Lovibonds Gold Reserve Wheat Wine

Brewed by Lovibonds
Style: Wheat Ale
Henley-on-Thames, England

Serve in Shaker, Weizen

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bottle BBE sept 2009, courtesy of Tale of Ale, thanks Reuben! Dark Orange with fluffy off-white head that collapses to a lacing. Banana yeast and satsuma on the nose with a touch of salicylic acid/ phenol at the end. Medium carbonation, heavy body, cloyingly so as it warms and rich honey finish.

2nd September 2009
Clear amber beer. Low carbonation. Soft palate. Sweet sweet malt with a little caramel. Some repressed sweet fruits. Just a very sweet and simple beer. Dessert beer? Drinkable!

Medium offwhite head doesn’t last. Clear amber body with light carbonation. Mealy honey and dried fruit aroma with papery resiny notes. Dry-sweet honeyish resiny old books taste with syrupy funky notes. Fullish body. Mild, soft, mealy mouthfeel. Dry honeyish resiny old books aftertaste with fruity notes. Lovely! Like a really good vintage beer, which I guess it partly is. (0.75l bottle from beermerchants. Label said best before end of 2010.)

Bottle from Beermerchants. Pours clear golden with a big white head, disappears fast. Aroma of honey, caramel and wheat. Taste is sweet, marmelade and honey, ends quite fast, with a light alcohol bite.

UPDATED: AUG 1, 2011 750mL bottle, pours pale golden orange. Aroma of wheat, caramel and apples. Flavour is sort of an amplified apple juice, with wheat and candied sugar as well. Quite decent.

Bottled. A golden beer with an off-white head. The aroma has notes of malt and honey. The flavor is sweet with notes of honey, malt, and citrus fruits.

On tap at The Cask & Kitchen, Pimlico, London, 29.12.10 Pours hazy amber with just a tiny rim of bubbles. Sweetish smelling aroma with some honey and a light floral note but then a nail varnish waft. Quite thick in the mouth, sweet, with honey and floral things going on again the alcohol is noticeable but keeps reasonably well behind the scenes considering the strength. It’s ok but I’m glad that I saw it on tap as I would have been a tad disappointed if I’d have shelled out £11 or £12 a bottle, as it was paying £4 a half for what was comfortably only the fourth best of the beers that I had in this place today shows that I wasn’t overly impressed. A6 A3 T7 P3 Ov13 3.2

Tap at the Rake. Pours clear, rich gold with a medium, white head. Strong wheat and sugar aroma, some light fruits. Flavor is very sweet with notes of alcohol, sugar, honey and bread. Perhaps some more fruit. Medium to full in body with fine, effervescent carbonation. Warming finish with sweet, heavy wheat notes. Decent.

On tap at The Rake. Pale gold. Thin white head. Its aa slightly plasticky wheat beer. Its a little sweet and syrupy. It feels good in the mouth but not my beer flavour andvnot at 3 quid a third!!!

Bottle from Utobeer Market Stall. Honey coloured pour with a white head. Toffee, honey and caramel aromas. More honey in the flavour (unsurprisingly) with a dash of caramel and butterscotch. Definitely a dessert wine feel. Sweet, malty finish.