3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Sampled on draft at the House of 1000 Beers this beer poured a very dark brown color with a large foamy tan head that faded quickly and left no lacing. The aroma was dark fruits, bread, cracker, faint caramel and red wine. The flavor was sweet and tart dark fruits, cracker, caramel and hints of rum, toffee and a boozy presence. Long dark fruit and rum finish. Medium body. Interesting.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
This one poured a murky dark red almost purplish with a beige head. Aroma is of dark fruits, some grape notes, some light clove and other spice. Flavor was similar, a bit sweeter than I was expecting, and a bit more towards the fruit grapey taste, than the spicey notes that I prefer.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 17/20
On tap at Fat Heads. Pours a deep dark copper color with a small white head. A big banana and yeasty nose. A huge spicy flavor, some Christmas cake, clove and more banana, easygoing and not hot. Good.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Pours a dark, almost cola brown, light tan head. Aroma is a sweet blast of banana and bubblegum. Flavor is even more banana flavor with hints of spice and bubblegum. Solid alcohol background too. Definitely a sipper but very, very good.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Draft at CBWF. Poured dark reddish brown with an average frothy off-white head that was mostly lasting with good lacing. Moderate to heavy complex toasted caramel malt, citrus and dark fruit and small alcohol aroma. Medium to full body with a creamy texture and soft carbonation. Medium to heavy complex sweet dark fruit flavor with a medium to heavy smooth dark sweet finish of moderate to long duration. This is a solid beer.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Tap at Cincy Beerfest. Fruity banana, toast, and vinous alcohol aroma. Murky amber with a moderate beige head. Smooth sweet rip banana, toasty malt, and light clove flavor. Medium body and carbonation.
4.2 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Draft. Banana, orange, clove and wheat malt aroma. Cloudy orange-brown with moderate head. Sweet banana, clove, and wheat malt flavor. Lightly bitter alcohol finish. Very nice - solid beer.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Draft at CWBF - pours murky brown like the Ohio river. Banana nose. Banana and clove flavors with a booziness on the backend. Sweet and big body. True to the style.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Draft to snifter. Looks solid; a murky brownish-orange with fluffy light beige head tbat dissipates into lacing fairly quickly. Smells solid; just as the description suggests. Tastes like it smells with a good mouthfeel. A great example of the style.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Snifter on tap at Cock & Bull, for $6.50. Cloudy brown color. Good creamy khaki head. Decent loose lace. Bigger body. Smooth, soft carbonation. Dry texture. Fermenty banana bread flavor, light spice. Rich and cake-like. Mostly sweet taste, little sweet bite in the finish. Solid Weizenbock. Why the snifter (and $6.50, really)? In my experience, weizenbocks and doppelbocks have always been a pint thing. Blame the bar, not the beer, I guess
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