Störtebeker – Roggen-Weizen

Störtebeker brewery was founded in 1862 in Stralsund, Germany. The first big expansion of the brewery was in 1899 where the building now had brewing going on on multiply stocks.

I bought this 500 ml glass bottled dunkel rye and wheat weissbier, in a local supermarket on the island of Rügen, Germany. The price for this beer, at 5.4% alcohol, was 1.29 Euro.

Deep orange and brown in the color, hazy and lots of fine sediment, all part of the beer, not big chunks.

Nice big head with a fine brown foam on top.

A clear dark fruit aroma with lots of depth and wheat to it.

Good CO2 level, full-bodied wheat and sweet fruits in the taste. Good dark notes and well balanced between the rye, barley and wheat. After taste is not that powerful, no bitterness, just a fading darkness.

Overall rating 83 / 100

Hanseatiche Brauerei – Rostocker Zwickel

Hanseatische Brauerei Rostock GmbH is a brewery founded in 1878, in the Hansestadt Rostock, Germany. The brewery belongs to the Radeberger Group, which is owned by the Oetker-Group.

This pilsner type beer comes in a 500 ml glass bottle, at 4.9% alcohol. I bought it at the price of 0.99 Euro, in a local supermarket on the island Rügen, Germany.

Rostocker Zwickel is a pilsner, but unfiltered to give a original experience as close to the Germany Beer Purity Law, as possible.

Nice yellow color with a thick haziness to it.

Nice big white head with fine foam on top.

Aroma is with a clear pilsner tone to it, hops shine through.

Good CO2 level, it has the freshness of the pilsner and full-bodied feeling of a unfiltered wheat beer. After taste is a weak fruit but ends mostly in bitterness.

A solid old-school pilsner beer.

Overall rating 82 / 100

Frankfurter Brauhaus – Turmbräu Weissbier

Frankfurter Brauhaus is a fairly young brewery, it was founded in 1988 in Frankfurt, Germany.

I bought this 500 ml canned beer, at 5.4% alcohol level, for the price of 0.55 Euro. It was found in a local supermarket on the island of Rügen, Germany.

Good looking yellow to orange in the color. Unfiltered and hazy.

Nice big white head with a fine foam on top.

Aroma is a blend of wheat, sweet fruits and tad bit of something off-balanced.

Low CO2, which gives it a bit of flatness. Not so full-bodied in the taste, some great wheat notes, but the overall balance between wheat, sweetness and hops is not there. It is refreshing, but the same off-balanced feeling from the aroma, is also present in the taste.

Overall rating 70 / 100

Störterbeker – Bernstein-Weizen #2

Störtebeker brewery was founded in 1862 in Stralsund, Germany. The first big expansion of the brewery was in 1899 where the building now had brewing going on on multiply stocks.

I first tried this beer back in 2013, where alcohol level was 5.2%. Otherwise I can not tell if there was much difference. Back then it was an exported to Sweden beer, this time I bought it on the island of Rügen, Germany, where Stralsund is the port city entrance to the island. I bought this beer in a local supermarket in Bergen Auf Rügen, Germany at the price of 1.09 Euro for a 500 ml glass bottle at 5.3% alcohol.

Beautiful orange heavy hazy color. Lots of fine sediment in the bottom of the bottle, to swirl out.

Medium sized head with a very fine foam on top.

Aroma comes off with a good wheat and fruit mixture. Spiced and sweet notes.

Good CO2 content, delicious fruit with a balanced sweetness to it. Nice and light in the after taste.

Overall rating 80 / 100

Rügener Insel-Brauerei – Hiddenseer Weizen

Rügener Insel-Brauerei is a hand crafted beer brwery located on the island of Rügen in Germany. The brewery was founded by Markus in 2015. Markus is a trained brewer, from having studied at Weihenstephaner.

I bought this Weissbier in a 500 ml glass bottle, with a alcohol content of 5.6%, in a local supermarket on the island Rügen, Germany. Price was 1.09 Euro per bottle.

