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Schneider: Hopfen Weisse

This hopfenweizen is/was brewed by Schneider in Kelheim, Bavaria, Germany. It's achieved an overall score of 72.69%. Based on 1 tasting, the average ABV is 8.20%.


Historical Community Tasting Notes

Preserved from the RateBeer community archive (circa 2000–2018)

Bottle 500ml. Pour is a dark muddy orange with some gold highlights. The head pours huge and consists of tight foamy bubbles that reduce to huge bubbles. Aroma is very familiar but Im having a hard time putting my finger on it. There is some banana and cloves but also a big sweetness. Enticing. The flavor is even more interesting. For a weiz
There are times when genius is spawned by merging disparate things, chocolate and peanut butter, oil and vinegar, Salt and pepper. But this ugly, skunky, bladder-infection looking hoppy mess is NOT one of them! This is NOT a Weizen Bock...this is a double IPA mixed with a formerly good dark wheat. Looks, smells, and tastes bad. Congratulations,
Draft. Pretty decent eisbock. Unusual flavoring which is really tough to desribe. And wow the alcohol is camouflaged.

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In Book 300 on page 70 (visualisation):


Beer Listing

Date and Time Container Pub/Place and Where Strength ABV Colour Score Components Score Descriptive word(s) Book No.
24th Oct 2008 at 10:15 pm bottle (home), Liverpool, Merseyside, England 8.20 medium to dark golden and cloudy Taste: 94.12%
Head: 77.78%
Aroma: 80%
Ease: 66.67%
Clarity: 100%
72.692% thick-fruit 269

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Other Beers (etc.) by Schneider

Apart from Hopfen Weisse, Hop Horizons lists 11 others by Schneider. These are:
Aventinus (Tap 6)
Aventinus Weizen-Eisbock (2009 vintage, 5 years aged)
Aventinus Weizen-Eisbock (2013 vintage - fresh)
Aventinus Weizen-Eisbock (2021 vintage, 10 years aged)
Bayrisch Hell / Schneider's Helles
Bayrisch Hell / Schneider's Helles
Bayrisch Hell / Schneider's Helles
Bayrisch Hell / Schneider's Helles
Weisse (Tap 7)
Weisse Kristall
Weizen Hell

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