3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
The surprise hit of the evening! Pours a cloudy brassy color from bottle. Thin head. Aroma: Sweet / "winey" but muted. Sweet / sour grape-like flavor w/ some malty smokiness. Unexpectedly light mouthfeel w/ clean finish and some alcohol heat. Quite good.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 17/20
500ml bottle. Hazy, raw umber pour with a large, fluffy off-white head that recedes to nothing. Aroma is of bananas, malt, spices and some fruityness. Flavor follows the nose with bready yeast, cloves, hints of bananas, bubblegum and light malt sweetness. Balanced light carbonation and a medium body. Yeasty, spicy and malt lingering finish.
3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle BBE dec/2009. Alcoholic and yeasty aroma is quite strong. Hazy orange colour and tall white head makes this beer good looking. Taste is very fruity, lovely stuff. Smooth mouthfeel, medium+ body. Again a very nice beer from Ayinger!
2.3 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 9/20
Ayinger Brewery
UR-Weisse Dunkel Weizen
Maybe out on limb here as we are not the biggest fan of weizens but what the hell.
Pours hazy honey colored with a tinge of green. Medium white head that dissipates quickly. Sweet aroma of yeast, bread and dried bananas, but mostly yeast. Effervescing mouthfeel. Tastes like a lot of wheat beers with more yeast and a slightly sour metallic finish. Not my style, but I won’t pour it out.
4.6 AROMA 10/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 18/20
Pours out a dark gold/orange, lighter than other dunkels I’ve had but certainly darker than a hefeweizen. Smells of bananas with a hint of caramel sweetness. Has a nice caramel flavor to go with the typical banana of a wheat beer, sort of like a Bananas Foster in a glass, best dunkelweizen I’ve had
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Recognizably a wheat beer, but with a dark, almost primitive undertone to it. I really liked this beer; it drank easy, despite the complexity, and was a very rich take on the traditional wheat beer -- which sometimes comes off shallow. I’d drink this one again.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Pours an orangish-amber color with a large white head. Aroma is predominantly apples, with a little malt in there as well. The taste is heavy on the bananas, but you also get some apple. No real hops or malt are present in the aroma. A very flavorful beer that is heavy on the fruit. Good beer.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
500 mL bottle pours amber with a good bit of off white head into a weizen. Aroma of wheat, yeast, spice, banana, clove. Holds true to the style: hefe wheat, yeast, clove complimented by sweet malts and raisins. Medium bodied and pretty straightforward. Surprisingly mid range carbonation with a fuzzy mouthfeel. Enjoyable but not really my thing.
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