The beer is fermented in open containers, exposed to sea air. The process is finished while in the bottle where the beer is matured.

Beautiful and hazy yellow color.

Very fine foam on top of the head. Head stays while drinking the beer.

Aroma comes off with sweet fruits and scent notes of banana.

Powerful CO2 level, light and fruitful in the taste. Refreshing and yet with a great balance. After taste is full of banana notes and slight bitterness.

Overall rating 78 / 100

Perlenbacher – Hefe Weissbier

Perlenbacher is a brand of the supermarket Lidl. It is brewed by Frankfurter Brauerei.

I bought this weissbier from a German supermarket, on the island of Rügen. The price for this 500 ml plastic bottled beer, at 5,5% alcohol was 0.45 Euro.

Beautiful yellow and orange in the color. A nice little head, coarse foam that dissipates quickly.

Aroma comes off with a sweet scent, a tiny bit of wheated fruit notes to it. Some bitterness from hops, makes it seem a bit off.

Low CO2 level, sweet, but very thin and watery. After taste is a weird feeling of eating flour and yeast.

Overall experience is not great. Simply too low quality beer. Plastic bottles are not suitable for beer. Feels like this beer had been opened for a day in the fridge.

Overall rating 62 / 100

To Øl – Dry Hopped Hefeweizen

To Øl used to be two friends, working as nomad brewers, travelling from brewery to brewery. This was the case in 2014, where I drank their Cloud 9 beer. In 2019 they bought an old ketchup factory in the Western part of Zealand, Denmark. It is a massive complex of 150.000 m2 ground with 26.600 m2 buildings on it. They have set up a full-blown specially designed brewery for their own production and will also host other brewers in their craft beverage hub.

I was gifted this beer from family members, at my birthday, hence price of this 440 ml canned beer at 5.4% alcohol, is unknown.

To Øl is brewed in Svinninge, Denmark.

Thick and very hazy yellow to orange in the color.

Large head with a medium sized foam, seems very CO2 active when poured into the glass.

Aroma comes off very powerful from the hops, very fruity and especially with citrus notes. Balances well with the wheat fruit notes.

Lots of CO2, then a very surprising floral domination in start of the taste, which quickly shifts to citrus notes and bitterness.

Very rare and tangent to weird experience. The aroma was promising, but the mix of hard floral hops and hefeweizen is simply too extreme for me.

Overall rating 64 / 100

Svaneke – Blanca Belgian Wheat Ale

Beautiful yellow with deep orange notes to the color. Medium sized head with fine foam on top.

Aroma comes off with a distinct wheat sensation and a bit of hops and sweet fruit. Could be stronger.

Low CO2, very sweet and fruited. A bit of hops, and overall balanced. Aftertaste has the ale darkness and a slight bitterness to it.

Overall rating 76 / 100

Eventyr Bryg – Fynsk Hvede – Kejserens Nye Klæder

I received this beer as a birthday gift from my family, hence price for this glass bottled 500 ml beer at 5.9% is unknown.

Clear light brown in the color and with a great big head. Fine foam on top and staying on the beer.

Some sweetness to the aroma, but mostly dominated by hops. Clearly not a weissbier, but more witbier, especially with its added citrus and heath.

Good CO2 level, very dark and bitter in the taste. Not at all a wheated beer, more citrus and hops shines through. A thin darkness in the aftertaste.

A clear and dark wheat beer, with less sweetness. A lager with added spices, does not pass as a mainly wheat oriented beer in my book.

Overall rating 72 / 100

Erdinger – Weissbier

This weissbier came in a 500 ml can at 5.3% alcohol.

Yellow in the color and slightly hazy , nice head that disappears in a few moments.

Fresh aroma, with a hint of sweet fruits.

Good CO2 level, light and refreshing. Good balance between bitterness and sweetness. Not a powerful weissbier in the taste, but at least one in balance.

Overall rating 74 / 100