Breton Brewing – Stirling Hefeweizen (473ml)
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Beer Type
Ale Learn More
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Beer Category
Wheat Beer
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Beer Style
German WeissbierThe German-style hefeweizen offers a unique beer experience thanks to the use of wheat malt, unique yeast and its uncharacteristic appearance. Learn More
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Country
Canada
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Region
Nova Scotia
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Sub-Region
Cape Breton
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Size
473ml
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ABV
5.0%
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Tasting Notes
Baking SpiceeffervescentBanana
The Breton Brewing Company is located in Sydney, Nova Scotia. The tasting room is open for brewery tours, growler fills, pints, and entertainment! Breton has quickly become a staple not only in the hometown of Sydney, but also across the province for their offerings of well made everyday craft beer. They brew a core lineup of hoppy ales, crisp lagers, and some fruited sours, and you’ll sometime catch them with a mixed fermentation barrel aged beer from time to time.
Tasting Notes
This is a light and refreshing Hefeweizen, brewed to let the clove and banana aromas come through. The palate has rich notes of banana, clove spice and is followed by the style’s trait of big carbonation and crisp, dry finish. This is a summer beer if there ever was one!
Method
Arguably one of the most recognizable beer styles, the German-style hefeweizen offers a unique beer experience thanks to the use of wheat malt, unique yeast and uncharacteristic appearance. The refreshing qualities of this highly-carbonated style have kept it alive for centuries. The German-style hefeweizen is straw to amber in colour and brewed with at least 50 percent malted wheat. The aroma and flavour of a weissbier comes largely from the yeast and is decidedly fruity (banana) and phenolic (clove). The intensity of these wildly differing flavour qualities varies depending on the brewer, but the two are most commonly balanced. In German, “hefe” refers to the yeast which remains in suspension giving the German beer its cloudy appearance, and “weizen” denotes the use of wheat.
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