Magic Hat Batch 371 (Dunkelweizen)

A dark wheat? Interesting... Pours a dark brown, amber tinted body. Slightly cloudy but that’s hard to distinguish due to the color. Nice thick, tan head. The overall appearance I must say is pretty nice. Interesting set of aromas, roasted and chocolately with a sweet mix of flavors in there... such as banana, vanilla and some yeast. The taste is unique but in the end quite good. It’s got some stoutlike characters in it such as coffee and chocolate but at the same time there are wheat characteristics too such as banana along with other fruity tastes. Roast all those and you’ve got this strange brew. There’s a sourness to it that’s worth noting with a slight hop bite. It’s not the greatest beer I’ve tried but it was definitely a fun beer to sample and review. There’s so much going on that I want to try it again. I bet I find something else about it that I missed.

Super hazy dark brown coloured body that is about 90% opaque with an almost non-existant head. Aroma of strong malt, toffee, peanuts, and some light spice. Medium-bodied; Strong flavour of nuts (most of all - peanuts) up front with some malt behind it along with some light spices. No bitter flavours dominate the aftertaste - just some lighter tastes and a mild sweetness on the palate. Overall, a decent beer - not much going on, but better than a lot of other Magic Hat’s, which are usually offensive in some way. I sampled this twelve ounce bottle purchased from Trader Joe’s in Skyline (Bailey’s Crossroads), Falls Church, Virginia on 19-November-2005 sampled on the Eastern Shore of Virginia.

This was not a good beer. It tasted of sour bananas. I don’t know if I had a bad bottle, but after looking at other reviews, I don’t think so.

First off, I am not a fan of the weizens. This beer is no different. However, it looked fantastic. Dark brown with a large, light brown head. Odd flavor, almost a sour banana-peel taste to it. Banana aftertaste. Not a horrible beer, but definitely not my style.

Found this beer in my cooler left over from last winter. Bottle says best before February, I’m guessing 2006. Aroma of toasted sweet grainy malts with hints of yeast. Pours a very dark amber color. Some brown foam but no head. Sediment at the bottom of this one. Sweet and bitter taste with a good amount of carbonation.