2022 Beer In Front Awards: Widmer Brothers Hefe

So I’ll be posting each beer I rate for the 2022 Beer In Front Awards. Visit the website at beerinfront.com and the Awards page.

I’m starting off with a familiar beer to most on the West Coast…the Widmer Brothers Hefe which is an American Hefeweizen.

The scoring is simple…rate from 1-10 on appearance, aroma and taste as well an an overall rating. As everyone knows, I rate by style so this will go against my preference for American Hef.

For appearance it is a very nice golden color with a substantial white creamy head. It’s a 7.

For aroma it has a somewhat fruity and floral hop fragrance mixed with some grainy malt. It is also a 7.

For the taste, I get some of the fruity and floral flavors as well as some graininess. But the finish is far too bitter for a Hef in my opinion. I drop a 5 for taste.

Overall I’m rating this a 6.