 frankenkitty (1789), Oak Lawn, Illinois, USA
Dec 21, 2005
An almost-tan head took a lifetime to settle over a dense, murky, brownish/copper-wheat body. Yeast particulate is diverse, from the silt that forms the haze to plastery chunks at the bottom, with little sea-monkeys bobbing about at mid-level. As far as the aroma, ’smoked banana’ smells much better than you’d imagine. Add to that roasted corn husks, clove, licorice and a touch of crawlspace (musty, earthen, moldiness). Flavor captures the hefeweizen essence of the aromas and sets it upon a substantially malted body... which gives a nice, hearty impression of a chocolate-covered banana. Thick, full-bodied and flavorful, with a creaminess in the mouth, it’s with beers like this that I can justify why ’Dunkelweizen’ is currently my favorite style.
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v64 (53), Austin, Texas, USA
Jul 12, 2008 Absolutely delicious. Think, foamy head. Very hazy dark brown. Immediately malt and banana aroma. Tastes fruity, creamy in the mouth. Highly recommended.
tedovertu (82), Apple Valley, Minnesota, USA
Jul 8, 2008 Great beer. Gigantic creamy off-white head. Cloudy/hazy medium amber colored body. Aroma of hay and banana mixed with sweet biscuit. Medium bodied with a creamy mouth feel. Average duration with moderately sweet finish. Extremely well rounded and balanced.
pepperford (66), robbinsdale, Minnesota, USA
Jul 6, 2008 my first dunkel weisse. a murky/cloudy body. sweet smelling with a bit of biscuit. sweet and almost bready tasting. round in the mouth feel.
Scauca (203), Lovere, Italy
Jul 3, 2008 Hazy orange with a nice head. Aroma of banana, bread, slightly fruity. Very thin body. Fruity. Not my beer.
durhambeer (314), Durham, North Carolina, USA
Jul 2, 2008 500ml bottle. Beautiful pour--deep bright cloudy amber--with a foamy off-white head. A treat to look at. Yeast and malt on the nose, with mild fruit (banana, apricot maybe) and a sense of fresh-baked sourdough bread. Similar palate... tickling bubbles on the upper lip and tastes of slightly underripe bananas, fresh bread, yeast. Clean and easy to drink, with a surprisingly crisp finish. I actually wanted a bit of a lingering aftertaste, but almost none is present. Subtle but solid. May cause some to think there’s not much too this beer, but I give it props for its understatement.
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