4.2 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 17/20
Growler (actually a plastic yeast jug) from the brewery. Ripe banana, clove and chocolate malt aroma. Hazy dark brown with nice big head. Ripe banana, clove and chocolate malt flavor. Very nice body - just a tad on the light side. A spectacular dunkelweizen. Truly nailed the style.
3.6 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Dark brown with hints of a golden amber. Not much of a head and no lacing whatsoever. An extremely woody-smoked taste and aroma. Some might say too much, but that’s fairly typical of the style. Very little carbonation, but that’s also typical of a dark wheat. I’m not a wheat beer fan, but this one is well above average. Greg and his crew have been taking pride in what they brew for the past 10 years and it certainly shows in this fine Dunkelweisen. Oh, and the third goes down even smoother!
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 13/20
Pour from bottle with a compact bubbly head that quickly dissipates. Dark brown cloudly yeasty appearance. Aroma of banana, cloves and roast/coffee. Similar initial flavor followed by a slight grainy wheat hint but lacking malt support for a dunkelweizen, then a tart finish that borders on sour. Moderately thin mouthfeel.
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Poured a dark hazy brown. Aroma was of malts and coffee. Flavor was to roasted almost burnt flavor didn’t enjoy it at all would have loved for some of the wheat to come out.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
UPDATED: DEC 3, 2006 UGHHH! I’m comming off a Weihenstephaner hefe, and this is so messed up shit. The expiration date on the bottle says March but who knows what year it is. HAHA, yes, I was thinking this thing tastes so much like toasted bread, nothing like a german hefe and now i found out it’s a dunkelweizen which makes perfect sense. That being said, for the last 15 minutes i thought this was a normal hefe and that it was totally spoiled and fucked up and I thought i should pour it out. Now i realize it’s a dunkelweizen and that’s totally what I thought it tastes like so it’s legit. That being said, it’s not that great. 10 minutes later when i’m done...kind of a chore to finish. somewhat of a unpleasent beer to drink.
3.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Draft... GBOA ’06... Clear caramel-colored ale with a small, very creamy, light tan head. Excellent retention. Chocolate and clove aroma and flavor. Well-balanced and a touch tangy. Medium-bodied and creamy with soft carbonation. Finishes gently sweet and spicy.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
GBof A PA-on tap-pours a thick creamy light tan head and brown color. Aroma is banana, medium malt. Taste is banana, medium malt-caramel, spices-clove. OK carbonation.
3 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Average wheat beer had at the Split Rock Beer Festival 11/19. Nothing too spectacular.
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