Ramstein Winter Wheat
High Point Brewing Company in Butler, New Jersey, United States 🇺🇸
Weizen - Weizenbock Winter|
Score
7.44
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The wonderful balance of this beer provides a complex profile hiding the 9.5% alcohol content. The perfect companion for a cold winter night.
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Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
(Bottle 35,5 cl) Pours black and almost opaque with a creamy, beige head. This by far is the darkest wheat beer I’ve ever sampled, and markedly darker than any German Dunkelweizen. Very roasted, almost coffeeish aroma. Medium-bodied with great, roasted coffee notes and an edge of chocolate. Sweetish and very lovely - but I really cannot pick up any traces of wheat in here. Thanks to Degarth for sharing this. 030406
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Beer #1 of the Ohio Labor Day gathering hosted by aofoxxy, brought by the one and only BBB63. Sediment-rich dark brown body, reminiscent of prune juice, with a thin off-white head in an Orval glass. Slightly tangy, toasty, wheaty aroma with a touch of prunes and plenty of layered breads. Very bready flavor with hints of prune, toffee, and toast, light tanginess and a slight bitter biscuity character in the finish. Complex and rich with evident alcohol notes. Very good!
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
2004 bottle, second batch of the season, in an awesome trade with Maibockaddict. Fabulous dark, caramel-brown color, muddy consistency, with plenty of sediment in the bottle. Peppery carbonation at first, but allowing it to breath quickly solves that problem. Tan head, lasting and lace-creating. Aroma of clove cigarettes, banana, dark berries and light German hops. Smells more like a hefe-weisse at first, but as it warms up and breathes more, some of the sweet caramel and raisin aroma is released.
Flavor starts out with a rich toffee and caramel flavor, which is only lightly sweet. Quickly transitions in to a more rounded wheat, sugar and chocolate mix with notes of ash and dry berry-skins as it finishes. The more I drink, the more a distinct black currant flavor creeps in on my palate. Towards the end of the bottle, I am marveling at how distinct, yet subtle it is. Adds a light bitterness and slight astringency, which does not hurt the beer, but also adds a wondrous flavor. I laughed when I read the commercial description, highly skeptical that there would be any real black currant flavor, but here it is. Light clove and apple notes keep the sugars in check, while a faint dark chocolate adds great complexity. Medium body and maybe a bit too much dryness could be it’s only downfall, but I havent tried the other batch yet. I can’t detect the alcohol.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Bottled. Hazy dark brown. Banana aroma. Sweet and richly malty, full bodied. Some caramel and yeast as well as banana. Lightly grassy finish. A good weizenbock.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Very dark amber color; poor head. Quite classic Weizen Bock aroma, malty and caramel with a peculiar candies aroma. Quite sweet, oily, caramel, far from being complex…
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
An unclear dark brown beer with a disappearing brown head. The aroma is sweet wheaty, but also with some berry notes. The flavor is sweet and dominated by wheat, but it also contains some berries. The end is quite dry and the mouthfeel very smooth.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Almost an opaque brown color with a average Bock head. Aroma of chocolate and heavy caramel. Rich flavor of malt, raisin, and caramel fudge. Smooth finish. Tasty brew!
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
[year after year, this beer reveals more of it’s wonders to me - subtle, smooth, creamy - perfectly balanced - the only reason this isn’t rated over a 4 is because it’s not blunt enough, IMHO] [draught] Very dark, nearly stout-like appearance - caramel and clove in the aroma - flavor has a tartness to it that takes a lot of getting used to, but once the palate adjusts, the warm flavors and caramel, chocolate, dark fruits and a touch of currant greet you - not as balanced as I expected, but good.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Dark lager with a spicy malty nose. Choclate notes in the mouth, with some of the spices and malt complementing each other. very nice beer...thanks to MBA
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Very dark brown (cola-esque) colour; pours kind of syrupy w/o much foam. Aroma of banana, plum, dark malt, industrial cheddar; oily, viscous body; on the palate dark fruits overlay smooth, sweet malts (like what an all-malt Peruvian black beer would taste like) with fruits (peach, plum, banana). More dark malt than usual for the style but it isn't roasty at all.