Beer of the Weekend #394: Innstadt Passauer Weiße
All day at work today I was writing “10/11/12.” These sequential month-day-year dates will be over for another century in two years — the last, I believe, will be “12/13/14” — so enjoy them while they last.
The beer tonight is a little treat I picked up at John’s a couple days ago: Innstadt Passauer Weiße, brewed by the Innstadt Brauerei of Passau, Germany.
Summer is over but I can drink wheat beer whenever I want. Frankly, I did not drink much hefe at all this summer so I may need to make up for it — with weizenbock.
Serving type: 500 ml bottle. There are notches on the side of the back label but no freshness date.
Appearance: Poured into a half-liter weizen glass. The color is deep orange with an amber tint. Three fingers of dense, white head dissipated slowly to leave an even skim.
Smell: Classic and quintessential. Lots of fruit sweetness tinged with spice. Apple, banana, orange, lemon zest, and a hint of strawberry- or watermelon-flavored bubblegum. Clove and pepper offer an adequate amount of spice.
Taste: Heavy, smooth, and wheaty mouthfeel. The flavors are somewhat muted and intermixed, but they mostly mirror the aromas: apple sweetness, a hint of banana, orange, lemon zest, clove and pepper spice.
Drinkability: Decent hefeweizen. I would prefer a little more taste but it is drinkable and refreshing.
Fun facts about IPW:
-Style: Hefeweizen.
-Price: $3.99/bottle at John’s Grocery in Iowa City.
-Serving temperature: 45-50ºF.
-Alcohol content: 5.3 percent ABV.
-Food pairings: Typical Bavarian fare and Brick cheese (bitches!)
-I visited the Wikipedia page for Passau, Germany for the hell of it and learned that Passau’s US “twin city” is Hackensack, New Jersey. Out of curiosity, I clicked the link to the Hackensack page. The city’s motto is “A City in Motion.” Ironically, the picture just above it — a supposed icon of Hackensack — is of a local cemetery.
The Quiet Man’s grade: B.
The beer tonight is a little treat I picked up at John’s a couple days ago: Innstadt Passauer Weiße, brewed by the Innstadt Brauerei of Passau, Germany.
Summer is over but I can drink wheat beer whenever I want. Frankly, I did not drink much hefe at all this summer so I may need to make up for it — with weizenbock.
Serving type: 500 ml bottle. There are notches on the side of the back label but no freshness date.
Appearance: Poured into a half-liter weizen glass. The color is deep orange with an amber tint. Three fingers of dense, white head dissipated slowly to leave an even skim.
Smell: Classic and quintessential. Lots of fruit sweetness tinged with spice. Apple, banana, orange, lemon zest, and a hint of strawberry- or watermelon-flavored bubblegum. Clove and pepper offer an adequate amount of spice.
Taste: Heavy, smooth, and wheaty mouthfeel. The flavors are somewhat muted and intermixed, but they mostly mirror the aromas: apple sweetness, a hint of banana, orange, lemon zest, clove and pepper spice.
Drinkability: Decent hefeweizen. I would prefer a little more taste but it is drinkable and refreshing.
Fun facts about IPW:
-Style: Hefeweizen.
-Price: $3.99/bottle at John’s Grocery in Iowa City.
-Serving temperature: 45-50ºF.
-Alcohol content: 5.3 percent ABV.
-Food pairings: Typical Bavarian fare and Brick cheese (bitches!)
-I visited the Wikipedia page for Passau, Germany for the hell of it and learned that Passau’s US “twin city” is Hackensack, New Jersey. Out of curiosity, I clicked the link to the Hackensack page. The city’s motto is “A City in Motion.” Ironically, the picture just above it — a supposed icon of Hackensack — is of a local cemetery.
The Quiet Man’s grade: B.
