3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
500 ml bottle at The Royale; they brought in a few Ayinger things for their Tuesday night Oktoberfest extravaganza. Pours a bright, cloudy amber color with a huge, frothy, rocky off-white head; absolutely gorgeous-looking beer. Notes of banana, whea, clove, orange citrus, sour lemon citrus (more in the nose), cereal, caramel and Munich malts, straw, and nuts. Medium-bodied, with a wheaty, malty mouthfeel and soft carbonation. This greatly exceeded expectations, and is just a great German beer.
4.2 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
This beer reinforces my love of the wheat style. Well-balanced and slightly fruity, this one is sure to satisfy. Even better with a lemon floatin’ in the glass.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Wheat, yeast and citrus aroma. Cloudy peach colour, huge creamy head. Great wheat flavour, good bitterness. Nice mouthfeel, lots of carbonation. Very good.
3.6 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
500 ml bottle. Finland.
Hazy brown colour with fluffy off-white head. Aroma is fruits (banana/citrus), wheat, bread and some sweet caramel. Not so sweet flavour with wheat, malt and bread. Quite fizzy.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Yeasty, spicy nose. Seems a bit watery at first, but malt thickens in the mouth nicely. Bitter and Sweet struggle amongst one another nicely. Loved the gentle fruit aromas and flavors.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle looks really good, beer in the glass dark organge, nice head. Starts strong, very yeasty, fruity like banana and plum. Modest sweet. Well balanced finish, a bit moldy. Still a great beer!
3.5 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle @ home. Pours a hazy dark orange appeaance with a small cream head that is gone quickly. Medium to dark wheat malts with the nose with some banana. Medium bodied wheat beer with yeast. Lighter than other Dunkelweizen and darker than a German Hefeweizen in a category of it’s own.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
A standard pour produces an easily four-finger thick, pale tan colored head. The beer is a full amber color and shows a deeply hazy, pinkish, light amber color when held up to the light. The aroma is quite fruity with notes of ripe plums, apples and juicy-fruit gum all quite noticeable. Spice notes of clove and banana traditionally found in the style are also evident. Dusty grain aromatics, some tart wheat character and a freshly crushed malt character in the finish add the malt component of this beer’s nose. As the beer warms a bit the fresh, vibrant fruitiness begins to pick up a slightly green, under-ripe edge.
Lightly sweet tasting up front and through the middle, though the flavor does dry out some towards the finish. This is a light, easy drinking beer for the most part, but it has a touch of creamy heft (despite an zesty carbonation) and fullness to it. The carbonation seems to help keep this beer seeming light and quaffable. Lightly tart notes characteristic of wheat accents flavors of sour / sweet plums, light apple flavors and a touch of tamarind. A bit of dusty grain towards the end as well as some light grassy grain and at times a stale cracker flavor in the finish. The more traditional Hefe-flavors of clove and banana are here, but seem to play a supporting role; that is not to say this does not taste quite traditional as even the other flavors that are here are perfectly in line with the style.
Refreshingly tart, yet with a fullness that makes it seem perfectly appropriate for a warm, Tucson winter’s afternoon. A tasty beer that is perhaps a touch flawed, but still quite good.
Purchased: <a href=http://www.ratebeer.com/Places/ShowPlace.asp? Liquors, Tucson AZ
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