This past weekend a friend brought a four pack of this most refreshing and perfect gift over for a cookout. And while it's nice to have thoughtful friends, it's even nicer to have thoughtful friends who know good beer. The Ur-Weisse is by no means a rare beer in Oklahoma (I've passed it by on the shelf close to a million times) so as an added bonus I find, with great surprise and excitement, that I haven't rated it so far.
Hazy orange upper at the light, clearer at the bottom. Voluminous white head with a thick white froth left behind. A standard big banana and clove aroma is followed by some wheat, some scarce vegetal notes and yeast.
Tangy to the tongue with a complex array of fruits, including banana, apple, orange and lemony citrus. A bit of clove and a few metallic notes linger on the palate. Deep down, after some warming, some bubblegum flourishes.
Goes down creamy, but with a slight edge that circumvents banality. Has a medium body, and is a bit more airy and carbonated than many of its kin, a fact that does not detract.
It just doesn't get much better than this, and all summertime drinking hefe cliche bullshit applies, in spades.
Dunkeweizen
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