Maritime Pacific Navigator Dark Weizen Bock

Brewed by Maritime Pacific Brewing Co.
Style: Weizen Bock
Seattle, Washington USA

Serve in Dimpled mug, Stein, Weizen

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Navigator Dark Weizenbock Ale. 7.00% ABV. Rich smooth sweet spicy brew. Very flavorful and more enjoyable than Jolly Roger. Got to get more of this. (4.75 / 5.0) Sampled on draft at Jolly Roger Taproom 11/2/1999.

On tap at the Jolly Roger. Dark brown body with a smooth beige head. Interesting weizenbock, not much weizen character to it, but a solid beer anyway. Lacks any banana/clove yeast character, more fruity and a nice smooth chocolate flavor that works nicely with the cherry fruitiness.

Draft at the Jolly Roger. Pours a murky, grainy-looking opaque dark brown. Sweet brown-bread-y nose, but not very dimensional. Thick, dense, creamy body. Very filling. Lots of sweet brown bread, a little black bread, some caramel notes, and an overal sense of wheaty and malty sweetness. This is just a big old beer, almost tiring to drink. It’s delicious, and the pitcher went well with the killer JR sandwiches we had last night.

5oz Taster - Jolly Roger Taproom - Seattle, WA
Aroma – Deep malt aroma with a fruit aroma lingering.
Appearance – Brown in color, thin head and clear.
Flavor – Huge malt flavor. There was a dried fruit flavor to this beer. Lots of special spices also.
Palate – Good Mouthfeel, nice texture with a dry finish.
Overall – This was a very nice winter ale. Bock flavoring with lots of spice and fruitiness. This was a great drinking winter ale. Needs to be served warmer.

2/29/08 On draught. Aroma is sour munich malt forward with fruity undertones and low hop character. Appearance is dark brown with a low tan head. Flavor is roasty, a little astringent, with low noble hop bittering. Mouthfeel is medium bodied with a medium carb and grainy feel. Overall, not bad, but a little bit of clashing that might mellow with time.

Tap at brouwers. Poured almost black with a tan head and great lacing. Roasted wheat aroma. Sweet with lots of dark fruit, but no banana, which I expected. The flavor is also sweet and roasted with good dark wheat notes and pleasant fruitiness. Big creamy body with some warming aspects. Reminded me more of a dopplebock than a wheat beer, but was fantastic nonetheless.

On tap at Collins Pub. Damn, it looks like this fine brew hasn’t been around for a while. Very dark brown, almost black. Smells like bananas split sundae with hints of molassess. Thick, rich malty mouth. Molassess, milk chocolate, dark chocolate, cherries, brandy, truffles notes. Very rich bock like. Lingering rich dark chocolate finish. Yum.

I'm very confused...the mixture of espresso malts and sweet spices is leaving an unshakable flavor of rotten pineapple in my mouth. My friends seemed to like it so it wasn't skunked, but there was definitely something amiss here. The dusty caramel malt so inherent in dark bock-type beers seems to be a bit aggressive, almost like dark chocolate - but not well rounded at all. I think this beer could use some serious recipe tweaking.

Cloudy brown, tan head.Spiced,light malt alcohol taste.Good lace Didn’t care for it

This Weizen Bock is one of the more exceptional seasonal (winter) beers. Essentially a dark wheat beer, this beer starts with a robustly fragranced aroma that translates into an incredibly sapid body that is a rich complexity of barley and malts among other pleasantly concocted ingredients. I must really find out more about this beer, as the Maratime Pacific website did not mention it. For now, I must just content myself with drinking it until its charmed seasonal existence elapses and I must wait another year for its arrival.