Clipper City Heavy Seas Hang Ten

Brewed by Clipper City Brewing Co.
Style: Weizen Bock
Baltimore, Maryland USA

Pours brown in color with reddish brown highlights around the edges. Just a slight froth forms on the pour, not much head at all. Smell and taste are both a beef jerky kind of flavor. Pretty big on the mouthfeel. Not a lot of hops here, but delcious malt and weizenbock flavor. Weizenbocks are quickly becoming a favorite style of mine. Decent beer, not overly complex. The Avery 13 is better.

12oz bottle from Kingdom Liquors (Tampa, FL). Pours a reddish-brown with one-finger tan head that settles quickly. Aroma is wheat, bread, yeast, some sweet malt and maybe hints of sour ripe fruit. Somewhat odd aroma emanating from my glass that are hard to put a finger on. Flavor is sugary and sweet like candy sugar and maple syrup with malty notes and toasted wood. Medium body with a slightly bitter and sweet finish. Still dont like the nose, but the taste is better.

THOUGHTS: I couldn’t find this one last year. Glad to finally get my hands on it. I was a little disappointed at first, but as it warmed it became a really nice beer. It hid the alcohol really well until it hit the belly. TECHNICAL: Bottle. Poured a murky, medium brown with a small, off-white head. The aroma was moderate chocolate malt, moderate yeast, wheat, spices and some banana. The initial flavor was lightly sweet and acidic; while the finish was moderately sweet and acidic with a hint of sourness and an average to long duration. There was lots os chocolate malt and some wheat, spices and yeast. The medium body was sort of syrupy with soft carbonation and a light astringent finish.

dark brown with slight head for a weizen. flavor starts with sweet esters of wheat then some darker malt tones. a strong alcohol finish provides some depth

There’s not a lot of carbonation in this. I poured fairly roughly and didn’t managed to stir up much head or fix. The body is a cloudy brown from the yeast, which is good. There’s a definite note of cinnamon in the aroma, a bit of banana, and a definite, but not overwhelming alcohol in the finish. It’s not bad, but a little disappointing, but then my experience in this style has some of my favorite beers, so maybe it’s being judged by a harsh standard.

I was assuming this was going to be a American wheat, but man was I suprised! It pours a mahogany coloured colour with a large brown head. It has a mouthfeel very consistent with a bock so that is what I assumed next after I tasted it. Has aromas of bark, nuts, caramel and burnt toast. The taste is pretty unique, while it has a higher ABV, the alcoholy taste doesn’t appear until the finish. Tastes a little sugary as described before. Great full flavor and a hearthy mouthfeel in every sip. :)

From year-old (at least) bottle. Caramel and tangy winey nose, mild soy. Sweet brown sugar and a bit of neutral fruitiness. Light on the hops. Apple cider. Coppery amber-brown, clear with mild haze, topped with a very thin off-white head. Medium-heavy watery body with mild carbonation. Bit of alcohol warming. Starts pretty sweet, with brown sugar and caramel, dark ripe fruit and some grainy sweetness. Vapory esters and candi sugar. Very sweet throughout with medium fruity character. Has some bittering in the finish, though not much. Stays sweet from start to finish, leaving a sweet and molasses tang in the after. Could use just a bit more body for how much sweetness there is, and could be just a little drier in the after.

Bottle from Greenwood Gourmet Grocery in Greenwood, VA near Crozet. Pours a cloudy reddish brown with little head Chocolate, caramel and nutty aroma. Taste has the same notes, but is much fruitier, with t.opical fruits, pear and banana.Low effervescence, medium feel.