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Posted by Uncle Jimbo on 2009-01-31 08:01:54

I would not have personally thought to use "crisp" for hefeweizen, but that was a quote from an importer's web site. "Crisp" as applied to beer is a bit of a subjective term, I suppose. But to me, "crisp" implies "quickness". Like when you bite a vegetable (like Celery), and it is crisp. So, with a "crisp beer", you get a quick, sharp feeling on the tongue, mostly due to the carbonation (if the sharpness is due to hop bitterness, I would use the term "hoppy", not "crisp").

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Crisp by Andy Holmes on  2009-01-31 09:27:13

Crisp by Gerd Roppelt on  2009-02-01 02:55:47