3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
An excellent alternative to Weihenstephaner when that isn’t available. The aroma is banana and clove goodness (as perhaps expected). Nice dark (slight haziness) color with a light head that quickly fades. I would recommend this to anyone who likes wheat. Don’t forget to try the Bell’s Wheat Series (most specifically the ’8’ and the ’Love Ale’)
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottled. Orangebrown hazy colour, huge creamy head. Sweet bananaish malty flavour with wheat also being present. Strong wheat and malt in flavour. Sweet fruit and a bit hops in finish, a bit bananaish aftertaste.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
[bottle] Pours a nice, dark brown color. Aroma is malty- with yeast and banana notes. Super drinkable, with a great balance of malts and yeast presence.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Nice fruity nose, lots of peach and a touch of banana, some fresh herbal hops and just a touch of honey malts. Taste is light to moderately sweet, lightly bitter; light banana, pear and peach, touch of apple, herbal-minty hops. Very solid.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
From 500mL bottle--Poured a medium brown-golden body with a medium-sized white head. Mild fruity complexity that exhibits a nice balance of yeast, malt, wheat, alcohol and hops. Bready and yeasty. Highly carbonated, but finished proper. Well-balanced, exceptional beer.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle. Pours a deep caramel color with a fluffy off-white head. Aroma is roasted malt with bread notes, yeast, clove, banana, and some light fruit detectable. Flavor is light fruit up front, with roasted malt, bread, and clove on the back end. I’m a big fan of this style, and a big fan of this beer.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Damn Germans. They can make some fine beer. This one pours a slightly darker amber with a big lasting head. Aroma is typical of the style with some nice yeast and malt notes added. Flavor is also typical with a nice bit of carbonation to dry the mouth and ask for more.
3.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
UPDATED: DEC 16, 2007 1/2 L bottle in pint glass. Huge creamy off-white, lasting head rests on a cloudy, apple-cider colored beer. Aroma is a little banana with citrus and cider. Taste is similar with even less banana, and more peppery, maybe from the high levels of carbonation (not a complaint; the high CO2 level is not overdone, and is nice in this beer). Very thirst quenching, goes down easy and has a smooth palate. Not real heavy; could definitely be a real nice session brew. Unlike some of the other dunkelweizens I have had, swirling the yeast sediment around and pouring it in the glass seems to actually diminish the banana/clove taste and aroma that I like in this kind of beer. I have had better, but to be fair they were on draft in Germany, so this is pretty darn good shipped to the States in a bottle.
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