3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Great spicy aroma. Mashed banana, hazy yellow-brown. Good esters, fruity, good hopping, nice fizz. Quick tart finish. Very well done.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Draught at the brewpub. Served without a lemon. Hazy yellow color with thin white head. The aroma is donimated by bananas, as if someone unpeeled a banana and mashed it into the glass. This, combined with the barley and wheat, make for a pleasant banana bread flavor with citrus and clove undertones. Good beer.
3.7 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Served from the tap with a cloudy lemon yellow color, but no head because of an overly-generous pour. The aroma is predominantly a dry, fruity sweetness. The flavor is not too bold but is likewise surprisingly pleasant, with dominant flavors of bananas, with additional notes of clove, yeast, and a hint of lemon. The mouthfeel is silky, smooth, and quite enjoyable. Overall, although not powerfully flavorful, this selection is tasty and drinkable.
3.5 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Tap. Bubblegum, orange and apple aroma. Cloudy orange-amber with large head. Sweet peach-orange and wheat flavor - light body. Pretty good - on the sweet side and kind of weak. Would be great with more flavor.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Date: April 18, 2009
Mode: draft
Source: Brewfest, Hickory Hops
Appearance: opaque yellow, fine white head, bits of drippy lace
Aroma: big sweet banana candy aroma
Body: rich creamy body
Flavor: rich banana flavor, plenty of balancing clove cuts the sweetness
Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 6/10; Palate: 7/10; Overall: 13/20
Rating: 3.4/5.0
Drinkability: 8/10
Score: **+/4
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
on tap-pours a white head and cloudy straw color. Aroma is banana, faint clove. Taste is banana, faint clove spicing, secondary wheat. OK effervescence.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Draught sample at the brewpub. Solid, still golden with a bit of lasting head, slight yeast apparency in the body....typical banana-clove nose, on the sweet and thick side with faint traces of sour wheat and some nice earthiness in the nose....very smooth, rather sweet but nicely balanced with an unsweetened applesauce character towards the finish, soft carbonation.....quite full, faintly grapy and lactic....a bit boring and simple by the end of the sample, but really pretty drinkable and pleasant for an American version of the style.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
From notes 7/14/03:
Pours a hazy cloudy yellow, brighter than I expected. Minimal head on this one. Aromas float around the room. Very heavy on the banana, with the usual suspects of clove and some lemon as well. Zesty and peppery. Not a heavy mouthfeel by any stretch. Fairly well carbonated. Banana in the scent, the flavor, the aftertaste, and then it lingers on for a little while afterward.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
not one of the best hefes iive ever had. pours a cloudy orangey yellow color. has a decent flavor with a hoppy sort of tart aftertaste. Not to bad.
3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 10/20
Draft at the brewery.
Hazy yellow color with small head.
Banana, sweet.
Nothing special about this one. Fairly disappointed.
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