23 Jan 2009
Franziskaner Hefe-Weisse Dunkel
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About: My first beer was Budweiser. I was about 9 or 10, Dad and I were broken down and the side of the road and all there was to drink was Budweiser. So I had a swig of his, hated it!
I didn't drink beer again until I joined the Marine Corps. I was in Quantico, attending Small Computer Systems Specialist school, when I accidentally knocked a beer out the fridge and broke it. My buddies said now I gotta drink one! The rest is history. The broken beer was a Red Dog by the way.
Now days I am really a hop head that enjoys the IPAs [Stone IPA; Lagunitas IPA] and Douple IPAs [Moylan's; Hair of the Dog Blue Dot]. I also like Belgians [St Bernardus; Delirium; Three Philosopher's] a lot! I also like the Stouts and Porters [Black Butte] as well.
I enjoy going to breweries to sample as well as going to pubs and taverns. I also like enjoying beer with friends and bouncing ideas off of other intelligent people as well. Last time I was at O'Brien's I was shooting the shit with a couple of random strangers.
I hope to someday do a pub/tavern crawl across Europe. That's all I want. Simple.
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Name: Hefe-Weisse Dunkel
Brewery: Franziskaner
Overall Rating: B-
Style: Dunkel
Serving Style: Bottle 1 pint 9 fl.oz.
ABV: 5%
Price: $2.29
Appearance: Cloudy brown color with a white foamy head that quickly thins out to a thin layer that covers the entire beer. No lacing on the glass.
Aroma: Sweet, caramelly, and malty; similar to a Belgian.
Flavor: Not a super powerful flavor blast, yet you do taste sweet flavors, almost like a candy. Carbonation tickles your tongue and the walls of your mouth. This is a very sweet Dunkel and it’s almost like the carbonation is keeping the flavors from really hitting your tongue. Also the wheat probably really tones it down.
Body: Very well carbonated. Leaves a slight flavor coating on your mouth and teeth that sticks with you for a minute.
Enjoyability: Overall, it tastes good. Its low ABV means that I could enjoy a few of these while out with some friends. I would recommend this to people that maybe want to expand their taste horizons. This would be a great beer for those that don’t want a heavy craft brew.
It is brewed, bottled and imported to the States by good ‘ol Spaten-Brau of Munich, Germany.
Another take: Ba | rb
Tags: beer review, Dunkel, Franziskaner, Hefe-Weisse, Spaten
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January 24th, 2009 at 11:18 am
That graphic sure looks gimmicky!
January 24th, 2009 at 11:26 am
I don’t really like wheat beers. I’m a barley kinda guy at heart. Wheat is for diet bread and crackers.
January 25th, 2009 at 12:35 am
@Sigaro: It doesn’t take like a typical Hefe.
January 25th, 2009 at 11:05 am
I don’t really like wheat beers.