2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
On tap at Marshall Wharf’s 2nd birthday. Pours a light brownish with a thin head, but a lot of fizz. Aroma of brown sugar, biscuits, and clove. Flavors are pretty clean, but the fruity nutty background kind of set me off on this a bit.
2.8 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 13/20
Brownish pour with banana clove wafting off the top of a whispy white foam. Apple cider spiced quality of brew with a watery easiness pass the gums. A Touch of vanilla before the experience fades away.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
On tap at Three Tides restaurant. Pours a nice deep woody amber-brown with a decent lasting off white head. Aroma is banana, good clove/vanilla balance to it, toasted malts, fruits, and light burnt malts. Toasted malt, wheat flavor, doughy cracker, bread, banana and clove yeast, somewhat smooth with a slight slick palate- pretty good for a dunkleweizen- usually a very tough style to make.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
My Bottom Line:
Bready yeast and malt crackers provide support for the banana esters and clove phenols, while citrusy wheat and floral spiciness drive this Dunkelweizen’s quaffability.
Further Personal Perceptions:
-There is plenty of foam to decorate the cloudy beige amber.
-The body was quite lean, plowed through by prickly effervescence. I would have preferred just a few more dextrins.
-Like in all beers I had at Marshall Wharf last week, there was a lot going on in this one.
-The fruity edges are pleasant, increasing drinkability.
On tap at Three Tides.
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