Schneider Brooklyner Hopfen-Weiss
I was grocery shopping at Whole Foods the other day and decided to swing by their beer section to see if they had anything new and interesting. As I was looking through the beers a man came out and started putting some bottles on the shelf that I had never seen before. As I walked over I noticed the big B on the label and realized it was the new Brooklyn beer I had hear about.
Zum Schnieder had just hosted a party last week in celebration of this new beer. Apparently the Brewmaster of Schneider brewery and Brooklyn Brewmaster Garrett Oliver have been friends a long time and decided to make a beer together. I love almost all of the Schneider beers and Mr. T and I went to a beer class that was taught by Garrett Oliver and just loved him. So I was extremely excited when I saw the bottles and grabbed one right away.
Work was tough this week so it wasn't until Friday night when I finally got to try it out.
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Upon pouring the beer I was a little put off by the color. It poured a murky orange brown and had a huge head on it. The foamy head was nice as it resembled most German beers I've had. The smell of the beer was very strong of bananas and cloves.
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Once I gave it a try I realized that it tasted just like it smelled. Bananas, cloves and pepper were very evident. It was interesting because it tasted like a wheat beer and an IPA in one. I'm not sure if I liked it or not. It was a little too hoppy for me. I think it would be better if it mellowed out a bit. I'm thinking about buying one and aging it a little to see if that smooths the taste out. It has an alcohol content of 8.2 and you really taste how strong the beer is. Overall I was pretty disappointed. I guess I'll just stick the my regular wheat beers for the rest of the summer.
Zum Schnieder had just hosted a party last week in celebration of this new beer. Apparently the Brewmaster of Schneider brewery and Brooklyn Brewmaster Garrett Oliver have been friends a long time and decided to make a beer together. I love almost all of the Schneider beers and Mr. T and I went to a beer class that was taught by Garrett Oliver and just loved him. So I was extremely excited when I saw the bottles and grabbed one right away.
Work was tough this week so it wasn't until Friday night when I finally got to try it out.
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Upon pouring the beer I was a little put off by the color. It poured a murky orange brown and had a huge head on it. The foamy head was nice as it resembled most German beers I've had. The smell of the beer was very strong of bananas and cloves.
.jpg)
Once I gave it a try I realized that it tasted just like it smelled. Bananas, cloves and pepper were very evident. It was interesting because it tasted like a wheat beer and an IPA in one. I'm not sure if I liked it or not. It was a little too hoppy for me. I think it would be better if it mellowed out a bit. I'm thinking about buying one and aging it a little to see if that smooths the taste out. It has an alcohol content of 8.2 and you really taste how strong the beer is. Overall I was pretty disappointed. I guess I'll just stick the my regular wheat beers for the rest of the summer.
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