1]

 If you liked this then try Franziskaner it's a great hefe not expensive but a sweet beer

[RuudJH]

Don't worry about a big head on these beers. It's perfectly allright, it really doesn't matter when you're drinking it. After all: enjoying and tasting a beer is supposed to be relaxing, not worrying about following so called rules.

Just wait a few minutes and pour some more.

[DenisLD]

@RuudJH That's very true! Cheers! +)

[Raydensheraj]

The Kristallweizen beats ALL Beers made on this planet...at least in Summertime. The Hefe is okay but when i want Hefe its allways Paulaner....yum yum

[michaeljames92]

@Raydensheraj Kristall just means it is the filtered version of the hefe weissbier, and for the record the full strength hefe is clearly the best

[Raydensheraj]

@michaeljames92

Your tastebuds might like the full hefe better - i like the Kristall thousand times more. Its stronger carbonated and has this Summer taste to it - it reminds me of my 16th Birthday - legal drinking age in Germany. I like Beers like that and Hoegaarden, Erdinger Kristallweizen...in the US i drink Blue Moon.

[JayZoop]

I'm drinking the Hefeweissbier Dark right now and it is GREAT. After reading about the breweries and experience the culture of the area, drinking a new beer takes you to another place.

[CornFed500HP]

Way, way, way to much head, learn to pour better.

[DenisLD]

@CornFed500HP I know, and plus the glass isn't too good for such a foamy beer.

Now I can pour alright, especially since I've got a proper Weissbier glass.

[2AndAHalfMenStream]

Do u know what is hefe? the hefe is on the bottom of the bottle!!

NOOB!

[DenisLD]

@2AndAHalfMenStream Your point being?..

[TheGrandOleHopry1]

Amazing Hefeweizen. If you can find Humbolt Fog Goat Cheese you have one of the best beer/cheese pairings on earth.

[cappsoutlaw]

that is the cleanest tasting beer i've ever had

[Diabolik771]

one of my favorites.

[persianlad]

Does anyone know?

[persianlad]

Whats the difference between the Hefs and the Dunkels?

[DenisLD]

Basically, the dunkelweizen is made with caramelised and roasted malts, which results in a much darker, brown colour. The taste is very similar, but dunkelweizens are usually a bit more complex, with more roastiness and chocolate.

[persianlad]

Nice Review! I agree wheat beers are really refreshing in the summer even though they aren't my favorite beers, I havn't had the weihenstephaner, it sounds like it's similar to Schneider weisse which you should definitely try!

[DenisLD]

Yeah, I'll try it sooner or late, and then probably will review it after I come back in August...

[jjrudy41]

ahh yes. what a awesome beer, like you said was my favorite until i had the schneider weisse original. but ill still drink it regulary... the dunkel is just as good. i'm glad to see you got your hands on one. your glass is fine. cant wait till you try schneider weisse, and compare. how would you say this compares to other wheats that you have.

[DenisLD]

I found this to be the most full-bodied wheat I've tried. But some other weizens have that strange smoky-kind of notes I really like that Weihenstephaner does not. It's still one of the best hefs I've tried to date. Other ones include things like Franziskaner (I wish it was sold here) and Hacker-Pschorr.

[jjrudy41]

very cool. i'm glad you agree with me... there the oldest brewery in the world i think, so there doing something right... frasikaner is my back up wheat. i dont like the hacker pschorr. but that is of course till i had the schneider weisse. you will have to let me know when yu try that...

[BierVlog]

At first I was thinking perhaps a different glass (like a wiessen glass or even a pint glass) but look at the head retention at the end! I am usually a bigger fan of belgians over germans but I will have to look out for what is evidently a hugely appreciated beer. Great review

[DenisLD]

Thanks. As I've said, I don't have a proper weizen glass (I used to but I broke it), so all I can do is apologise. The main problem with the glass I used is that it's too small for this bottle, unfortunately.

[Chad9976]

Glad to see you finally review this, it's one of the most famous wheat beers in the world apparently.

Does anyone know the difference between a hefe weissbier and a hefeweizen?

Yeah I thought this beer was really good. I want to try the dunkel. I heard dunkels are even better than regular hef's.

Nice to see you using the 1-10 scale (sorta)

[DenisLD]

I'm pretty sure hefe-weissbier is the same as a hefeweizen, both are unfiltered wheat beers, but different parts of Germany use different terms. Apparently, in Bavaria any wheat beer is called "weissbier", while in other parts of the country they would call it a "weizen"...

I personally like dunkels a bit more than regular hefs.

And I'll eventually fully convert to the 1-10 scale, I'm just making sure the transition is smoooth... +)

[slm6025]

like dennis said. Theyre are many types of hefeweizen. weiss means white, so weissbeer means white beer. White beers are brewed with wheat. They gave it the name white beer becuase when they were first brewed they were alot less heavy and had a lighter coloring.