 bhensonb (4336), Woodland, California, USA
| 4.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 5/5 | 17/20 |
Aug 5, 2008 750 ml bottle shared by Marcus. Pours a lightly orange-tinged color with a short lasting head. Aroma is hop. Citrus hop, but closer to resin than grapefruit. Medium body with crispy carbonation. Flavor is hop over wheat. Finish is fairly smooth and bitter. What a great ale. Every once in a while I think tripel. It’s a great ale.
shadey (1500), Rochester, New York, USA
| 4.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 5/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 17/20 |
Oct 31, 2008 750ml. Hazy lemon yellow pour with a big fluffy white head. Aroma is really interesting; spicy lemon, creamy and vanilla. Quite unique. Complex and enticing. The flavor is equally exciting. Sweet and spicy but there is a nice citric hop character that imparts a cleansing lemon finish. A really beautiful and drinkable beer.
GregClow (2496), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
| 4.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 17/20 |
Dec 22, 2008 Bottle shared with blankboy, jerc & mabel - my bottle courtesy of rudy. Slightly hazy golden with a small persistent white head. Aroma - awesome! Herbal hops, medicinal (hint of band aid), yeasty and spicy, verging on being a saison. Full mouthfeel. Flavour is a complex combination of spicy/herbal notes, pineapple and other tropical fruit, coriander, yeast and citrus. Stellar!
crazyvin (1254), New York, USA
| 4.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 17/20 |
Apr 13, 2009 on tap at gingerman. A nice cloudy amer hue with a nice white head. Aroma had a great floral note mixed with some good fruit qualities. Flavor seemed to have great balance between the floral notes and fruit notes. There was a good bread presence through out and finish with a sublte sweetness. I really loved the rich floralnotes throughout this beer.
Kinz (2207), Glen Allen, Virginia, USA
| 4.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 5/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 17/20 |
May 18, 2008 Medium hazy gold, big lasting head, attractive. Aroma is complex, with light clove, banana, and lemony citric notes. Flavor is a full wheat flavor, definitely letting you know that it is a weizenbock. Clove and banana yeast notes come through well, with banana edging out the clove. This is a good thing, as it works better with the hops, which add a lemon and orange bitter finish. Enjoyable. This combination worked better in my opinion than the New Glarus Unplugged Imperial Wheat. Enjoyed this quite a bit.
willblake (2180), Belcamp, Maryland, USA
| 4.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 17/20 |
May 14, 2008 20080514 750ml bottle. As the cork is disgorged a huge tropical fruit aroma emerges followed by some dank Amarillos. Oh boy, this one’s a treat! Attractive cloudy golden color with sticky, medium sized white head. besides the pungent hops, there is an underlying wheaty sweetness and fruity, doughy yeast that carries through the flavor and right to the finish. Soft, full, somewhat lip smacking palate and brisk finishing bitterness are entirely complimentary. Lovely stuff. this is the kind of beer that, if offered regularly, could really boost the value of Brooklyn in my eyes.
jmuhops (663), Winchester, Virginia, USA
| 4.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 9/10 | 4/5 | 17/20 |
Jun 10, 2008 Orange-gold. Gigantic head. Smells exactly as I expected, which is awesome. Lots of American hops which work very well with the soft banana and sharp clove. The flavor starts off dominated by hefeweizen--big, rich hefeweizen with spices, fruit, and citrus. Then come the citrus-thick American hops, first blending almost perfectly then taking over completely. A touch of wheat comes back after the swallow. Very impressive beer.
IMtheOptimator (1161), Bethel, Connecticut, USA
| 4.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 5/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 17/20 |
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.
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