Beat the Summer Heat with Banana tasting Sierra Nevada Kellerweis Hefeweizen

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Sierra Nevada's new Bavarian style Kellerweis Hefeweizen is the perfect refreshing summer beer to keep your body cool and your tastebuds hot (for it).

The Washdown:

- prominent banana nose & taste without being too sweet Sierra Nevada Kellerweis Hefeweizen (CA) 4.8% ABV

I was shopping at my local Whole Foods Market one day, when I noticed a sign for a Sierra Nevada Beer tasting. $1 pours + complimentary cheese nibbles? Pass up I could not! (Especially since my man's favorite beer of all time is Sierra Nevada Pale Ale.)

Not being a huge Hefeweizen fan, or even banana lover for that matter, I was completely blown away by how perfect and seductive the banana flavor was. I could not get my lips off it and you won't be able to as well, 'cuz each sip is crisp with enticing carbonation. There are subtle hints of citrus and clove. The color is a golden, cloudy yellow. And the head is thick and frothy.

You can definitely tell Sierra Nevada learned a thing or two from from the pros on their recent educational trip to a German Brewery. In fact, on their website they even advise you how to pour Kellerweis correctly to maximize its flavor potential:

    "To serve, pour two-thirds into a glass, swirl and pour the rest." - Sierra Nevada

You'll be drinking this one all summer long. Cheers.

Comments

[Vincent]

Gueuze It's a sour beer, a very sour beer. It'll make you pucker. If I were attmepting this style as someone new to sours, I'd go with the Lindeman's Cuvee Rene. It's an excellent introductory, yet still quite sour, gueuze. Be careful on the Boon. They can be super sour. Drie Fonteinen and Cantillon are probably the top lambic breweries in the world, but they're also incredibly sour (and more expensive). You may have heard that Lindeman's lambics aren't authentic or are too sweet that's true when it comes to the fruit ones. With the gueuze and the faro, they're both excellent. Gueuze Fond Tradition is another one, but I like the Lindeman's better. There's also the Girardin Gueuze. This was my first and we toasted with it at my wedding. It's one of the top rated.Good luck with some of the others. KBS sells out quickly. You'll need to be on top of that one. Terrapin isn't available up here, but it is available in PA and maybe NJ. And Three Floyds is only available in Indiana (though it used to be available in RI, believe it or not).