I had to uncork this bottle as a follow up its German cousin the Schneider-Brooklyner Hopfen-Weisse. It can only get better considering this is basically the same beer, but brewed by Schneider's Hans Peter Drexler at the Brooklyn Brewery with American hops. What a great idea to collaborate on this type of project. I hope to see some other American and European breweries do something similar in the future.
Pours pale, cloudy dark orange. There is some yeast sediment floating around the glass as proof of the bottle conditioning. Never a bad thing. The head is big and fluffy and the carbonation levels seem to be spot on. Its not a beautiful looking beer but its not worth judging it just yet.
Smells nice and citrusy. The hops are definitely in the foreground while the spicy, clovey yeasty smells are in the background. There is some bitter orange that really hits the nose when I take another whiff of this one. Overall, its very intriguing.
Wow, what a smooth drinking beer. The malt and hops are very well balance. There is some sweet citrus mingling the spicy yeast tastes. Its like biting into a juicy, hoppy orange. Well, that sounds a little strange but thats what I come up with. I have to say that I quite like this beer. Its very refreshing with quite a lot of flavor and that high ABV is pretty much undetectable.
Cheers to both Brooklyn and Schneider!
BEER FACTS
Name: Brooklyner-Schneider Hopfen-Weisse
Style: Pale Weissbock
Brewery: Brooklyn Brewery
Location: Brooklyn, New York, USA
Container: 750 ml. corked bottle
Malts: Pale Wheat & Barley
Hops: Amarillo & Palisade
ABV: 8.5%
IBUs: ?
3 comments:
Where did you get it??
I got this bottle at Tully's in Wells about 2 weeks ago.
I bought two bottles of this here in Vancouver, BC last week. Uncorked the first one tonight, and wow is it ever nice. Sadly, I drank the last (smaller) bottle of the earlier Hopfen-Weisse a few months ago, so I can't compare the two.
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