Great Lakes Glockenspiel Weizenbock

4-pack of bottles, one of which poured flat. Drink by 11/11. Pretty red/amber pour (not the color in the current RB pic), decent head. Banana aroma. Taste is actually lighter than I was expecting, perhaps a bit watery. Cocoa, plum, banana and a hint of anise. The 8% isn’t detectable.

Iced tea pour with a swirling sediment spellbinding appearance. Sweet, clean and strong on the olfactory. Oh my, a strong pikantus impact. Big wheat bock fer sure. Wew, wheat beer kick. Difficult and alkoholic at times. Some creamy carbonation but the finish is really just plain large get you dizzy!

Presentation: It was poured from a brown 12oz bottle into a Weizen glass. Appearance: The body has a deep old copper/amber color. It is very hazy and it produces a small creamy, light tan colored head on top. The head slowly fades down to a thin ring of foam that makes a little slice lacing on the glass. Smell: Its aroma has big full nose of fruity and bready yeast with notes of banana, clove, toffee and fruited liquor. Taste/Palate: To start with this beer has a nice mellow warmth throughout from its 8%abv. It has a big fruity yeast character and full bready malt with plenty of sweetness up front. It has notes of ripe banana, golden raison, sour cherry and just a hint of toffee, clove and leafy hops. The hops add some light bitterness to the back end. The finish is bone dry and the palate is very smooth with a solid medium to full body. Notes: This was a very enjoyable Weizenbock. Its alcohol was very noticeable at first but mellows as you drink and as it warms.

A - Deep reddish orange in color. Tan head falls to blanket coating. No lacing. S -Sweet malt, bananas, candied sugar, wheat. T -Sweet malt, some toffee, mild banana, spice. It has an alcohol bite on end. M/F -Active carbonation - a bit on the course side. Medium body. D - Certainly not a bad beer but it’s no Vitus.

Bottle thanks to bman1113vr. Hazy ruby orange pour with a quickly receding beige head. Aroma is caramel, pancakes, maple, toffee, esters and alcohol on the nose. Flavor is esters, toffee, maple. The nose is a good bit better than the taste to be honest.

Bottle thanks to Jsquire. Pours with an aptly described, hazy plum colored body (not like the one pictured), with a fading off-white head. Aroma is strongly alcoholic for 8% ABV, and is backed with banana, toffee, cotton candy, sweetness, vanilla and wheat notes. Lower residual sugars than I was expecting, with bananas and buckwheat pancake batter. Falls a bit flat on the taste compared to the awesome aroma. Bubbly, lively and creamy carbonation.

Bottle Pours out a golden amber topped with a tan head. Aroma was of belg yeast, spice, banana, and rich malts. Taste was more of the spice, some nutmeg and candy sweetness.

From trip to Westlake, Ohio. Sweet, alcohol smelling nose. Appearance is very nice brown color. Flavor is semi-sweet, complex. Palata: Smooth, a little fizzy. Not a bad beer, interesting taste. Great Lakes beers are pretty solid.