Ramstein Classic

Brewed by High Point Brewing Company
Style: Dunkelweizen
Butler, New Jersey USA

Serve in Stein, Weizen

I had a 12 ounce bottle a couple of weeks past the freshness date, and that probably has something to do with the rating I am giving it. A dark, foamy pour with a big, bubbly head. Simple, European-style label. This has an unpleasant macrobrew aroma of yeast and cooked vegetables. The flavor is crisp, sour, and a little funky - similar to a homebrew. Citrus and wheat are present. It is not hoppy, but it is more robust than smooth. This rustic brew is unspectacular, but worth a try.

The color was deep brown. The head was creamy, thin, and light beige. The aroma was spicy, sweet, and had a plastic/phenloic smell. The flavor was bland, some spice, and slightly tart. The palate was thin. The finish was abrupt.

Thanks hophead75. Pours a still dark brown with ruby notes. Head is about a finger thick creamy tan. Banana in the nose, sweet, lightly spicy, a bit sour, chocolatey. the flavor has banana, wheaty, a bit weak. Sweet, some chocolate. Decent finish and no carbonation. Wheaty banana finish.

Pours weakly producing no head, which is an asset more necessary for this style than others. Deep garnet brown appearance, and completely still. Aroma of chocolate candies, cotton candy, pasty esters, really heavyhanded phenolic tanginess. Swirling yields a morose stink of chloraseptic, clove imbued butter and butterscotch, and green apple. A wisp of misplaced sterile cheesiness. Hard to point to a blatant infection or bottling issue here though; more likely just a less than ideal batch.

Thin flavored chocolate clove water. Banana and walnut. Lots of normalcy and promising richness, diluted and offered weakly. Maple hazelnuts, brown spices. Cloying bubblegum sweetness. Clinging citrus acids lend some bitterness with a cleansing dishsoap effect alongside a refreshing lemon tart in the mid palate. Texture is watery with a weak sparkle; somewhat muddy and sweaty throughout, finishing on some musty fruit, boot sweat, and cardboard. Weird experience in the sense that my perception of this brewery is one of an exceptional German-style ale and lager producer, but this example just seems really haphazard and rough at every turn, rather than buried beneath one obvious flaw, while several of them are quite conspicuously apparent. Yet, indiscerably, enjoyable somehow. Thanks Andrew!

Oct. 2006 - Beer poured like a cola, but with less head. Aroma was banana-like esters. The flavor also had a huge ester/phenol like flavor which was not quite banana, but not entirely pleasant. Some roastiness and maybe a little chocolate, but not enough to balance the phenol flavor. Thin as well. Not great.

This was also a nice beer. sampled this at a beer fest in PA and I liked these guys. There beers were all similar but all pretty good.

This is part of a beer club. Had only one bottle but was decent for the price. Poured great and had a nice finish. Would do again.

(Bottle) Pours a dark brown body with a moderate off-white head. Aroma of rye bread, fennel, roastiness, caramel, nuts, and ripened banana. Flavor of rye, toasted whole grain wheat, caramel, and a touch of chocolate with nice carbonation in the mouthfeel. An enjoyable Dunkelweizen.