Schöfferhofer Hefeweizen

Brewer Descrip­tion

Schöf­fer­hofer Ger­man Wheat Beer Hefeweizen is brewed in Bavar­ian tra­di­tion using wheat malt. The live yeast gives bot­tle “con­di­tion­ing” guar­an­tee­ing a refresh­ing fruity fla­vor. The yeast sed­i­ment also leads to the “cloudy” nature of the beer. Care needs to be taken when pour­ing. Tilt glass and poor slowly. Before pour­ing last quar­ter, roll bot­tle gen­tly back and for­ward until sed­i­ment is dis­solved.

Schöf­fer­hofer Hefeweizen is a Ger­man styled wheat ale mixed with a grape­fuit fla­vored drink. It tastes like 50% soda and 50% Hefeweizen. This beer is interesting…but I don’t see myself buy­ing any­more of it any­time soon. It is a bright orange color with pure sweet­ness. The aroma is sweet grapefruit.

The taste is a mild hefeweizen with the most of the fla­vor com­ing from the grape­fruit drink. It is hazy and unfil­tered, so don’t be sur­prised by the yeast at the bot­tom o the bot­tle. This beer is rem­i­ni­scient of a style of shandy, but with the obvi­ous grape­fruit fla­vor. Most Shandys are brewed just like any other beer, but lemon­ade is added when bot­tling. I believe this is how Schöf­fer­hofer was brewed because it tastes very sim­i­lar in style, but with more fruity flavors.