Pours somewhat cloudy with a lasting white head. Malty, spicy aroma that repeats in the flavor. Enjoyable.

I’ve had this 750mL for at least a year now. It was consumed while watching the NL Wild Card Tie Breaker with the Padres playing in Colorado. Seemed a fitting occasion to finally open it and watch a wild game end in a lose, unfortunately. Pours a nice clear amber with thin off white head. The aroma is sweet dark fruit that is almost barleywine like. I smell figs and date puree spread thick over fresh wheat bread. There’s also hints of beat sugar and mild sweet roasted malts. The taste starts fruity with figs, dates, muted boysenberries and plums. The taste turns increasingly malty with rich roasted and caramel malts. Beyond midway mild notes of chocolate malts and a hint of breadiness enter the picture. This has aged nicely. If it was cheaper I’d get more.

Bottle. Red brown color with a small fizzy fair lacing off-white head. Aroma is light malty, hoppy, notes of port, oak, vintage, vinegar. Initial flavor ismoderate sweet, finish flavor is moderate sweet and some notes vinegar with a average to long duration. Body is medium to full texture is oily, carbonation is soft.

Bottle; Nose of bready grain with some caramel malt and crab apples giving a tart note; rust colored with a tiny beige head; flavor is tart fruit with a sour aftertaste. Not a great example of the style.

Bottled. An unclear amber beer with only a rim of orange head. The aroma is sweet with a powerful wheat note, combined with notes of over ripe fruits and caramel. The flavor is very sweet and very wheaty, and also with strong fruity notes, leading to a dry wheaty end.

(Bottle 75 cl) Pours a very cloudy orangey golden with an off-white head. Lightly sweet aroma of fruit and yeast. Rather full-bodied with sweet notes of overripe fruit and some phenols. Some bitterness in the finish. Not a big beer by any standards. Courtesy of sk8viking. 080307

Bottle. Pous a hazy dark amber colour with a small off-white head. Sweet malty wheaty hoppy aroma with some hints of bananas. Sweet malty wheaty, yeasty flavor with hints of bananas and spices. Sweet malty wheat finish.

Bottle (something big for 1300). Prune and banana aroma with moderate alcohol nose. Murky orangish brown color with minimal head. Slight sweet banana/orange peel flavor with moderate astringency and alcohol. Mild hops finish. Fairly light for the style. Good but Aventinus is a better buy.

Deep reddish-brown body, thick, puffy tan head. Banana and dark fruits in the nose, caramely sweet with a touch of strawberry. Sweet, cerealy body, not quite what I expect from a weizenbock, but there are still notes of banana. Strong sweetness, but not overpowering. Not much complexity or depth, but not a bad experience.

2005 bottle from FlacoAlto, definitely one of the most generous traders out there. Consumed on 1/5/06. Popping the cork releases a strange mix of aromas. Cheese, DMS, strawberries, butter, mold, sweat, rich honey and sticky, lightly sour caramel. Hmmmm. Fortunately, allowing the beer to breath quickly delivers me from these odd notes and I get a more directed clove, caramel and light wheat aroma. The beer begins a clear, auburn-strawberry color with some light rust notes and an absolute mountain of fluffy, slightly off-white head that is slow to recede, but ultimately does recede to a ring with little to no lacing. By the end of the bottle, the beer does pour cloudy, with light sediment left on the bottom. Seems to be bottle conditioned, which the texture also confirms. I think the texture is one of its strong points. Fairly tight carbonation, though the bubbles are a bit large on the palate, translating in to a soft and effervescent, but not very creamy mouthfeel (if that makes any sense). The flavor is surprisingly (for this brewer) malty, with plenty of caramel, blackberries, plums, plum skins, black pepper and clove. Light cherries and mashed dates, with a hint of vanilla creaminess and plenty of residual sugar on the finish. The aroma eventually settles out to produce mainly a clove note, a little bit too simple, with just light cola and caramel notes. The flavor is quite full though and the yeast quite true to style. What it does lack, is a mastery of the malted wheat that you see in the German breweries. Here it is a little too husky/grainy, whereas some of the greats from Germany are profoundly creamy and seemless. Bits of banana finish, with well concealed alcohol, but probably a bit too much on the fruitiness. Too much plums, strawberries, black berry skins that dry the flavor out a bit much and get a little too dominant. Still, well done to style especially for an American brewer. If they could just work on that aroma and get some retention on the head.