<b>Date:</b> 05/05/2007<br /> <b>Mode:</b> Bottle<br /> <b>Source:</b> Tasting, Yankee Go Home!<br /> <br /> cloudy rusty brown, wispy head, drops of lace, chocolate aroma with sweet fruity esters and light spicyness, sweet chocolate and caramel flavor, fruity sweetness, nice balancing bitterness, touch of yeasty spicyness, <br /> <br /> <b>Aroma:</b> 6/10; <b>Appearance:</b> 7/10; <b>Flavor:</b> 7/10; <b>Palate:</b> 6/10; <b>Overall:</b> 13/20<br /> <b>Rating:</b> 3.3/5.0<br /><b>Drinkability:</b> 8/10<br /> <b>Score:</b> **+/4<br />

Bottle from Lithy, thanks&#033; Orange brown color, hazy. Malt and a hint of nutmeg in the aroma. Malty sweetish flavor with pear and nutmeg. Not unpleasant, but not outstanding.

Pours a hazy copper amber with a wispy-lacing light tan head. Aroma of sweet dark malted wheat and bready, citrusy, clove German yeast with a hint of bananas. Body starts a little thin for the style with a light malty wheaty sweetness and some authentic doughy yeast. A decent dunkelweizen.

Bottle… Pours hazy amber with a small, fizzy, white head that’s gone in a flash. The nose is defined by dark cereal grains, spice, touches of overripe banana and chocolate with a suggestion of caramel. Medium-bodied with bristly carbonation. A smidge of chocolate with restrained essences of overripe banana and spice. Sweet up front with light acidity, but bittered well enough with minerally hops to provide near-perfect balance. Sweet, grainy, chocolaty finish.<b>Bottle provided by headbanger!</b>

Tap &#64; Nomad World Pub, Minneapolis: Dark mahogany, nice head and light lacing. Nose of bright fig and fruit, yeast and some spicy esters. The flavor is balanced, nice body, spice, sweet belgian style but not the right belgian serving method. Cold pint filled to the brim, yum.