3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
on tap-pours a white head with straw color. Aroma is banana. Taste is banana, wheat, musty, creamy, tart. OK effervescence.
2.5 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 10/20
Had at Brown’s Taproom on draft. Pours hazy golden with almost no head. Smells fruity, spicy, with a bit of wheat and yeast. Lots of bubblegum, banana, cloves. The other complexities I expect in a hefe are lost because some of the flavors are lost in the mix.
1.8 AROMA 3/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 7/20
Certainly one of my least favorites, this wheat ale is a bad attempt to blend wheat malt, pale malted barley, with whole hops. Maple syruped colored, lightly hazy and a peculiar sweet taste.
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bomber. Hazy golden with a small head that nearly flits away entirely. Nose of banana, caramel and clove. Flavor is the same nice blend, with some lemon-orange. Medium body is tingly, watery and refreshing.
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Pale yellow pour. White head. The nose is banana-laden. Light wheat malt and a pronounced melon character. Fairly fresh. The flavour is really all banana. A touch of DMS on the back of the palate.
3.2 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 13/20
Pours an opaque yellow with a moderate white head. Taste is pretty fruity, some citrus, decent hop presence. Finishes very crisp. Very refreshing and easy to drink - a good little hefeweizen.
3.6 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Me and some buddies drove up to Troy to find a beer that would go well for our kegger. This was the chosen one. for Medium to full bodied. Very flavorful, lots of banana, clove, and yeast. Orangish hazy color. Packs a bit of a bite too.. which softens out once you get a couple sips in ya
2.5 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
Hazy, rather dark golden pour. Tiny white foam receding to a ring. Heavily phenolic offering, medicinal, band-aid like. A juicy banana puree with a medical cocktail. Husky and dusty graininess. Medium bodied, moderate to high carbonation. Not very complicated. Astringent finish.
3.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Im not a terribly huge fan of hefeweizens but this one was good. Light in color, nice and hoppy. I can taste the wheat. I would ge this one again.
2.3 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 1/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 10/20
My Bottom Line:
This overly sweet and phenolic Weizen was surely not in prime form this weekend, as vegetable connotations stumbled alongside banana syrup and confused cloves.
Further Personal Perceptions:
-There is no head at all to be found atop the turbid blond; this foam may have been killed by the lemon wedge which was served on the pint glass, within us asking for it might add.
-Carbonation was fizzy, and the body was rather anemic, giving a most forceful mouthfeel.
-The yeasty fruitiness was chaotic, passing from tropical fruit to herbal, unripe examples to perfumy soap, all doused in that sugary banana syrup.
-Oh well, maybe we got the bottom of the keg?
On tap at the brewpub.
3.4 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
On tap at the brewpub. Served with a slice of lemon, the brew pours a straw-yellow with a lively white head that fades. Quite hazy, almost opaque really. Aroma is lemon, some clove notes, but massively banana. Taste is much of the same: nice crispness from the wheat, some spice, but the banana esters here are absolutely overpowering...and in a good way. Lively carbonation, thin on the tongue and drinkable.
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