Ramstein Winter Wheat

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

Cloudy dark brown, disappearing light brown head. Cloying yeasty aroma with some sweet berry and toffee notes. Dry sweet flavor dominated by yeast. Rather sticky and scented and not my kind of beer.

pours a dark black with very little head. Aroma is mainly yeast with a bit of malt. Flavor is also mainly yeast with a bit of malt.

bottle thanks to lou. rather unpleasant aroma (seems like everyone is rating this at 8/10....how and why??), comprised mostly of peanuts, banana, yeast, and a touch of malt. much better-tasting than it smells, thankfully--caramel, marzipan & peanut brittle, some vinous hops show up as well. i’m no fan of the style but despite my low-ish rating, this is very drinkable. just hold your nose when you drink!

Replaces wine, with spiciness in yeast and dry finish. Multi-malts with chocolate malt and carmel. Thanks Clarkvv for the sample.

Thanks to ClarkVV for this brew.Dark brown with azero head but who cares when youopen the bottle and start to pour and this aroma creeps into your nose.This is like a big hearty bowl of chocolate malt-o-meal.The earthy wheat and all the luscious malts here are amazing.I hate to say this but it is almost like a Belgian Strong Ale with the amount of fruitiness.Has a real nice finish and the alcoholis barely present.Thanks again to ClarkVV.

Poured a very dark brown with a thin tan head. Aroma of chocolate, raisins, spice, wheaty, and light alcohol. Flavor is mostly chocolately, with dark fruit, a little of the wheaty citrus flavor. Finishes with spicey and dry. Although it has a full mouthfeel it tastes light. Hides the alcohol very well.

from the bottle, poured amber to brown, with a lght brown head, aroma, caramel, molasses, soy sauce, plums, dark chocolate colse to bitter sweet. flavor coffee where did that come from, smoke, wood, plums, do not taste the soy sauce. dry mouth feel. not to bad of a beer.

2004 bottle, second batch of the season, in an awesome trade with Maibockaddict. Fabulous dark, caramel-brown color, muddy consistency, with plenty of sediment in the bottle. Peppery carbonation at first, but allowing it to breath quickly solves that problem. Tan head, lasting and lace-creating. Aroma of clove cigarettes, banana, dark berries and light German hops. Smells more like a hefe-weisse at first, but as it warms up and breathes more, some of the sweet caramel and raisin aroma is released.
Flavor starts out with a rich toffee and caramel flavor, which is only lightly sweet. Quickly transitions in to a more rounded wheat, sugar and chocolate mix with notes of ash and dry berry-skins as it finishes. The more I drink, the more a distinct black currant flavor creeps in on my palate. Towards the end of the bottle, I am marveling at how distinct, yet subtle it is. Adds a light bitterness and slight astringency, which does not hurt the beer, but also adds a wondrous flavor. I laughed when I read the commercial description, highly skeptical that there would be any real black currant flavor, but here it is. Light clove and apple notes keep the sugars in check, while a faint dark chocolate adds great complexity. Medium body and maybe a bit too much dryness could be it’s only downfall, but I havent tried the other batch yet. I can’t detect the alcohol.