Weihenstephaner Hefeweissbier Dunkel

Brewed by Bayerische Staatsbrauerei Weihenstephan
Style: Dunkelweizen
Freising, Oberbayern, Germany

Poured dark amber brown, smooth, malty, dark fruits, caramel, little chocolate, little grainy.

Bottle from Mr Lawrence wine merchants, Brockley. Cloudy brown pour with a lasting off white head. Aromas of smoke, raisins, toffee, chocolate. Flavours of wheat, dark malts, smoke, wood, dark fruits. Finishes smokey and malty.

Bottle pours cloudy amber with a rocky off-white head. Aroma smells like an oatmeal raisin cookie, with roasted banana and trace amounts of clove. Flavor also shows additonal notes of nuts and smoke. Overall body is light to moderate, creamy, and finishes dry.

Pours a murky caramel color with a voluminous fluffy off-white head. Aroma is bread crusts, bananas, vanilla, and clove. Flavor is similar, bready with a strong banana note and just enough clove. Mouthfeel is silky and smooth. Another well-crafted Weihenstephaner beer.

500ml bottle. Pours a cloudy, dark amber. Minimal head that faded quickly. Honey, some cloves, sweet malt, and dried fruits on the nose. Tastes of dried fruits, mild ginger, yeast, walnut. Tastes like it has more alcohol than the 5.3% it states on the bottle.

500ml Bottle: Aroma of malts, light peat, and overcooked vegetables. Poured light brown/milk chocolate in color with a large, fluffy, rocky, creamy, dense, off-white head that lasted throughout. Cloudy. Very sparkling. Flavor is lightly sweet. Tastes of yeast, malts, spices, nuts, light burnt caramel, slight banana, slight peat, dark malts, wheat, and hints of bubblegum and smoke. Medium to full body. Tingly texture. Average to lively carbonation. Malt and nut finish.

Thick head and lacing. Aroma is wheaty and malty. Taste is about the same as the aroma with a bitter aftertaste. I like how mild the hops are in this beer.

500ml bottle
5.3% ABV
I tried this beer on November 5, 2009 at "Smokeless Joe’s" in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The beer poured a dark brown colour with golden highlights and 1" head that lasted. The aroma was wheat malt, cloves, and some yeast. The mouthfeel was medium-bodied and medium carbonation. The flavour was wheat malt, cloves, some ginger-like flavours and a bitter finish.