2.6 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Big time banana. Pours a copperish cloudy with just a little head. Sweet malty finish.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 12/20
Pours cloudy orange/brown with thin lacing. Aroma is butterscotch, caramel. Medium-bodied palate is nicely balanced with a good caramel flavor without being too sweet. Enjoyed throuroghly.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Tasted on tap at San Francisco brew pub in standard pint glass. Poured a dark brown color with yeast/chill haze and moderate beige foam, somewhat lasting with a little fine lace. Excellent aromas of rising dough, fresh baked whole-wheat bread, faint flowery hops and fruity ale yeast esters. Flavors of complex barley malts, mellow wheat, dry roasted grains, soft hops bitterness with some apricot, citrus and dried sour fruits from the fermentation. Medium body and well-rounded mouthfeel. Low carbonation. Lasting bittersweet aftertastes fades to dryness. Delicious. Definitely an underappreciated style.
2.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 8/20
Bottle. Pours brown with off white head. Some fruit and yeast aroma, taste of fruit and yeast. Bit out of balance.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
On tap at the brewpub in DC on 09.14.2009. Poured a slightly hazy auburn brown with a good deal of off-white head. The smell was characteristic of the style with some dark malts and fruits being slightly overcome by the yeastiness of the style. The taste was much the same, and the brew itself was crisp with a nice hint of carbonation and not much alcohol presence. Definite drinkability as well.
Moved from a separate listing (formerly the DC location) that has been flagged as a duplicate on 11.16.2010.
Serving type: on-tap
Reviewed on: 11-17-2010
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Trader Joe’s version. Love the appearance of this brew. Pours with a thin head on it. Drinks nicely. The yeast is strong but not overpowering. Worth a try.
3.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Trader Joe’s Dunkelweizen. Pour is a murky brown with minimal head. Aromas of hefeweizen (banana/clove) with some caramel and brown sugar. Very true to style. Quite quaffable and good. A great deal at $1 a bottle. Will be revisiting at some point in the future.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Trader Joe’s Dunkelweizen. Cloudy amber with nice lasting off-white head and lace. Nice aromas of banana bread cloves caramel. Caramel fruity tangy banana with mild toasted caramel sweet banana finish. Very refreshing. Very good.
3.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
On tap at the GB in New Orleans. Pours a cloudy almond brown with a dense and large white poofy head. The aroma has a mild banana ester with some cloves. The flavor is roasted more than the regular hefe and this brings about a fuller taste. Nice.
3.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 1/5 OVERALL 13/20
Draft: Dirty banana and brown sugar aroma. Murky brown with a medium yellow head, some lacing. Banana, roasted wheat flavor. Lemony palate. Harsh mouthfeel. Nothing fantastic here, but true to the style.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
12 oz bottle. Pours a cloudy dark amber body with a huge frothy beige head that retained forever. Dark over-ripe banana nose with some light chocolate, fluffy yeast, and earthy wheat. Banana bread in a glass. The flavor is much the same, sweet crusty banana bread with some vanilla on the finish. Some light alcohol, cocoa, maybe a touch of nuttiness like black walnuts. Mouthfeel is soft and creamy with nice gentle carbonation. The was surprisingly good. For the price, this would be a nice go-to Fall beer.
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