I've tried Hoegaarden and I liked it very much. Why do I have to choose between the two, man!?narlus said:
I'll take either.Hefeweizens???
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I'll take either.
you don't have to choose, but i have made mine!
In my opinion, comparing Hoegaarden (witbier) to any hefeweizen sets the hefes up for failure.narlus said:
A better comparison would be Circus Boy, UFO, Brooklyner Weisse. Or Hoegaarden, Ommegang Witte, Blanche de Brooklyn, Allagash White.
Narlus, the Brooklyn is the wrong beer to comapre to the Hoegaarden. For that, you want this:narlus said:
Also in the white family, and a real contender with Hoegaarden is the Ommegang Witte, happily now available in single-serving sized bottles, as well as the 750ml corked bottles.
I thought the 750mL was a single serving.Mackie said:
Funny - I took a couple of bottles of it camping last year, along with a mess of other normally bottled beers. We got there & realized that we had forgotten a corkscrew!BikeGeek said:I thought the 750mL was a single serving.
They need to start putting corkscrews in mulit-tools, along with the bottle openers.
Doesn't the witte have champagne corks like the other Ommegang brews?Mackie said:
edit: or do you mean the small bottles?
i crave bell's oberon
Yep that's got my vote!DRB said:
Although a nice saaz hopped pilsner is a good drop for summer too.
mmmmm....Allagash....Making some incredible beer. I got a bottle of the Four in my cellar...just waiting for the right occassion. Like when I'm thirsty.BikeGeek said:In my opinion, comparing Hoegaarden (witbier) to any hefeweizen sets the hefes up for failure.
All taste buds are different. For me, I prefer hefe's so I would take Circus Boy over any wit.narlus said:
i had the HB Hefeweizen last night HofBrauHaus
I Are Baboon said:
I had some of this recently, excellent stuff.
BikeGeek said:Ummm, not to be picky, but Blue Moon, White Rascal, and Hoegaarden aren't hefeweizens, they're white ales (aka wit or witbier). Damn good, but not hefeweizens. The main difference? A German brewer would rather die than use unmalted wheat (or any other unmalted grain) in a beer. The noticible difference? White ales are typically spiced with orange peel, corriander, and other spices. Hefewiezens rely on specific strains of yeast and fermentation temperatures to give the beer a noticible clove or banana taste. I could elaborate on other differences if anyone cares to hear me ramble some more.[/beer geek]
My favorite hefe: Weihenstephaner Hefeweissebier
i had this on draft last night @ redbones. great!!
i 'found' one of those glasses last time i was in korea...narlus said:it's even better when served in the 0.75L dog bowls:
the grand cru is also quite nice, though pretty different.
kristalweisen is basically a filtered (charcoal i believe) hefe... happen to have a case of it at homevalve bouncer said:
i KNOW he s been there too long...narlus said:
I'm a Widmer fan.
I tried both the Long Trail "Hefeweizen" and the Smuttynose "Summer Weizen Ale" last night. Both tasted very good - fruity, but I'm not sure which one I liked better. I'll have to do some more testing tonight.
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Here's my sample for the evening...
Most of the Hefes I've tried like the one above have been fairly bland compared to spicier beers like hoegaarden. I just recently bought a variety case of Flying Dog, and the In-Heat Hefe is certainly one of the stronger, tastier ones I've tried. Very similar to hoegaarden. When comparing various American Hefes, Belgian-styles, and Witbiers, I seem to find one commonality being a noticeable banana character. Anyone else catch this? The saranac hefe, and most notably Weyerbacher Merry Monks come to mind.
Harpoon UFO raspberry hefferburger is pretty good. I'm drinking one now. It's especially good since it's the only thing I've consumed since my 40 mile road ride. 
