Weizenbock

Bottle 33 cl from Oak Barrel, Sydney, on July 17, 2013.Clear dark brown color, bubble teal ehad. Sweet, banana, alcohol scent. Sweet, alcohol, spicy, malty taste. Warming alcohol. Smooth mouthfeel, medium bitterness. Plenty of yeast in the bottom of the bottle.

Pours dark coppery ruby with a large, almost white head. Nice combination!Nose shows lots of creamy chocolate and hazelnuts, with some soft alcohol and toasty malt following later.Dominant flavour is the same creamy chocolate, with figs not left far behind. Unfortunately the alcohol is quite noticeable, otherwise this would have been great.Quite strongly carbonated, but still creamy.

[12/09] Botlle. Mahogany it is. Poor pale beige head disappears. Aroma is earthy with banana, cereal, caramel and spices. Mildly roasted taste with lots of dried fruits. There’s obvious alcohol, but it’s really well integrated. Spicy finish. This has its faults, but it’s another tasty drop from this Peninsula brewery. 7 1 7 4 15 = 3.4[9/11] Bottle, only a few weeks old. Mahogany, off white head settles to an inch and never disappears. Aroma of bread, caramel, cloves, pears, banana. Taste is moderately sweet - dried fruits, caramel - with a little wheaty tang and vibrant spicy bitterness in a dry finish. Alcohol present but comfortably integrated. Red Hill beers are a gamble in the bottle, but this one’s good. [9/17] Rather than revise the score: this is another Red Hill seasonal that seems to improve most years and is now one I look forward to annually.