When I was at the Bull & Castle, Geoff showed the Hopfen Weisse to me after I got the Brooklyn lager. It is a collaboration between Brooklyn and Schneider. Essentially it is a wheat beer crossed with a Bock I believe. At 8.6% it is pretty strong so I decided to be on the safe side that I would bring it home with me instead of having it there and then as I did not want to be drunk on the bus.
Goeff showed me as best he could in the dark pub how cloudy it is, apparently he was warned not to drink the sediment at the bottom? Im not sure why but I said that I am certainly going to drink it, Its like saying not to push the red button. When i poured it in to the glass, I could see the sediment more clearly and in fact even when it was all in the glass I could see large white chunks floating about, It might be possible to see them in the picture.
All that is left to say about this Beer is that I did not particularly like it. Don't get me wrong, this is a very rich and complex beer and is very interesting. I did not want to stop drinking it, I simply would not buy it again for the simple reason that it was way too sweet for me. It had a rich sweet fruity character that I find in a lot of Blonde beers like Leffe and I do not like it. If you like sweet or fruity beers then this is certainly a beer to try, in fact I would suggest everyone at least tries this beer. I would think more people will love it than not.
**Update August 09** I tried this again yesterday and I have to say I enjoyed it. It is a little sweet yes but I have developed an appreciation for sweeter beers.
you are retarded, Schneider-weiss is the best beer ever
ReplyDeleteBrilliant and educated comment, I commend you for your obvious insight. For one thing Schneider-weiss is not a beer, it is a beer producer. The beer in question here is called Hopfen weisse. This beer is quite good, but it is not the best beer from Schneider-weiss let alone the "best beer ever".
ReplyDeleteSometimes I wonder at the evolution of the human race when people with the intelligence of a pre-teen say the sort of nonsensical crap you just uttered and without the guts to let yourself be known and instead posted anonymous.
Schneider Weiss is in fact a beer. It is the Hefeweizen style beer from Georg Schneider & Sohn (the brewer). Schneider Weiss is one of the classic versions of the German hefeweizen style.
ReplyDeleteHopfenweiss is a collaboration between George Schneider brewery and Brooklyn Brewery. It is a wheat bock beer that is substantially hopped with American hop varieties. It has the same banana/clove yeast flavors of a hefeweizen or wheat bock and full flavored malt. But there is substantial bitterness to balance (or perhaps overbalance) the sweetness.
I am not sure I can agree with you. Schneider Weiss is not an actual beer. It is a brand. There is no beer called "Schneider Weisse" produced by that brewery. They used to have names like Original and Kristall and recently changed their names to a stupid Tap 1 through 11 system with Tap 7 being what used to be called "Original" and Tap 5 is Hopfenweisse.
ReplyDeleteSo tap 7 is an actual beer where as Schneider Weisse is not, it is the brand or brewery that produce the beer. Do you see the difference? Unless our definition of a beer is different?
To me, calling Schneider Weisse a beer is the same as calling Fullers a beer. Or even Brooklyn.
It is akin to Guinness I suppose, Guinness is a brewery/brand but the beer people associate with it and call Guinness is actually one of their stouts, usually Guinness draught. There are other beers produced by Guinness (mostly stouts) like Extra Stout (bottle) Foreign Extra (also bottle) as well as some forays in to other styles like a dark lager and a red ale and these are under the Guinness brand. The brewery also brews a lot of other beers not under the Guinness brand.
This blog post is actually well over a year old and I another try at Hopfenweisse months later had me hooked (early 2010). I ordered a case of the stuff.
I believe there may be some confusion over Schneider Weiss because of slight differences in the label we have been receiving in America. For us there is no kristall weisse, licht, or alkohol-frei, so Schneider Weisse doesn't have "original" on the label, and therefore is distinct from the other beers we receive from them: wies'n edel weisse, Aventinus, Aventinus eisbock, and hopfen weisse. None of which say Schneider Weisse, simply Georg Schneider & Sohn. There's no reason to argue, as what's important is the taste of the beer itself. I'm glad you enjoyed it the second time around, as I have a sneaking suspicion the first bottle wasn't fresh - explaining the lack of hop aroma and bitterness which made it overly sweet and out of balance. There certainly is a danger of a brand becoming a "beer", such as the Guinness example you spoke of earlier. There's always a struggle between the beer and the brand, and I hope Guinness is able to continue to stay firmly in the middle of the two, but it seems they are tipping ever closer to the brand side. Their latest attempts at novelty, the 250th anniversary and black lager, only serve to cheapen the brand in my eyes. We'll see. They've made it this far...
ReplyDeleteFor the record, whether it be a "brand name" or not, the company that produces Schneider Weisse is called Private Weissbierbrauerei G. Schneider & Sohn GmbH.