Punkelweisse
O'Connor Brewing Company in Norfolk, Virginia, United States 🇺🇸
Spiced / Herbed / Vegetable / Honey Autumn|
Score
6.53
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Our unique blend of a traditional German Dunkelweisse Dark Wheat Ale, fall spices, and lots of pumpkin. With every sip, you will see the trees turn gold, feel the crisp, cool air, and hear the crackle of the fire pit.
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5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6
Rich deep brown coloured body with a tannish, single centimetre tall head. Aroma of caramelised sugars, malt, a touch of spices and very little else. Light to Medium-bodied; Strong malty flavours throughout with a mild spicey character showing some allspice and a touch of canella along with a bit of sugars and off-flavours. Aftertaste shows sweetness, malt, earth, pungent sugars and pitted fruits and ending with a relatively pungent flavour of malt, light spices, earth and a hint of the yeast and funk around the edges. Overall, a decent-ish beer with some stronger earthier and pungent, almost medicinal characteristics that show some sweetness, grain and complexities, but not overwhelmingly so. I sampled this twelve ounce bottle purchased from Total Wine in Fairfax, Virginia on 10-September-2017 for US$2,79 sampled at home in Washington on 05-December-2017.
Tried
from Can
on 06 Dec 2017
at 02:32
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle, Wine Warehouse. Pours murky brown with an off-white head. Aroma is trash water, light spice. Flavor is wheat, funk, clove (enough to bitter the tongue), light bitter caramel, brown leaves. Grainy, bland, and overall though not a bad flavor, not great by any means. And the aroma is off-putting.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Sep 2017
at 17:51
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 4
Overall 7
Draft. Murky dark brown color, thick beige head, solid lacing. Aroma of multiple spices. Taste has more gourd than spice - a rare and cherished thing. Gotta like that high pumpkin to nutmeg ratio. Light body. Tasty.
Tried
from Draft
on 25 Nov 2012
at 15:59
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 7.5
Allspice and roasted malt aroma. Cloudy brown, thick yellow head. Very watery. Caramel, slight astringency, allspice, and graham cracker. Really neat idea, although I had expected more of a clove presence.
Tried
on 05 Oct 2012
at 15:01
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Draft at Whole Foods Market Short Pump, VA. Pours a murky brown color with a thin creamy tan head. Decent head retention and nice lacing. Aroma of wheat, pumpkin, caramel and ginger. The taste is tart wheat, pumpkin and caramel. Medium bodied, highly drinkable. Nice beer.
Tried
from Draft
on 03 Oct 2012
at 22:29