Fourth Meeting

We will now convene this here meetin’. We have our first ever guest taster, and it happens to be a female. She is also required to supply a tasting, which I conjecture to be Ace pear cider or Bartles & James kumquat flirtini. The reason she’s our guest this week is that we’re holding our meeting on Colin’s deck amidst the unseasonable warmth.

This week’s theme is Category 15 of the Great American Beer festival, which includes hefeweizen, dunkelweizen, and weizenbach. And Colin accidentally brought a German lager. So there you have it!

The first taste is Sierra Nevada’s Kellerweis. It pours a really cloudy orange, and chunks of yeast and things are a-floatin’ around the bottle. It’s thick and yeasty, with a lemon kick at the end. It certainly tastes more like lemon than orange. I think we all agree it’s really refreshing, and a good example of what we’re looking for. Colin’s reaction: How about this weather??

BPA: 3.12

To keep in line with the mood, it’s time to grill some brats.

Our next sample is Paulaner Hefeweizen. It’s a classic Bavarian wheat beer that’s one of my favorite in the category. It pours a thick orange color and seems to be darker than the Sierra Nevada. It tastes a little more orange-y than the last one we tasted. Joe feels like it’s less flavorful, but Derek and I feel like it’s more.

BPA: 3.2

The third pour of the evening is Town Hall Brewery’s Hefeweizen. A solid staple from one of our favorite local brews. Sarah and I think that it’s less flavorful, but Derek and Joe think otherwise. There’s more banana in this one and less citrus than the other two.

BPA: 3.54

Our fourth sample is Ayinger Weizenbach. I’ve never tasted it before, but it should be pretty similar to the previous brews. It pours a slightly lighter color; similar to the first one. It has a serious citrus taste, and it elicited a similar positive response.

BPA: 3.48

Number 5 is Aventinus Wheat Doppelbock. It’s a little heavier and darker than the previous beer we’ve tried, plus, this one comes in at 8.2%, which is a good bit boozier, as well. It tastes like caramel and wheat, and it seems we’re all in agreement.

BPA: 3.24

Lastly, and in a different category, we have the Weihenstephaner Pilsner. It’s a lager that you could drink all day, if you had the time and the thirst.

BPA: 2.82

The fourth meeting of beer club turned out to be the most refreshing one. We’re thinking about doing Belgians in the next installment, as well as ways to haze potential members, Belfry and Gabbert.

Lastly, here's a picture of our guest taster: