Flensburger Weizen

Going for something light tonight, I went with a German Weizen, or Heffe-Weizen,  from the Flensburger Brewery in Flensburg Germany. Beers of this style  are of south Germany in origin and have a higher amount of wheat. ‘Hefe’ itself means ‘Of Wheat’ and this style does bring it. As a result, they often have a pale yellow cloudy look to them. The extra wheat often lends this style to be more flavorful than most wheat with the exception of a Belgian Wit.

In the 1930s …” Flensbury Brewery developed into one of the biggest in the German state of Schleswig-Holstein – carefully managed by Emil Petersen, an honorary consul. With his determinedly forceful, farsighted and focused approach he laid the foundations for future success. Although all other breweries dropped the swing-top bottle, Flens did not. And still sells beer in swing-top bottles today.”

Appearance for this one was light straw slightly cloudy in color. It poured nicely into a pint class producing a minimal head typical of this type of Weizen and left a small a mount of lacing that stuck well to the glass.

Aroma was that of strong Belgian yeast, with smells of citrus, malt and a faint hint of spice. Almost made you feel as if you were in the presence of fresh baked bread.

This one tasted much as it smelled, definate bread flavors, yeast, spice and the citrus I smelled earlier presented itself as a nice orange accent.

Mouthfeel was crisp, medium in body and went down smooth.

Overall this was a great example of a German Weizen. If you want to have something light, but with character this is a good everyday brew! Not sure on the ABV, but felt around 5.5% or so.