| ranked #18 out of 61 beers |
rated 2.70 out of 5 |
total 421 votes |
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Weihenstephaner Kristall Weissbier
Weihenstephaner Kristall Weissbier - a foamy beer with an aroma of…bananas? Our tasters rated this beer as average.
| Origin: |
Germany |
| Alc/Vol: |
5.4% |
| Tasting Info: |
Beer tasting 2 on 03/06/2005; beer sample 10 out of 20 |
Beer test results for Weihenstephaner Kristall Weissbier
In a blind test, our beer tasters came to the following conclusions:
| Appearance: |
Looks like a foam party in a glass! |
| Aroma/Bouquet: |
Smells like bananas with hints of other tropical fruits. |
| Taste: |
Fruity, wheaty, creamy character. |
| Summary: |
Average. |
In a blind test of Weihenstephaner Kristall Weissbier, our tasters commented:
“Easy drinking after the initial shock. It has a strong taste with a wheaty, sweet, smooth aftertaste.”
“I can’t taste any fruit!”
“A wheat beer with a strong taste of some sort. Not as good as Redback.”
“It looks like a beer, but it doesn’t taste like a beer!”
December 25, 2005 @ 2:56 pm
sevenal said,
Bright,highly carbonated. All grain flavor with strong New “green” Oak Barrel after taste. I’ll drink the bottle because it was a gift. Can’t rec […] more
June 12, 2006 @ 1:01 am
JT said,
“Not as good as Redback”????? Maybe if you’re a C.S.P. I’m sure the brewers at Matilda Bay would cream their pants if Redback was half as good as this […] more
June 12, 2006 @ 1:03 am
Agree with JT said,
I agree with JT, and I think you are a bunch of CSP’s who wouldn’t know a good beer to save your life……
November 9, 2006 @ 5:09 pm
Jake Dummett said,
this beer was terrible… highly priced, highly carbonated, highly foamy, waste of time! this beer has been claimed to be the worlds first beer, maybe […] more
February 8, 2007 @ 4:08 pm
Thommo said,
I can’t believe this beer is so far down the list. Great example of the style.
March 22, 2007 @ 8:08 pm
Russ said,
People that are negative about this beer, IMHO, are an example of tasters that love the extremes of beer. However, traditionally (which this beer per […] more
March 24, 2007 @ 6:59 pm
Dave said,
This bier rocks u.
June 9, 2007 @ 4:17 am
Rodrick said,
Another example of Barvarian excelence. When simalied to cars this beer could defenitly be a BMW (barvarian Motor Works) it is up there in the top. H […] more
August 9, 2007 @ 2:43 pm
Mark said,
My opinion is that this is an excellent beer. I can understand if people don’t like this beer, but to say that it isn’t good is just plain ignorant. […] more
August 9, 2007 @ 2:45 pm
Mark said,
Also, make sure you drink it out of a proper glass. Beer is often mis-understood if poured improperly and/or poured in a glass that doesn’t do it jus […] more
December 6, 2007 @ 5:09 am
Hans said,
This is a excellent beer.
February 24, 2008 @ 9:49 pm
redsaunas said,
This heavenly beer gets the same rating as XXXX Gold? Oh…my…God…
January 24, 2009 @ 11:03 pm
Mat said,
The Weihenstephan brewery is the oldest brewery in the world and brews many varieties whcih have won numerous international awards as the best beers I […] more
February 6, 2009 @ 4:11 am
I love Beer- Bier said,
lovely beer only marginally better than the heffe weissbier but not by much !!! but thats the style of beer i love! It is similar to the Aus […] more
March 16, 2009 @ 8:30 am
Jimmy said,
Simply magnificent beer. Great flavour and so easily drinkable. Introduced some dinner party guests to it and it was universally loved.
April 11, 2009 @ 3:47 am
Jason said,
Fantastic beer. Full of flavor and a little sweet but fantastic, I’ve had this been on the Rhein with some german colleagues and a great night was had […] more
October 1, 2009 @ 11:14 am
KyleJ said,
Awesome beer!! Much better than Redback. A proper Wheat Beer, plenty of fruity, sweet, gutsy wheat flavour. These tasters all seem to like the very “m […] more
October 1, 2009 @ 11:15 am
KyleJ said,
Whoops! Thought this was the Hefe-weissbeer. Still great, but definately try the Hefe. Its even better!!
November 6, 2009 @ 4:52 am
Sigebyrht said,
Excellent beer. I cannot believe that someone said redback was better. Not a big fan of Hefe but generally Weinstephaner makes great beer. Try the Ba […] more
February 12, 2010 @ 2:52 am
Dave S. said,
This Kristall is very close to the Heffe Weissbier and a little tougher to find where I’m from (Memphis). It’s wheat, yes…but these guys know how t […] more