 kp (8600), Woodstock, Georgia, USA
| 3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 12/20 |
Aug 13, 2008 Date: 07/13/2008
Mode: Bottle
Source: Mini Beer Fest
Appearance: muddy dark amber, wispy beige head,
Aroma: sweet banana and chocolate aroma with light spicy clove,
Flavor: sweet banana flavor, hint of chocolate, light balancing bitterness,
Overall: needs a bit more richness on the backend
Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 6/10; Flavor: 6/10; Palate: 5/10; Overall: 12/20
Rating: 3/5.0
Drinkability: 8/10
Score: *4
Oakes (8172), Beyond the Great Firewall, China
| 2.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 5/10 | 2/5 | 5/10 | 2/5 | 8/20 |
Nov 27, 2008 Hazy amber. Light footy character. Bland, with light wheat notes. Candyish finish. Not sure where this is going, really.
bu11zeye (5731), Frisco, Texas, USA
| 3.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 12/20 |
Jan 2, 2009 (12oz. bottle, courtesy of Swalden 28) Pours a hazy amber-brown body with a small off-white head. Aroma of grain, wheat, caramel, toasted grain, coconut, and chocolate. Flavor of caramel malt, burnt brown sugar, banana, wheat, marzipan, and toasted grain with a light coin-like aftertaste.
jcwattsrugger (5583), Florida and, New Jersey, USA
| 3.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 5/10 | 3/5 | 12/20 |
Dec 20, 2008 12oz bottle-pours a foamy light tan head and amber color. Aroma is fruity, medium malt-caramel/chocolate/peat, some earthy hops, wheat, tang. Taste is medium malt-caramel/chocolate/peat, fruity, some clove/spice. Metallic hops comes through at back end. Thanks jwc215 for picking this out.
hopscotch (5558), Vero Beach, Florida, USA
| 2.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 2/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 7/20 |
Oct 2, 2008 Bottle… First Annual Treasure Coast Beer Festival 2008… Murky, awful-looking mixture… deep, dark amber ale with a small, creamy, white head. Perfumy, fruity nose with all those Bavarian yeast-invoked esters and phenols found in hefes that I just don’t really like much – also, some chocolate and bubblegum. Light to medium-bodied with prickly carbonation. Pretty close to perfectly-balanced… leans a just a whisker toward the sweet side. Finishes acerbic and dry.
JoeMcPhee (5056), Jackson Heights, New York, USA
| 3.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 |
Jan 30, 2009 When I saw this for 5.50 a sixer I figure, what the hell and picked it up. I have to say that I was pleasantly surprised. Deep brown-amber beer with a thick white head. Aroma is pretty solid... soft banana and clove over a rich sweet toasted wheat aroma. A touch of toffee and caramel with a bit of marshmallow. Softly smoky phenolics as well. The body is a little bit light, but overall, I’ve got no complaints. If this was served in a different bottle, it would be substantially higher.
Cornfield (4981), Oak Forest, Illinois, USA
| 3.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 13/20 |
Aug 28, 2009 Bottle from Pat’s Liquors in Porter, Indiana, carefully poured into my Choc Beer glass - It had a caramel/amber body with a very short lived ecru head. The aroma was light and consisted of very ripe bananas and a touch of caramel. Same with the flavor, except it was stronger and had a mild spicy bitterness. Not bad for an A-B brew.
JPDIPSO (4944), Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, USA
| 2.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 2/5 | 6/10 | 2/5 | 11/20 |
Aug 25, 2009 Lightly hazed copper to brown in color. Small lid of beige bubbles. Ripe banana and dark caramel scents. Slightly earthy, but that seems to fit with the banana. Toasted wheat flavors in the front. Some mild bananas in the middle. Some cocoa and a roasted malt finish and linger. I get a bit too much dark malt in the finish. Some sweetness in the finish that is more candy like. Not bad, just not enough balance, and things get a bit sticky at times as I find myself scraping my tongue.
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