 Styles (1653), Taylor, Michigan, USA
May 28, 2008
Golden orange, huge frothy/rocky white head. Yeasty banana bread up front, spicy/herbal hop background, faint citrus. Flavor not as bright as aroma. Biscuity malt character up front, spic and herbal hops come in through the middle. Finishes with some soapy bitterness. Lively mouthfeel. Finish knocks off a few points.
mdm46410 (545), Griffith, Indiana, USA
Aug 18, 2008 Poured from a 750ml caged and corked bottle and served in a weizen glass. This beer poured a cloudy orange hue with a fluffy head of off-white foam that would not go away. Nice lacing. The aroma of the beer was made up of oranges, pine cones, cloves, and wheat. Excellent spicy, citrusy, piney hop aroma! The flavor included orange peel, tangerines, bananas, cloves, fresh pine, and some lightly warming alcohol. The mouthfeel was medium-bodied with soft carbonation. Dry-hopping with the Amarillo’s really took the aroma to another level when compared to the German version. Great beer!
biznizness (687), Mooresville, North Carolina, USA
Aug 17, 2008 Delicious. Had this the night before we left for San Francisco. Definitely a hoppy thing, big thumbs up for this one.
IMtheOptimator (1113), Bethel, Connecticut, USA
Aug 17, 2008 750 ml bottle shared with my friend Jeff. Reads 8.5% ABV, so not sure why there’s inconsistency here, unless there have been different batches. Poured a volcanically effervescent golden with a fizzy frothy white head that lasted quite a while. Aroma of sharp grass and pine hops, overshadowing the yeast esters so much that I found the ensuing taste rather surprising. Flavors are of course the bitter and grassy hoppiness, but the banana and clove yeast esters make their way into the palate towards the finish. The marriage of the two flavors is quite refreshing, and endears a hophead like myself even more to this style. An excellent effort, and one that I hope will be more than a one-time bottling.
jsh12bama (202), Alabama, USA
Aug 16, 2008 Pours orange with huge white head. Aroma of hops and bananas. Really liked the nose on this. Taste is bananas, wheat, with slight notes of citrus hops. Medium mouthfeel. Was pleasantly surprised by this. Easy drinking for a hot summer day.
asheft (742), Marburg, Germany
Aug 16, 2008 [bottle--8.5% ABV]
Aroma like sniffing a hops vine! Lemony grapefruit with slight caramel and banana notes. Hazy golden orange wih lasting white fuzz. Plenty of hops flavour that has a lot more pine to it than the aroma, which was more citrus. Bitter grapefruit that is not too strong, when combined with the sweet caramel and full body. Smooth and with banana and vanilla notes in the aftertaste. Medium carbonation, slightly salty and with a little lasting bitterness.
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