[i]Bottle, thanks to Casey for this one[/i] Poured mid brown colour with quite high carbonation and small white head. Had a spicier aroma than I was expecting backed up with some yeast not unlike a Belgian beer in that department. Flavour wise, whilst I consider this to be a pleasant session beer that I could happily quaff away all night on I felt it was a little bit lacking and never quite lived up to that early promise. This was a nice fresh beer with good malty base the spices also came back but maybe I served it a bit cool because Loz had put this in the fridge and it tasted better once it warmed up a bit.

It doesn’t suck, so that is good at least. Light, wheaty aroma. the beer is dark, opaque brown. I couldn’t pick up any sediment. They got the flavor right, although it is a little too light. Sweet, with some banana and wheat. Does anyone think they just might be trying to take some market share from Blue Moon?

Fair dunkelweizen. Poured a hazy reddish copper with a foaming quick head. Spicy bready aroma like rye or pumpernickel bread, with an extra fruity component. Flavors sweet and spicy, zesty, yeasty, wheaty, with a mild clove component in both aroma and flavor. Light to medium palate, fizzy, with a short finish. Decent beer.

++++ Re Rate 8 February 2010 ++++
12 oz bottle part of a mixed 12 pack purchased at Royal Liquor in Kansas City, Missouri. Best by 07/12/10 printed on the bottle. Poured into my Free State Willebecher. Pour is a mostly clear copper light brown with a firm two inch off white head that falls slowly with decent lacing. Aroma is grainy cereal earthy wheat and malt, followed quickly by the clove, mild banana and yeast spices. Fresh and unique nose, really love the big yeast of this beer. Taste is the cereal malt of the nose, but it also picks up a bit of a sharp sweetness that jumps out a bit, and does not necessarily play really well with the big yeast flavors that come in midway through the taste. The yeast is big clove, banana and light white pepper. The yeast dries out the finish, and leads to a spiced after taste that liners a bit. Palate is thin to medium bodied, with an oily texture that coats the mouth a bit. Overall, this is a really unique beer that throws quite a bit at you. (8,4,6,3,14 - 3.5). Interesting to see my rating and score are more or less identical to when I first had the beer over two years ago.

++++ Original Rating 20 Nov 2007 ++++
Tap, at Waldo Pizza, KCMO. Pour is bright brown with a nice off-white creamy head. Aroma is spice, coriander and bananas. Flavor is interesting, wheat body, but Belgian spiciness in the yeast. Body is a bit thinner than I would have expected, but still nice. Overall a nice addition to the Blvd lineup, but nothing that really knocks your socks off. I will say this - the yeast strain flavors make me very excited to try to the upcoming Belgian releases. (8,4,6,3,14 - 3.5)

Pour is a hazy brown with a small tan head. Aroma is banana with some spice and candi sugar. Flavor is way off the aroma. Some dark fruit come out but nothing to make this into a great beer. I don’t think i have ever had a beer that smelled so good but tasted so weak.