Batch 10 bottle drunk on 5/9/07
A manageable amount of sediment is left behind in the pour, while the body is a dark, luxurious garnet-tinted mahogany. Beige head sits atop, medium in size and showing very strong retention, light to medium lacing. Medium-high clarity.
Beautiful mix of coffee and vanilla, with dry chocolate liqueur-like notes coating the strong banana esters. A deep, creamy wheat note is mushy and slightly blanding, but is cut by an oily prune dryness and some husky chocolate malts. Sweet pale malts congregate on the finish, further emphasizing the depth of the malts here. Medium-high strength of aroma, with no flaws or alcohol noted.
At first sip, it dosent seem quite as complex as the nose suggests, the pale malts quickly surging to provide a soft, supple sweetness that carries through to the finish. Light clove and vinous dryness only knicks the surface of the maltiness, but some coffee and dry chocolate slowly emerge with warming. Definitely a light wheat-like chewiness to the palate, with graceful carbonation (though not tons of it). For as well-malted as it is, it never comes off heavy or cloying and maintains a wonderful level of drinkability. Phenols are kept to a minimum here, which is nice, IMO. No alcohol or flaws, medium-full bodied.

12oz bottle with twist off cap poured into Southampton Weizen glass. Pours with a large head that turns into a thick sticky lacing. Color is dark amber, with strong visible carbonation. A lightly cloudy beer with medium clarity. Aroma is very nice with a strong Belgian-esque aspect. A sweet estery (not strong on banana) aroma with a strong belgian yeastiness (or am I just mixing up Belgian yeastiness with a type of ester?). A good wheat aspect -fruitiness with light sour. Taste is a lighter sweetness (again it seems like a Belgian yeastiness) and strong on the fruity/sour wheat. Sweet wheat aftertaste with a light toastiness/earthiness. Medium body with a light feeling because of the wheat. Low bitterness.

Bottle. Hazy amber brown beer with a nice dark cream colored head. Caramel/toffee/wheat aroma. Toffee, plum fruit, wheat, and yeast flavor. Lingering caramel/fruit. Medium body. Nicely done.

Bottled 04/2005 and BB 2006
Bottle bought from La Fayette, Paris. Paid less than 2 euros.
Dark hazy nut brown, small creamy tanned head. Nose is burnt malts and sugar. Medium to full-bodied. Caramelly, wheat, burned malts. Balanced weizenbock (though it’s not one of my favourite style).