Appanoose Rapids Summer Weiss

Brewed by Appanoose Rapids Brewing Company
Style: German Hefeweizen
Ottumwa, Iowa USA

Serve in Weizen

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on tap-pours hazy/cloudy yellow with a tight white head. Aroma is clove, some orange, grain/wheat. Taste is lemon, clove, some orange, grain/wheat.

Pours a hazy yellow with a small head. The aroma is loads of banana and fruitiness, very sweet smelling all around with some mild spice. The flavor is far drier than the aroma lets on but it’s not drier than say this particular style of beer usually is. There is a light very pleasant tartness to the beer and plenty of spicy clove flavor. The beer is fairly fruity but leaves a lot of the banana to the aroma. I’m with Eric here, this is surprisingly good.

Tap at the brewpub. This has a hazy deep gold body with a thick off white head. The nose was sweet bananas and mango. There was also the requisite clove. The taste was largely banana peels with some clove spice. There was also some bitter bread crust. Actually, this is pretty spot on for the style and I give them credit for that. These guys know how to do wheat beers.