Fuchschen Silberfuchschen

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 6 | Mouthfeel: 9 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 8

500 ml fliptop bottle bought at the brewpub. Poured a hazy amber orange colored Weizen with a two fingers white creamy foamy head that had a long retention. Active carbonation. Some lacing. The aroma is wheat grainy malts, a certain freshness, notes of fruits, citrus, faint banana. The flavour is grainy malts, aciditic fruits, orange, grapefruit, fruity, melone, walnuts and a real bitterness. The mouthfeel is slight sparkling, fresh and very smooth. This medium bodied Weizen has a long nutty bitter finish. An other type of wheat beer, no sweetness at all but very tasting and refreshing. Pleasant.

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 5 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 6 | Overall: 7

Bottled 8 Nov 05, expires 8 Mar 06. Not for the hefe purist, as this one was more like an alt-weissbier, the cloves and bananas underplayed in the flavor and aroma. Really much like an American wheat in wheat beer-ness, although cloudy, as this one had a dry and somewhat hoppy touch (like Fuchschen's standard altbier) that overplayed anything otherwise German wheat about this one. In terms of standard hefe character, the appearance was it. However, a unique spin on this style deserves some credit for novelty sake.

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 9 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 8

Bottle at Arcari, Gastatte, Altstadt, Dusseldorf. Cloudy orange/yellow colour with a foamy white head. Aroma is fresh and fruity. Flavour has got bananas, lemons and wheat. Very nice dry finish. An unexpected and excellent find.