Ramstein Blonde Wheat Beer

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 7

Pours with just a small white head over a fairly clear golden body, with plenty of effervescence with a quickly fading head, and leaves no lacing. The aroma is very good and leads with sweet clove spice and blends to fried plantains and yeast. The taste is very good and consists of lemony, earthy, and just a touch of clove/spices. Good ripe banana comes through, especially as it warmed. Pleasant yeasty quality. Touch of pepper as it warmed as well. The mouthfeel is fantastic - creamy, with a great level of carbonation. Overall very drinkable with nice flavors and it pulls me back immediately for yet another sip!

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 6 | Overall: 7

Bottle at " Mondial de la Bière 2009 " in Strasbourg. Poured a unfiltered straw yellow colored ale with a small white foamy head that had a short retention. The aroma is wheat malts,fruity, lemon, bananas. The flavour is quite the same, yeasty, fruity, bananas and spicy, cloves. The mouthfeel is thin. This light bodied beer has a smooth finish. A nice beer for summer time but far away from the European original style

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 7

Pale golden colored medium bodied ale that had aromas of lemon and bananas. Once I tasted the beer I got the sense that this was more like an American rather than a German style wheat beer. A bit surprised because High Point uses a weizenbier yeast from a brewery in Bavaria.

Aroma: 6 | Appearance: 6 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 7

Poured a hazy golden orange color with a medium sized, white head that left light lacing on the glass. Aroma of banana, clove, vanilla, earthy yeast, and citrus. Taste of wheat, clove, tart citrus, with some banana as well. Medium bitterness, nice hefe.

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 8

Thanks eagle. Poured a yellow smaller head. Aroma was of cloves bananas and wheat. Flavor was much the same with a spice i can't figure out. Overall not a bad hefe from NJ no less.

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 8

Thanks be to eaglefan538 for the bottle. Pour was yellow, slightly cloudy with thin head. Strong clove aroma. Flavor was strong bananas and clove with some wheatiness showing through...also an odd perfumy flavor which was sweet and mildly unpleasant. All in all, this is a pretty tasty brew...rich and full. I'm not sure I'd take it over the Germans, but among American hefe's, right up there.

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

Sampled on draft at the HPWBC tasting room. A rather outstanding take on the style, pouring the usual golden color with a haziness and a decent initial head. Aroma was initially bananas and cloves, but the bananas resided and a wheatiness emerged before long. The flavor was quite excellent, only light bananas, gentle cloves, light yeast, and a touch of hops in the finish, perhaps the most drinkable hefeweizen I’ve ever had? A somewhat dry/bitter (although not overdone) mouthfeel/finish, quite nice. Nothing close to too sweet or cloying, this could be sessioned. Nice job by HPWBC! Grabbed a sixer to take w/ me. Re-rate from the six pack, I stand by my original rating, just such a pleasant beer and stateside example of a hefe. The phenolic / hoppy spicey flavor is refreshing, crisp, and delightful. There is also a touch of underlying wheat character that shows through gently as it warms.

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

Sampled as part of the spring tasting at Hard Times Café. Cloudy, yeasty, straw colored wheat ale. A little banana and clove on the nose, a bit of honey and candi sugar on the tongue. Thin body. Not a lot going on. A beer for ... Mr Excitement!

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

Light gold color. Med head. Aroma is banana esters and yeasts. A medium bodied hefeweizen. Malts are fruity and sweet, touch of banana and clove. Hops are slightly spicy. Nice light refreshing beer. Mouthfeel is full and round. Finish is clean and smooth. Aftertaste is slightly sweet.

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

The Ramstein Blonde pours a cloudy golden color. It had a very small fizzy head, that disappeared very quickly.

Its aroma is some bananas, yeast, and spicy cloves.

The taste is sweet malt and some subtle banana and other fruitiness initially. It has a slightly spicy clove finish, with an almost sweet aftertaste.

The beer is medium bodied, but I was surprised at the total lack of carbonation.

Overall, it is a nice, easy drinking wheat beer. The low carbonation hurts it some. I don't like the banana / beer combo, but it was pretty subtle in this beer.