Buzzards Bay Weizen Doppelbock

For the style, this beer is a bit of a dissapointment. Where is the wheat flavor and texture? Pours a mahagony red in color. Almost perfectly clear that no shaking of the bottle would have helped (you who this is directed at knows of what I speak). White head that dissolves to a thin half-lauer of bubbles on one side of the glass. Nose is more toasted malts and biscuits than wheat. Flavor is very straightforward with none of the wholesome heartiness I associate with the heavier and darker wheat styles. Can hardly taste any what just lightly toasted malts and some bits of biscuits. Some daker plum and fig flavord as well. Mouthfeel is a tad thin and does not ahve the heavy wheat texture I like for the style. Perhaps one of the easier drinking examples of the style but a bit off as well. Perhaps it was filtered a tad too much?

2006 bottle aged for quite some time in my refrigerator, and finally consumed on 3/17/07
Well first of all, I must admit to quite the stupid mistake of assuming this would be unfiltered. It’s not, but I should have looked at the bottom of the bottle instead of assuming. Pretty sad that’s it’s filtered. Even Otter Creek didn’t filter their recent weizenbock. Oh well. Fortunately I age 99% of my lagers in a fridge, so this one shouldnt have suffered from the filtration/aging too much.
Head is small, buttery-beige colored and sits atop an amber-caramel body with strong strawberry blonde hues. Clear, and the head retention is rather poor, as is the lacing.
Strong fruity/grainy malts in the nose seem to be mostly a product of the Canadian two-row (reminds me a lot of Cambridge’s Spring Training IPA, actually. I guess that malt is pretty distinctive). Munich malt neither produces much breadiness nor bittersweet/sourness. Hops are soft and mildly herbal by this point, only adding a touch of aroma. Lightly creamy sugars sit on the back, with a lightly crisp yeastiness balancing things on the end. No flaws or alcohol noted, obviously they werent lying about the proper lagering time. Props for that, but why the hell did they go and filter it. Arg.
Sweet, bready malts, with light strawberry-raspberry fruitiness (light melanoidins) and a lingering bready-sourness on the finish. Plenty of caramel notes emerge as it warms (munich malt) with a clean, crisp, modestly sweet aftertaste and some light hop bitterness and herbal notes retronasal. Again, no alcohol or flaws in the flavor. Munich malt gives a fair amount of body, so despite the filtration, it’s still somewhat substantial on the mouth, but the carbonation is very loose, of course and provides glimpses of thinning as the beer warms. Filtration really affects the wheat aspects, I think, pulling off the typical smoothness/creaminess that that imparts, but then (on the positive side?) it also removes the nutty/dry-blandness that wheat adds. Thus the beer turns out much more lively/fruity than you’d expect for the style.
3.3 seems like a pretty appropriate score ;)

Thanks to zrrbrrt for opening this... Appears a transparent, dark caramel toned amber with a small, off-white head that slowly fades into a non-existent cap. Smell is of lightly roasted malt, caramel, toffee, and light fruits. Taste is of the mentioned aromas. I was expecting a Weizenbock with the description but there was no trace of the heavily yeasted, unfiltered, heavy banana, clove, cocoa phenols that you get from the Bavarian Ale yeast. Instead, it’s more like an American lager yeast with it’s clarity but not as intense. So, did they imply that this should be a doppelbock with some malted wheat? That’s what I get from this after having some. Mouthfeel is not of Bavarian origin with an American yeast presence, medium bodied...arrrgghhh...quite the deceiver. I was hoping for something that would try to emulate Aventinus but to no avail. There seems to be confusion with many brewers/beer enthusiasts lately with regards to Weizenbocks & Doppelbocks. Many are calling their beers "Weizen Doppelbocks" but they should clarify what the beer is. This is an American Doppelbock with some malted wheat and nothing more.

12oz shared bottle (thanks Josh). Poured a dark amber color with a small sized off white head. Aromas of sugary bananas, wheat, yeast, light cloves, and some caramel. Tastes of bananas, sweet fruits and caramel.

Pours a translucent golden amber with a smaller bubbly off white head. Aroma of grainy malts, citrus, bananan, perfume, toasty with some dark fruits. Flavor of sweat malts, nuts and some toast.