Ettaler Dunkles Weizen

Brewed by Klosterbrauerei Ettal
Style: Dunkelweizen
Ettal, Germany

An unclear amber beer with a huge light brown head. The aroma contains lots of wheat and banana, but also slight notes of alcohol. The flavor is sweet wheaty, but also has notes of banana.

(Bottle 50 cl) Pours a slightly cloudy orangey brown with an off-white head. I detect a bit of fruit in the aroma. Medium body, lightly fruity - perhaps some accents of overripe apricots and a whiff of yeast. Lightly sweet finish. 230506

Dark amber with a nice head. The aroma has notes of roasted malt and wheat. The flavour is sweetish, slightly spicy with banana notes. I prefer the light sister. 1574

Bottle. Claudy orange brown colour with a huge off-white head. Malty yeasty banana aroma and taste. Medium body and a sweet finish.

Aroma has milk, caramel and a slight herbalness. Sweetish flavor with caramel, some yeasty bitterness and pear. Some licrice as the beer warmens up. Good beer, but not one of the best of its kind.

Bottle. This was 3 months passed its use-by and it tasted pretty fresh. Ever so lightly stale wheat, with a surprising hit of aniseed, some banana and wholemeal bread.

Huge, fluffy yellowish head; copperish colour with coppergreen shine. Very much banana; sourish wheatnose. Some faint, leafy bitterness over some banana, wheat and other fruity esters. Bit earthy, metallic in the finish. Not very assertive. Medium bodied at best. Despite the initial high carbonation it feels a bit flat. Average D.W., nothing more.

Bottle: Amber coloured, almost clear, quickly diminishing fluffy off-white head; fruity (dark berries) and wheat-malty nose; moderate sweet-sourish flavour, medium bodied, quite soft MF; sweetish dark malty and dark-fruity finish. Not bad, reminds me a bit of a belgian Oud Bruin........