Our Own Bavarian-Style Doppel Weizen
Lagunitas Brewing Company in Petaluma, California, United States 🇺🇸
Weizen - Weizenbock Rotating Out of Production|
Score
7.18
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A Brand-Spankin’ New Beer Inspired by Rolec: The Builders of our New Brewing System. They Sent Us a Traditional Yeast Sent From Their Friends in Bavaria & We Way-Overfed It To Take It All Up A Bit!
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8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottled. Wow, fantastic example of the style, amazing that the are out Germaning the germans. Pours a light orangey brown with massive weizy head. Heavy banana/esthery smell. Same taste with nice malts, super well done.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 May 2025
at 01:04
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
The wheat beer train left the station for me long ago. But this one is from Lagunitas and they rarely take a misstep so why not? I pour it from its 22oz bomber home into my New Belgium snifter. It shows a hazy yellow-orange body topped by a slightish white head but with persistent bubble action. The aroma is pretty alluring, butterscotch and apricot tones. The taste is complex with apple, peach, biscuit, grain, pine and definitely some hoppiness. Sweet followed by bitter. It is like a wheatie and an IPA combined. A swell summer afternoon on the patio brew.
Tried
on 01 Jul 2017
at 18:01
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
22 ounce bottle into tulip glass, bottled on 2/25/2017. Pours slightly hazy golden orange color with a 1-2 finger dense and rocky off white head with great retention, that reduces to a nice cap that lasts. Nice spotty soapy lacing clings down the glass, with a moderate amount of streaming carbonation retaining the cap. Fantastic appearance. Aromas of big grapefruit, tangerine, pineapple, peach, apricot, mango, melon, lemon, pear, banana, pepper, clove, light bubblegum, wheat, bread, light honey, herbal, floral, grass, and yeast earthiness. Great complexity and balance of citrus/tropical hops, fruity/spicy yeast, and moderate bready malt notes; with great strength. Taste of big grapefruit, tangerine, pineapple, peach, apricot, mango, melon, lemon, pear, banana, pepper, clove, light bubblegum, wheat, bread, light honey, herbal, floral, grass, and yeast earthiness. Light-moderate floral/grassy bitterness and yeast spiciness on the finish; with lingering notes of grapefruit, tangerine, pineapple, peach, apricot, mango, melon, lemon, pear, banana, pepper, clove, wheat, bread, herbal, floral, grass, and yeast earthiness on the finish for a while. Great complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/tropical hops, fruity/spicy yeast, and moderate bready malt flavors; with a great malt/bitter/spiciness balance, and zero cloying/astringent flavors after the finish. Lightly increasing dryness from bitter/spiciness as well. Medium carbonation and medium-plus body; with a very smooth, moderately creamy/grainy, and lightly sticky balanced mouthfeel that is nice. Minimal warming alcohol for 8.7%. Overall this is a great hoppy weizen bock style. All around great complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/tropical hops, fruity/spicy yeast, and moderate bready malt flavors; very smooth and easy to drink for the ABV. It feels quite different than I remember from the original batch years ago. More hoppy and less hazy/yeasty, but is really well balanced between the two. Still a very enjoyable offering.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Mar 2017
at 10:02