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30 December 2008
Public Service Announcement: Shiner Hefeweizen tastes like ass.
Maybe it *was* bad. It tasted like ersatz lemon flavoring, and that's about it. No one at my family's house could drink it, and we made everyone try it. Maybe it was indeed bad, or maybe they changed the recipe?
I need y'all to buy some and try it to compare with your previous experience, then report back. Thanks.
Hmm, you probably weren't drinking it out of a keg, although Shiner Hefeweizen out of a keg is sometimes pretty terrible. I've noticed that all Shiner beers are variable from batch to batch and have a rather short shelf-life, even when compared to other American independent breweries like Sam Adams. On the other hand, the Shiner Hefeweisen isn't very good on a good day. But it shouldn't taste like ass.
When I first started liking beer, a good hefeweizen was my first choice. Somewhere along the line, though, the banana taste that others have mentioned began to really gross me out. I've moved through a ton of other beer types, settling at last on IPA as my standard choice. Yum.
Yeah, I'd say it's a pretty mediocre hefeweizen, a style that's not my favorite anyway. If it actually tasted like ass, though, seems more likely to be a bad batch--I'll second what muddgirl said about the variability.
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