Smuttynose Wheat Wine

Very boozy and aromatic, some bananas, some sour, some brandy in the nose. Very thick and syrupy rich palate. If there is wheat in here, I’d never realize it. Other than maybe the yeast causing the sour and banana components in the nose. Otherwise pretty much like a decent barley wine. Nice.

Dark copper with a small off-white head. Fruity aroma, with banana, and a vineous alcoholic port note. Really full bodied, sweet malt flavour with some alcohol and a hint of roasted malt.

Word to Secret Santa 09 for sending this bad boy. 07 bottle. Pours a dirty caramel brown with burnt orange highlights and and a small off-white head. Aroma is lovely, with a lot of pie crust, white chocolate, brown sugar, marzipan, caramel, chocolate covered oranges, toast, and a noticable heat. The taste is not quite as dessert-y, with flavors of caramel, toast, wood, bourbon, vanilla, brown sugar, and lightly burnt pie crust. Finishes like a burnt pastry, with a lot of toast, earth, mild citrus, and hints of sweetness still remaining. Big body, straddles the line between slick and creamy very effectively. A bit hot. Perhaps this is a sweeter beer when fresh...as it is, the aroma just screams dessert, while the taste merely whispers it. Nonetheless, this is still fabulous. Glad to try it!

On tap at Novare Res. Cloudy amber with head. Toasty caramel yeasty wheat tang aroma with slight alcohol. Toasted caramel strong rich fruity and mildly bitter tangy finish. Rich and nice texture. Very good.

Deep reddish brown pour. Looks like a darker brown from the top, more reddish down below. Very nice color. Head is average, nothing much to it. A sharp, biting scent. There’s some sweet notes to it. Maybe some vanilla? Taste reminds me a lot of the Southern Tier Cuvee Series 2 that I had recently. Sweet but not too sweet. It’s not a bad flavor at all, but it’s not very complex. Sweet, a slight bitter aftertaste. Meh. Mouthfeel isn’t bad. Average. Not sure if this beer is for me. It definitely has its qualities, but I don’t see myself buying it again anytime soon. I can see how some people would love it, but it’s not my style, I don’t think. Not a bad offering from Smuttynose, but nothing exceptional.

22oz. bomber: 2006 vintage (3 years old). This one pours a clear amber color. There was a small beige head on it that goes away almost immediately. There was no lacing. This one has a big nose to it. A definite sweetness to the aroma. Raisins and brown sugar are there, as well as some grassy hops, some other fruits and a bit of alcohol. The taste is quite good. It isn’t as sweet as the nose, if fact there is a bit of bitterness in the finish. There are lots of subtle tastes: fruits, caramel, maybe even a faint hint of chocolate. This is good!

2005 Bottle. I found this in the back of my cooler, and this stands to reason why aging beer is a total false hood and complete bullshit. I have had this beer before, but I was not in condition to get a rating from it - read, I had been drinking for hours. The one I had a few years back was fresh, and was really good. This one sucked. Old, taste like cardboard, smell had faded almost completely. Carbonation level was still good, but thats about it. The fresh one I had I remember being very good, easy to drink, sweet and hoppy. The only thing the age seemed to do was kill the alcohol bomb that this beer was. It was smooth, for what it was..

2008 bomber. Pour is ruby amber with a fluffy off white head. Aromas of rasins, sweet fruit, candy, and piney hops. Flavor is sweet with caramel, pine resin, candy, and rasins. Another amazing brew from Smuttynose.