Day #22- Sierra Nevada Kellerweis Hefeweizen

It was one of those nights after work where you end up closing your car door in your driveway, take one step, stop, and wonder how you ended up where you are. It was as if the car directed itself home by my body's ticks and innate responses. A zombie like grip on the wheel as my pinky and ring fingers radiated a warmth from them staying about an inch from a hot, sizzling slab of iron for 10 hours, roasting like a suspended rotisserie chicken, cooking in it's own fat. In any case, a perfect time for a beer.

I popped open a Hefeweizen from Sierra Nevada, expecting Sierra Nevada's usually over the top extremes of flavors, and was nicely surprised. A perfectly balanced Hef! A new thing for me, as most Hefs usually taste too sweet and orange-y; while others taste like too much coriander and clove.

Sierra Nevada's Hefeweizen stands out among others for its attempt at balance, a wheat beer for both kinds of Hef lovers!



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I give Sierra Nevada Kellerweis Hefeweizen an 84.




Look: Cloudy Dark Goldenrod
Smell: Citrus, Clove
Taste: Balanced perfectly between clove and the orange-citrus hefeweizen beers


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Brett's ratings are out of 100.

*Please understand that ratings on this scale have been influenced by my scholastic history of grading. A grade below 75 is not good, it is less than average. A beer below 60 is bad. Beers in the 90s are in the upper-echelon of beers on this earth, and above 95- divinely inspired.*

As with all connoisseurs, personal taste affects all ratings. The best ratings tend to lean towards his two different biases; 1) Well-crafted heavy Stouts and 2) Lagers made with a simple perfection.

Please understand that just because Brett gives a beer a high rating doesn't mean you may think it is good. Only understand that if he gives it a high rating it is because most people who have a good taste in beer would do the same.