Tasting Notes: Konig Ludwig Weiss

Brewery: Konig Ludwig International
Style: Hefeweizen
ABV: 5.5%
Date Poured: April 2010

It's summer in Atlanta again so it's time to crack open some wheat beers. I have managed to find a German hefeweizen that I have never sampled before, Konig Ludwig Weiss. This beer is produced by a Bavarian brewery literally owned by Bavarian royalty as the company is headed by Prinz Luitpold von Bayern. I would expect this to be pretty traditional.

The very hazy body is the color of straw with a modest, frothy head. Smells of clove, lightly of honey and some lemon. There's just a touch of ripe banana back there too.

Lots of lemon and clove in the mouth. Sweet and bready, but muted, wheat malt. A bit sour. Some peppery spice in there too. I am searching for the ripe banana but find none. Crisp and fizzy, clean finish.

It's a good refreshing hefeweizen. It doesn't rank among my favorites (I think Paulaner still makes my favorite hefe) but it's certainly worth a try.


Konig Ludwig International

Tasting Notes: Half Moon Hefe Weizen

Brewery: Charleston Brewing Company
Style: Hefeweizen
ABV: ?
Date Poured: January 2009

Pours a surprisingly clear gold with a bright white but thin head. Smells lemony, sweet wheat malt and a hint of bubblegum.

Crisp wheat malt, some lemon, even fainter hint of bubblegum with an astringent, CO2 finish. Finishes clean. The aroma offered some hope but in the end,it's just another lacking American wheat beer. Not much more to say.