Judge's Review: 90 Rating - Queen’s Weiss by Arches Brewing

Queen’s Weiss by Arches Brewing is a Hefeweizen and was judged as a Weissbier (BJCP sub-style 10A).  It poured orange and cloudy into the glass where it quickly displayed a thick and fairly lasting white head. Its aroma included citrus and more pronounced clove notes.  

The flavor profile also featured heavy clove and some milder wheat malt and banana flavors plus light hop bitterness to balance. The body was somewhat fuller than expected for style producing a richness on the palate -- atypical for Weissbiers. The mouthfeel also included residual and lasting pre-astringent clove notes and a dry finish. Overall this beer drank like a fuller-bodied example of a Weissbeer, but not unpleasantly so. Drinkability was moderately high though many imbibers might limit themselves to 1-2 pints before moving on to something else. Overall, this was a refreshing, flavorful, and well-brewed beer.