Great Lakes Glockenspiel Weizenbock

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

12 oz. bottle, consumed on 8-30-09. Yeasty, sweet aroma features candy, caramel, toffee, skittles, and light brownies scents as well as touches of bubblegum and citrus, especially orange. Clean, delicious, highly appetizing aroma. Pours a mostly clear (though with a bit of haze), bright copper with a brass hue. Highly effervescent with many bubbles. Moderate amount of even, creamy, taupe head. Nice, if short-lasting, lacing. Sweet yet sharp, surprisingly boozy taste. Pitted fruit, blood orange, and paprika flavors. Salty and spicy. Long, dry finish. Medium body. “Wet.” Sharp and lively in the palate. Very drinkable. Great Lakes Glockenspiel is a damn fine brew!

Bottled at Monk’s Café Wallingatan, Stockholm. Hazy copper colour, brief head. Banana aroma with light toastiness. Sweet and fruity, medium bodied with fairly clean mouthfeel. Pleasant banana esters, but the clean moutfheel doesn’t allow for muchdpth in flavour

Bottled at Monk’s Café Wallingatan, Stockholm. pours out in a hazy reddish amber colour with a small off-white head. Rich aroma of yeast, banana, almonds, nuts, red berries and alcohol. Nearly full-bodied with notes of over-riped banana, burnt caramel, raspberries, caramel, anise and alcohol. Rather clean mouthfeel. Warming finish of yeast, caramel, cloves pepper and alcohol.

Bottled, courtesy Narnad. Pours two-toned red/red-orange, mildly hazy, with a small khaki-colored head. Grilled banana aroma - toasted caramel malts with mildly sour/mildly sweet yeast & ripe banana notes. Perhaps a nip of alcohol aroma at the tail end, too. Flavor has a bit of alcohol hotness to it underneath lightly roasted malts, sweet wheat, light banana-y esters and a touch of toffee candy. Dry, grain-dominated finish. Lively carbonated, works well for the style. Didn’t really pick up any of the cloves they spoke about in the commercial description, but pretty tasty nonetheless.

Bottle. Bright amber color with a lace, fine head. Clear. Very original looking. Fruity, caramel aroma, with wheat malt and spices. Very fruity flavor, with cherries predominating, wheat malt, light banana. Slight sourness, and a bit of bitterness at the finish. Rich and tasty. Not like any weizenbock I’ve had before-original and interesting, though missing much of the rich, soft, wheat maltiness.

Purchased at Woodmans in Madison, WI. Nice aroma of banana, dark fruit, cinnamon, and vanilla. Quite enjoyable. Good malt heavy beer. Slightly under the top in the style, but this still deserves mention as a very good weizenbock.

Bottle. Pours a clear amber-red with a small bubbly off-white head. Light, sweet aroma, of malt, dark fruits, grass. Sweet taste, of malt, candied fruits, sugar, citrus, and wood. Lingering sweetness. Tasty.

This one poured a lighter red/amber color with a white head. Aroma was light fruits, some toffee and sweet malts. Flavor was darker fruits, very sweet, but not really complex and alcohol comes through a bit as well.