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Big Rock Brewery Hefehöpper – Hefeweizen at 5.0% ABV

Big Rock Brewery Hefehöpper Hefeweizen at 5.0% ABV ($4.88 at Willow Park Wine & Spirits, 650 ml, no bottle date or best before)

Pours hazy straw with a short, short-lived white head and no lacing. (3/5) Nose is initially banana, cloves, yeasty wheat, fades to grassy hops and pale malt. (5/10) Taste is moderate sweet, mild bitter. (5/10) Light bodied, lively to moderate carbonation, brief lightly bitter finish. (3/5)

Well, it is what it is. And what it is, is unfiltered Grasshöpper. It starts off smelling almost like an actual hefeweizen, with some banana and cloves alongside bready yeast notes – but that fades, giving way to some weedy, grassy hops and pale crystal malt. Drink it quickly, I guess? Not bad, and certainly an improvement over a standard lager – or for that matter, a good many kristallweizens – but there are lots of more interesting beers out there at that price point. (10/20)

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