Great Waters Marnie Dunkelwiezen

Formerly brewed at Great Waters Brewing
Style: Dunkelweizen
St. Paul, Minnesota USA

Serve in Stein, Weizen

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Actually is named Marnie Dunkelweizen, but...On-tap at the brewpub: Orange glow with a golden haze over it. Top is light and frothy with a puffy textuxe of white clouds and has a light hue of sand to its whiteness. Lacing is light and spotty. Have to agree that it doesn’t look dunkel-like but still looks appetizing enough to drink. Aroma is mostly lemony and wheaty, pretty straight forward and solidly present. More hefe-like then dunkel, but shows potential as it warms torwards some caramel malt. Flavors are OK, mild and pitched mostly in a hefe style of lemon, and boldly set with wheat tang and zip. Caramel malt undertones keep it from getting to raw. Nice yeasty dryness as it finishes as well as some light husky herbal spices. Lemon stays the at the main hold of flavor as does its wheaty tangyness. Feel is light to medium with a big wheaty backing, textured in a soft smooth, somewhat creamy elegance. Goes down pretty easy and is an adequate enough taster above and beyond other brews in the past from GW. Perhaps a bit understated though.

No wheat flavors to speak of, or so timidly flavored and watered down for my played-out tastebuds to sense. Totally off-style and a real disappointment. Did taste a hint of lemon and bubblegum...if that counts for anything.

UPDATED: APR 22, 2006 A terrible interpretation of a dunkelweizen. Gold color; looks filtered. Grassy aroma with only a hint of wheat. It isn’t even dunkel in color. Perhaps the worst beer I have had from Great Waters.