8.1/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
2007 (assumed) bottle from Downeast Beverages, drunk on 8/4/07
Big, creamy, white head is rocky and leaves moderate lacing. Pale golden color has hay and maize tints, with tiny bubbles and plentiful sediment on the bottom. Clarity is medium to medium-high (I dont mix the sediment in). Strong retention.
Lovely crisp, hoppy, light nose is full of vivacious herbs and spices, with strong wheat character and only minimal bubble gum. It seems like a light take on the style, but that’s fine and all the more enjoyable because the light aroma notes (soft spices/herbs, light esters and clean water) are all abundant. Very minimal vanilla, and mostly a light, somewhat grainy barley character to the base malts, with moderate sweetness. No alcohol or flaws.
Highly effervescent carbonation for the style, especially being that it’s bottled, though manageably tight, really helps sap the sweetness and highlights a flavorful mineral element to the beer, with succulent spices emanating from the hops (lemongrass, starfruit, wildflowers, lilacs) and a surprising lack of wheat blandness/chewiness/heaviness (whatever you want to call it). The malts are fresh and grainy, adding to the crisp, dry, drinkable nature of the beer. With warming, honey-cream sweetness emerges, in moderation, to give a bit more substance/body to the beer, as the carbonation simultaneously subsides. Clove and banana are present but modest. Terrific yeast! Much like Weihenstephaner’s. Can’t wait to try the others from Plank!
Big, creamy, white head is rocky and leaves moderate lacing. Pale golden color has hay and maize tints, with tiny bubbles and plentiful sediment on the bottom. Clarity is medium to medium-high (I dont mix the sediment in). Strong retention.
Lovely crisp, hoppy, light nose is full of vivacious herbs and spices, with strong wheat character and only minimal bubble gum. It seems like a light take on the style, but that’s fine and all the more enjoyable because the light aroma notes (soft spices/herbs, light esters and clean water) are all abundant. Very minimal vanilla, and mostly a light, somewhat grainy barley character to the base malts, with moderate sweetness. No alcohol or flaws.
Highly effervescent carbonation for the style, especially being that it’s bottled, though manageably tight, really helps sap the sweetness and highlights a flavorful mineral element to the beer, with succulent spices emanating from the hops (lemongrass, starfruit, wildflowers, lilacs) and a surprising lack of wheat blandness/chewiness/heaviness (whatever you want to call it). The malts are fresh and grainy, adding to the crisp, dry, drinkable nature of the beer. With warming, honey-cream sweetness emerges, in moderation, to give a bit more substance/body to the beer, as the carbonation simultaneously subsides. Clove and banana are present but modest. Terrific yeast! Much like Weihenstephaner’s. Can’t wait to try the others from Plank!
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Aug 2007
at 10:18
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Hazy and dark brown below a dense, off-white head. Strong aroma of banana with lesser notes of malty toasted bread, clove and caramel plus a hint of pencil lead that also shows up in the taste. The flavor is moderately sweet and slightly bitter. Wheat comes through in both aroma and flavor. Very fizzy mouthfeel. Medium body. Slightly tart to bitter finish, but the malty sweetness is dominant throughout. Enjoyable.
Tried
on 09 Aug 2007
at 21:09
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Courtesy of boboski. Pours light brown-ish copper with off white head. The aroma is sugary sweetness, wheatiness, banana and slight tartness. The flavor is much like the aroma with sweet sweetness that is sweet, wheat notes, lightly roasted malts, hints of banana, earthiness and some tartness. The feel is light in body.
Tried
on 25 Jul 2007
at 21:28
8.8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 9
My favorite from this brewer, and a beer that I wish I could find more places. Sampled from a 16.9 oz brown bottle this beer poured a bright golden color with a huge yellow-white head that lingered and left good lacing. The aroma was sweet, tangy, bready and peppery with a light lemony undertone. The flavor was tangy and sweet with a strong bready presence and notes of lemon and wheat with a hint of pepper towards the finish. The finish was long, tangy, sweet and bready. Full bodied and rich. Excellent.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Jul 2007
at 20:33
4.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4
RBSG07. From 50 cL bottle (Bavarian US export version). Pours muddy brown with an off white head. Aroma is banana and bubblegum. Flavour is the same into the finish which has some bitterness. I just don’t get the bubblegum thing.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Jun 2007
at 16:44
6.1/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
(Bottle 50 cl) Courtesy of joergen. Pours a hazy brownish with a dense, off-white head. Aroma of yeast and banana. Quite full-bodied with sweetish banana notes + quite some diacetyl and yeast. Decent all right. 270607
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Jun 2007
at 11:58
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle(from shigadeyo). Sweet banana clove aroma - very nice. Cloudy orange-brown color with large head, high effervescense, and nice lacing. Sweet banana, bitter clove and stale wheat malt flavor. Mild astringent finish. Very nice beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Jun 2007
at 18:58
8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle (trade with shigadeyo). Ripe peach/banana and sour wheat malt aroma with a hint of astringency. Cloudy orange-yellow with a giant head. Peach/banana wheat malt flavor with a bitter/astringent finish. Primarily Hefe characteristics with a bock finish - very nicely made beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Jun 2007
at 21:29
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Thanks to DerDoppelbock, a double rating: the original German version, and the version for the US export, as figured on the RB picture. There ARE minute differences, it seems. PLANK BAVARIAN DUNKLER WEIZENBOCK Colour: Huge grey-yellowish head, dense, over totally opaque auburn beer. (4/5) Nose: Grassy, spicey, with a lot of cloves; maybe some banana and glue. Also a bit gassy, CO² nose. Though a bit sweet, actually nice. (8/10) Taste: Liquorice, wheatimpression, some faint fruitiness in the background with maybe some banana, but the wry-ish liquorice flavour remains in the foreground. Slight sourishness. (6/10) Palate: Bit thin feeling, sourishness getting stronger after a few sips. Alcohol well hidden. (3/5) Overall: Decent Weizenbock with a nice nose, sample a bit tired. (13/20) PLANK DUNKLER WEIZENBOCK Colour: Good dense fine head, dark beige; very dark brown beer with reddish shine. (4/5) Nose: Very clovey Weizen, bit of banana, and fruity sweetness. Quite nice nose. (8/10) Taste: Fruity, banana and clove. Finish is sourish, IMO as much from the CO² as from the wheat. (6/10) Palate: In the palate, a sweet rosewater flavour develops. Much more carbonated feel than the US version. Long lasting flavours, sweet and liquorice. Alcohol well hidden. (4/5) Overall: Decent Weizenbock with a very nice nose. (14/20) Points are an average.
Tried
on 06 Jun 2007
at 00:42
8.4/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
This is good. Poured from the bottle, it has one of the most impressive heads I have ever seen and looks like a rootbeer float. The foam takes a long time to settle. Aroma has wheat, banana, cloves, and some citrus. Flavor is very nice as well. Wheaty, with a lot more banana. Light spices, and just a touch of alcohol, but it never goes too far in this aspect. Considerable sediment in my glass. this is an excellent wheat beer and an excellent weizen bock.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 May 2007
at 16:30