Aass Jule Hvete

Brewed by Aass Bryggeri
Style: Dunkelweizen
Drammen, Norway

(Bottle 33 cl) Clear, warm, amber golden with a tall, dense, off-white head. Sweetish, lightly caramelish nose with a whiff of yeast. Medium body, sweetish, roasted malts, a bit of yeast and banana and an underlying tartness. 200507

From 33 cL bottle. Pours drown/orange with a lacing head. Aroma is sweet malty with a vague bitterness and dried fruity. Flavour is malty and a bit spicy. Bitter and watery finish

Bottle at Chris_O bottlefest 2007. Amber colour with beige head. Malty, has some fruit, bit of strawberry, nasty aroma. Not that great.

A Mes rate: Bottle at Chris O’s extravaganza. Copper colour. Chunky but short lived head. Like a wheaty lager with some very slight sweetness. Little thin in the mouth. Nothing exciting at all but drinkable enough.

Bottle. Quite caramelly and sweet, and also felt a little stale. Finish is fizzy and slightly crisp. Caramelly and not much else.

Bottled. Clear, amber beer with a beige head. Wheat, banana-caramel and some metallic notes in the aroma. Some spicy hints as well. The flavor is much the same, but without the metallic notes. Medium body with a bit too low carbonation level. Sweet, caramel-ish finish with some spicyness. Nice try Aass. (061123)

(30cl bottle, courtesy of Papsoe) Clear, amber colour with a medium-sized, lacing beige foam. Sweet and acidic, almost vinous nose with notes of wheat-malt and red berries. Sweet and moderately sour flavour, light bodied with a medium carbonation. Toast-malty, slightly wheaty taste with fruity accents; toasty, slightly sour-fruity finish with unpleasant notes of metal.

Bottled at Chris_O Fest March 2007. An amber coloured beer. The aroma is sweet and malty. Seems more lagerish than wheaty. The taste is very similar. Lagerish and ordinary, but just enough character and flavour to separate it from the masses.