Dark Star Paradise Weiss

Brewed by Dark Star
Style: German Hefeweizen
Horsham, England

Serve in Weizen

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Cask. An unclear golden beer with a thin white head. The aroma has strong notes of wheat and bananas. The flavor is sweet with strong notes of wheat and banana, leading to a dry wheaty finish. The body is light.

Cask @ Cask Pub & Kitchen, Pimlico SW1. Pours a hazy orange color with a small off-white head. Has a fruity wheat malty yeasty banana aroma. Sweetish wheaty citrus flavor with hints of banana and yeast. Has a fruity wheat malty yeasty banana finish.

Cask handpull from volunteer arms at GBBF 2010. Hazy cloudy orange gold with thick beige head. Ester banana aroma. Some marzipan too. Good stab at a weisse beer and best UK attempt I’ve had.

Cask (Wenlock Arms, London)
5 Simple banana and pale sweet bready aroma. Some sharpness and hinting at flaws.
4 Bold cloudy orange.
6 Banana toffee, light wheaty grains. Gentle hoppiness.
3 Fullish, but a bit flat. Carbonation low. Finish is green hops.
12 Suffers a bit from a few weaknesses. Maybe not as fresh as it could be.

[3230-20100801] Cask. Fruity yeast aroma. Murky, brown orange body with quick white bubbles. Thick apple fruit yeast flavour has a cloying aftertaste. Thick medium body. Being on cask makes it a little less interesting.
(@ Wenlock Arms, London, England)

(Cask at Cask Pub & Kitchen, Pimlico, London, 6 Aug 2010) Hazy brownish yellow colour with frothy, white head. Fruity, wheaty nose with notes of citrus, banana and clove. Wheaty, fruity taste with banana, bread, clove and a slightly citric wheat character. Medium body, with some sweetness. Tasty and solid hefeweizen in a traditional German style. Nice one.

Cask (Cask & Kitchen, Pimlico) - Hazy gold/amber. Banana and spice n the aroma. Fruity and slightly spicy taste with notes of banana, peach and lemon.

Cask (handpump) @ The Rake, 14 Winchester Walk, London, Greater London England SE1 9AG.

Hazy medium orange color with a average, frothy - fizzy, good lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white to white head. Aroma is light to moderate malty, moderate yeasty, banana, rubber. Flavor is moderate to light light heavy sweet with a average duration, yeasty, banana. Body is medium, texture is creamy, carbonation is flat to soft. [20100730]

Cask@The Cask Pub & Kitchen. Hazy orange colour, small white head. Aroma is wheat, fruits, some mild yeasty notes as well as mild spruce. Flavour is spices, wheat, some mild earth as well as some fruityness. Quite mellow and balanced wheat beer.

Cask at the Harp, Covent Garden. Cloudy orange pour with a white head. Banana, peach and sweet spicy aromas. Ginger, lemon, pineapple and peach flavours. Good representation of a German Weisse.