Dec. 23 - Steininger

Sighing heavily, I get out the next-to-last calendar beer and it's a light one.  Steininger Hefe Weissbier to be precise.  Now, a weisse is probably more interesting than the lagers and pilsners that have rolled out so far, so maybe it won't be so bad.  At least the can doesn't give potentially false promises of luxury.

It's cloudy gold, so at least not completely transparent.  Gives a look of consistency that some of the past beers just didn't have.  Head looks good at first but fizzles out pretty quickly.  Just a touch of sweet wheatiness in the aroma, nothing sour or stereotypically "beery".  Actually rather sour in taste at first, leaves an impression of being a cider more than a beer.  Still, there's that normal wheat beer aftertaste, but not as heavy as I get from, say, Paulaner.  It does have some weight, leaves a little bit of something behind it on the palate, so I would say it's a bit better for winter (which we are officially in now!) than those other light beers.  Gives you a little oomf in your glass to feel a little extra warmth.