Great Lakes Glockenspiel Weizenbock

Brewed by Great Lakes Brewing Company
Style: Weizen Bock
Cleveland, Ohio USA

Serve in Dimpled mug, Stein, Weizen

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a: light straw yellow color, cloudy unfiltered, 1/2" head that reduce to lacing s: banana and clove t: banana dominates the flavor, spices and malt. The achohol does come through, but only a little m&d: a medium body, easy to drink despite it slightly higher ABV. Excellent

12 oz bottle from my want list from Doodler!!! Nose is a mix of light butterscotch and banana with some cloves mixed in. Cloudy plum red with a very light beige head. Flavor is a toffeeish, fruity mix with a bit of alcohol.

older bottle, first batch? orangish pour. banana cloveiness, in aroma & flavor. spicy notes, shows its 8%. enjoyable beer

Pours an orange-like amber with a white head. Great tastes of bananas with a little doughy palette. Nice medium body. Terrific for its style. Probably my favorite Great Lakes beer to date.

12 ounce bottle into weizen glass, best by 11/28/09. Pours very hazy and cloudy reddish orange color with a small foamy 1 finger off white head with decent retention that reduces to a ring of lace pretty quickly. No glass lacing. Aromas of big caramel covered bananas, biscuit, molasses, light orange zest, spices, and a bit of alcohol to round it out. Some excellent aromas here, very inviting. Taste of big banana, caramel, pepper, biscuit, clove, and molasses. No bitterness on the finish; but there is some lingering notes of caramel, banana, bread, molasses, and spices on the finish for a bit. Medium carbonation and body; with a very nice creamy and smooth mouthfeel that drinks easily. No alcohol noticed other than a slight warming after the finish. Overall this is an excellent and delicious Weizenbock at almost 2 years past freshness date. I wonder if they will ever bottle it again.

12oz bottle. Hazy golden in color with a small white head. Typical wheaty aroma, good intensity, with orange and banana. The flavor has wheat, sweet malt, orange peel, banana, and spices. Medium-bodied with average carbonation. A pretty nice weizenbock - definitely on the upper end of the style.

$3.30 single bottle from Binny’s "best by" Nov ’09. Hey, I figured this could lay down for a while. This pours a big malty smell and, I’ll admit, a bit of medicinal phenol from age. Deep brown in appearance, though not opaque or cloudy. Forget about sustaining any kind of head. But very malty and sticky. In a beer this aged, the weizen esters are long gone, leaving a plum impression, but then there’s a tiny bit of banana in the burp-back. A bit of sherry in there as well, but still pretty sweet. So this is yet a very good aged beer, worth holding onto until now.

Poured hazy orange-ish yellow with white head, aroma picked up nice notes of biscuit, honey, spicy clove, banana, some other slight fruity esters with a touch of toasted bread as well. Taste is some slight roasted malt, nice rich clove and banana leading into a hint of biscuit and toffee, finishing fairly dry but a bit sweet.

Tap at brewery. hazy amber color with a small white head. Sweet fruity aroma and tasted of banana, cloves and some honey? Creamy palate.overall excellent

Phone rate. Draught at brewpub. Finally get to rate this after a few years of wanting it. Cloudy auburn brown with a one finger light beige, fading to a thin ring after a minute or two. Toasty malts and molasses dominate, the yeasty banana is actually lurking behind with a bit of brown sugar. Banana is a little stronger in the flavor, alcohol is present. Still toasty, has less molasses. A little sweet for my taste, low bitterness. Low carbonation with a big thick body. Not bad, but I feel (at least this batch) is a little overrated by the style.