3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
500ml bottle (Black Door, Helsinki)
Mostly clove aroma, some vanilla, touch of orange. Soft smooth palate, but pleasant carbonation stops it being sticky. Nice wheaty body, a little sweet, and again fairly obvious cloves, though they subside after you’ve had half a glass!. Finish is nicely tingly with hops, and probably clove. It’s quite nice - an experiment that was worth doing.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Pours a bright golden colour and has an aroma of vanilla and clove and the taste has vanilla and clove with a hint of spice its nice but I cant drink more than 1 pint of it.
2.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 10/20
Bottle. Hazy more than cloudy. Thin head and lacing. Strong chalky yeast and banana nose. Thin. Rough flavour. Jumps but cannot clear the bar. Watery lemon-banana.
2.9 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
500mL bottle poured a slightly hazy golden color with small white head and little lacing. Aroma is wheat and cereal. Taste is lightly sweet initially with some mild hops and spices in the finish. Medium body and light carbonation provide acceptable mouthfeel. An average wheat beer.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle. Slightly hazy yellow-golden. Vaguely wheaty, with hints of vanilla and light spiciness. Generally spicy character, but finishes with citrus and a light vanilla-accented sweetness. Not bad for an English wheat beer.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
500 ml bottle conditioned, from Selfridge’s food store, London. ABV is 4.8%. Clear golden / yellow colour (not clouded at all), large white head. Fairly strong and nice aroma of grassy and herbal hops, also spices. The flavour is spicy and herbal, but not overdone - still quite interesting. Fairly light bodied and easy drinking.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle. Is a hazy dark yellow, perhaps served too cold as there is hardly any head. First impressions are good: the spices are really up-front in the aromas. Smells inviting and signals good refreshment. Comes across much more like a Belgian wit, the palate is effervescent and light rather than sticky and the spice profile is not like a hefeweizen even though straight from the brewer’s mouth the yeast used was cultivated from Erdinger. Anyway this is well-done for an English version although have been surprised at many English wit and weizens. This is as refreshing as expected, with great herbal/spice character, citrus peel, vanilla, bright coriander seeds, and really not that sweet, good balance. Well-done, to be expected from this brewery.
3.1 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 14/20
500ml bottle from The Bottle Shop, Canterbury. Seems crazy that I’ve never had this beer. Deepish gold with slight haze and lasting bubbly white head. Aroma of cereal, spices and some estery notes. First beer of the day on a Saturday early evening after a heavy night on the beers on Friday. So I’m a little delicate. Not overly firm in the mouth. Some hoppy spiciness on the finish. As I say, some esters last all the way through. Bit fizzy in the mouth too and does have some ginger flavour on the swallow. OK, but not something I would run out and buy again.
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
500ml bottle, won from the tombola stand at GBBF 2010, drunk at home, 3rd Sept 2010. Clear amber with a small bright white head. Light wheat beer nose, similar wheaty flavour. Dull and a little too sweet.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
26th April 2006
Warning! Early amateur rating! Slight haze on this wheat beer. Light and easy going. Vanillaish. No citrus. Spices are very subtle. Good!
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