Plank Heller Weizenbock

Thanks to Tony at OTH for sharing this one. Pours clear gold with a white head. Nose is light malt, sweet bread, citrus, and lots of banana and sweet esters. Flavor is similar with lots of sweetness, banana, and lingering sugar. Nice, enjoyable, sweet weizenbock.

Nice hazy golden coloured body with orange and light copper tints and a soapy tan head with rather large bubbles that tops the glass nicely. Aroma of alcohol, wheat, malt, spice, pears and a bit of apples. Medium-bodied; Assertive fruity (apples and pears and plums) taste up front with plenty of wheat, a touch of spices (allspice & coriander seed) and a very strong but subdued yeast flavour. Aftertaste shows good character and a lot of flavours running wild, from the yeast to the wheat, the sugars and the light spices. Overall, a good beer - pretty spot on for a weizen bock and definitely worth trying if you can find it! I sampled this 50 cL bottle purchased from Liquor Outlet in Boonton, New Jersey on 02-October-2009, sampled at home in Washington on 26-October-2009.

Hazy gold. White head. Very nice aroma- typical hefe stuff- banana, bubble gum, clove- along with floral and earthy notes and a bit of fresh grain. Same flavor. These guys know how to make wheat beers. Medium body, well carbonated. Dry, yeasty finish. Great stuff.

Extremely foamy out of the bottle, overflowed the bottle, thick wavy white head, hazy yellow, malty, doughy nose with some wheat in there too, and sourness. Palate is tart, a bit like cider, tingly, tasty, well balanced. I liked the dunkel version better, but this is nice too.

Slightly hazy gold color with a large head. Nice aroma of oranges and wheat. The alcohol really comes through in the flavor and gives you a fast buzz that is great after a long work week. Lots of sweet malt, a bubblegum-like some yeastiness and plenty of wheat. A bit of citrus lingering around.

Bottle from Binny’s Beverage Depot in Willowbrook, Illinois: This might be my first Heller Weizenbock, pouring a clear golden/amber body. The initially tall head reduces quickly into a film despite the steady streams of bubbles from the bottom of the Hacker-Pschorr glass. The aroma is light - fresh bananas and some sweet wheaty malt. The strong carbonation quashes much of the flavor, which has the addition of cloves and a splash of alcohol. Not bad, but a bit too gassy for my liking.

500ml German style bottle. Golden amber \ copper color. Fizzy cream of off-white color. Aroma of banana and vanilla. Smells fruity and very sweet. Flavor is a bold malt, somewhat woody. Nice clove spice, some ripened banana. Lots of alcohol flavor. Highly carbonated, very fizzy. Overall it tastes like a banana soda in a wheat base. Finishes dry. Medium bodied.

Bottle. Pours a darker clear glowing golden copper with a tall fizzy white foam on top. Aroma is very sweet, lots of super sweet malt sugars, slightly nutty, metallic, overripe banana, touch of alcohol, lightly floral, wheat, yeast, very strong aroma. Flavor follows, quite sweet, nutty, super rich, some tart banana, spicy, very yeasty but mostly sweet rich syrupy malt sugars, just slightly hot on the finish, long mouth coating super rich caramel banana aftertaste. Medium/full bodied, a bit syrupy sticky, but actually quite drinkable, larger round fizzy soda bubbles that seem to sit on the tongue instead of popping in the mouth, leaves the mouth very sticky. This is very rich wheat alcohol candy!