Sierra Nevada Kellerweis

[mfischer2]

Has anyone tried the Kellerweis? If so, care to give a brief review?

[San_Diego_Matt]

Blober has a huge boner for this beer and I've had a couple and think it's really good.

I'm not at all into "reviewing beer" and don't know how close to style it is or any of that jazz. I still just live by the motto of "drink what you like" and I like the Kellerweis.

[Lucky]

I had one last night for the first time. I'm not a big time beer reviewer, but I thought it very good. Nice banana, clove, citrus flavors that put it head and shoulders above the other supposed Hefes out there.

Here's a link to what the folks at Beer Advocate think: http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/140/48434.

[mfischer2]

Blober has a huge boner for this beer

If I like it, does that make me gay? Or worse, Canadian?

[Steelers&Beer]

excellent example of a hefe... it would hold it's own against any of them. just wish they sold them in the big bottles like the germans so it would fill the hefe glass.

[Brandon]

The yeast is great for stepping up from the bottle. I did a Hefeweizen with it, then used a slug from the Hefeweizen on a Weizenbock.

Flaming the cap area

The decanted off beer

Boiling up 50ml of .020 wort

cooled and pitched the yeast at the bottom of 2 bottles of Kellerweis

12 hours later a little bit more yeast in the 50ml

Stepped up the 50ml to a 500ml start of .025 for 2 days then stepped that up to 1600ml of .035 wort last night. Bubbling nice on the stirplate this morning

[Dubba_Brew]

yeah... this is a really good example of a classic hefe. It's clean and crisp with enough softness from the wheat. The banana and clove are there in balance without either being over the top. It's a good hefe!

just wish they sold them in the big bottles like the germans so it would fill the hefe glass.

+1
Hell... just sell them in a bigger bottle for the sake of selling them in a bigger bottle.

[SacoDeToro]

I thought the beer was very nice, but... when I had it at the NHC it did have noticeable sulfur in the aroma and flavor. For me, it wasn't terribly offensive, but I could tell the beer would have been fucking awesome if the sulfur weren't there. I'd wager a guess that it was a batch-specific issue - I'm sure if I picked up a sixer now it would be awesome. In fact, I just may do that!