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Clipper City Heavy Seas Hang Ten

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3153.45/5.03.43/5.0Special10%64.3Dimpled mug, Stein, Weizen
Commercial Description:
This here bottle has a fine layer of yeast at the bottom. It won't send you to Davy Jones' locker, but will protect your brew from the rigors of life at sea! "Hang Ten" is the Heavy Seas wheat beer you've been waiting for. A classic German-style weizenbock, slightly cloudy and bursting with flavor. Hang on and surf the Heavy Seas wave!
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lenni (1), Au Gres, USA
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4.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/105/510/105/520/20
Jul 12, 2009  
12 oz .bottle 4 pack 10 percent Drink all 4 and your in for one heck of a buzz. hang on to your shirt.


browe (7), Georgia, USA
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4.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
10/105/59/104/518/20
Mar 21, 2008  
I love it. I could drink it all night. Better than schneider avenintus. High alch. and a great full flavor.


 jezmez68 (334), Chesterton, Indiana, USA
4.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/105/510/105/518/20
Oct 27, 2008  
I think this was the last one they had at Pat’s. This is awesome. Poured into a tulip, This was a hazy brown, not light brown, not dark brown, just brown. Smells like a mix between a Weizen and a Doppelbock (I dig the creativity of mixing styles here). The alcohol was not apparent to me, but I had this one about 5 beers in.


 Cybercat (812), Georgia, USA
4.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/59/105/518/20
Sep 20, 2007  
Aroma is quite strong - it almost bowled me over when I opened the bottle - very wheaty, with an odd rubbery hint. Pours a dark amber brown, much darker than other wheat beers I have sampled. Flavor is rich and mouth-filling, like a typical wheat beer but with a strong alcohol bite, as well as some hoppy undertone and again that weird rubbery hint - I trust they didn’t mix old tires with the hops. ;-) But seriously. Other than that, the flavor is excellent. Hang Ten is smooth yet edgy, good for sipping and savoring.


aberos (4), Baltimore, USA
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4.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/103/59/104/519/20
Sep 20, 2007  
A truly delicious brew in the weizen bock style. Fairly light going down for the octane, and it packs a mighty punch.


CptGreencoat (68), Kettering, Ohio, USA
4.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/58/104/518/20
Oct 28, 2008  
Bottle someone left in my fridge after a Halloween party. Pours to a dark amber with very little, quickly dissipating head. Huge aroma - malty, dark and very strong. The taste is outstanding. Very complex, there is a lot of malt, caramel and it’s very sweet. The alcohol hits you as it finishes and warms on it’s way down. I would recommend this to any beer lover. The only thing it needs is a new label - it’s like drink the comic section of the paper.


 radagast83 (1315), Fairfax, Virginia, USA
4.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/59/104/518/20
Jul 20, 2007  
12oz. Wow, quite an amazing beer. Vanilla is heavy in this one, with a very sweet taste. It is light, smooth, and quite creamy. I was actually shocked that it was 10% because, while I did notice a bit of an alcohol flavor, it only felt at most like an 8% or so. Surely a beer to recommend to people.


 rajendra82 (704), Alpharetta, Georgia, USA
4.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/59/104/517/20
Aug 31, 2007  
This four pack of Hang Ten arrived just this week in Georgia, and had notched in best by date of March 2008 on the base of the label. The beer looked like amber sweet tea in the Paulaner flute glass, except for the one finger head fed by some lively streamers. This was quite an aromatic weizenbock that showcased bananas, apples, cherries, and cloves with each smell. The sip revealed this to be one of the most flavorful Heavy Seas beers I have ever samples. The sweet and sour juicy fruit gum flavor was kicking in nicely, until arrested suddenly by a spicy phenolic bite and a hoppy finish. Not at all wimpy and out of style like few of the attempted big beers from this brewery end up as. The flavors were a tad disjointed at this point, but I would say that was more due to the young release. Body was medium thick and quite pleasantly dry. This beer definitely caught the big wave all the way. Highly recommended to any and all wheat lovers. Should be even better with a few months of age on it.



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