TAP at Porgu. Smells vaguely as a weizen - fruity, banana, tart with quite a bit of nail polish. Tastes, again, like a harsh hefeweizen, fruity, phenolic and unhopped, lightly sweet and a bit tart, with considerable estery heat. The finish is a bit dirty, rotten cabbage like. Interesting.

Draft @ Põrgu. Dorée, pas col. Arôme ofre un plaisant bouquet épicé de baies, ici domine le genévrier, le tout garde une pointe adoucie fermentée en rétro-nasal. Palais est assez plat offrant peu en terme effervescence, retrouve un côté fermenté agrémenté ici encore par le genévrier. Cette dominance de baies reste fort plaisante, le tout terminant sur une touche amer finement aigrelette avec qcq bulles qui viennent titiller la langue. L’alcool, tout de même à 7%, perce en fin de bouche et est maintenu par le caractère du genévrier.

Small white head. Hazy opaque yellow body. Powerful smoky mealy banana aroma, kind of wheat-like, oily herbal yoghurt notes. Dry, and faintly acidic, citric strawy smoky taste with yoghurty notes. Mid-bodied. Mild, mealy mouthfeel. Leaves a peppery, abrasive feeling in the mouth that lasts a long time. Dry, again faintly acidic, peppery yoghurty banana aftertaste with smoky orangey juniper notes. Very interesting, highly drinkable, and full of flavour. I like it. (1l PET bottle by devious means.)

I’ve had it a number of times since, from the fermenter, at the brewery outlet, in Tallinn, and again at home from PET bottle. What strikes me is that it’s never the same beer twice, even if some things are constant. The original rating is pretty good, but there is more juniper flavour than I noticed the first time, and the hot peppery thing has never appeared again. Also, a lot of the green, earthy, musty flavour is very like the Lithuanian raw ales, and so probably from the brewing process. It’s a very good beer, though, and deserves to be considered a farmhouse classic.

Draught @ SOPP 2014

Pours murky yellow with a smooth head. Aroma of yeast, wheaty notes, tartness and farmyard. Taste is yeasty and earthy with loads of juniper, banana and farmyard. Finish is yeasty and stuffy with some banana and farmyard. This tastes like a mix of a weizenbock and Sahti.

Draught at SOPP 2013. Smell of honey, salt. Cloudy yellow colour, white head. Aroma of yeast, salt, basement aromas. Flat carbon.

Tap at SOPP 2013, Helsinki. Colour is very hazy yellow with small white head. Aromas and flavours: Yeast, sweetness and malts.

Draught @ SOPP ’10. Rated on 29.07.2010
Aroma has banana esthers and citron. Flavour has banana esthers, yeasty notes and some citron. Like a mixture of hefeweizen and witbier. Interesting.
7-3-7-3-15=3.5

Draught @ Põrgu
Aroma is light and peachy with yeasty tones. also some funky citrusy notes. Flavour has citrus, sahti-like yeastyness, some over-ripe banana. finishes with lingering yeastyness and herbal tones. Better than I remembered, thought this was more on the citrus side.
6-3-7-4-16=3.6

50cl on tap at Kodu Baar, Tallinn. I have never seen a beer quite like this before. Muddy and hazy yellow with a small white head. Yeasy, fruity and wheaty aroma with a hint of banana. A bit strange, both the looks and the taste, but very refreshing! Alcohol is dangerously well integrated. Different and very tasty! (2012-11-18)

Growler @ chriso. Pours a hazy yellow color with a small white head. Has a fruity malty grainy yeasty aroma. Fruity malty yeasty grainy flavor. Has a fruity malty yeasty spicy finish.