Great Waters Janet Weiss Dunkel Wit

Sampled during ABR ’07 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Pours a dark caramel amber brew with a decent off-white head that has some good retention and lacing. Aroma of multi-grain malt with wheat, a touch of lemon zest, and some banana esters. Taste is medium bodied, light carbonation with flavors of sweet multigrain malt, some Belgian yeast, banana esters and a touch of chocolate. Finish is semi-sweet, smooth creamy with a sweet caramel and wheat aftertaste. Nice!

ABR 2007. White head on this one. Malty nose with plenty of wheat and faint spice. Body was a little watery but still some wheat and yeast.

On-tap at the brewpub: Apparently a mixed brew recipe of Belgian decent using German Dunkel dark, toasted wheat malt and Belgian yeast. Great color of clouded dark oranged caramel brown. Finger high head of soft, spongy, off-white foam sits for good length and laces out well in rings of spots and connections of said dots. Aroma is soft and highly doughy with some slight dry lemon cookie dough spice. Taste is bright and doughy big with dry caramel flavors and dull lemon and banana candy ascents. Farily crisp and round with great creamy caramel doughy characteristics to it. Finish hits real well with a bunch of smooth cocoa over the wheaty sweet center lasting for good length and asking for more to be had from its overall clean profile of goodness. Medium body, creamy, smooth, delightfully candyish, and toned in a nice flavor profile. Quite clean, almost buttery/doughy smooth as grows on you right quick with yummyness. A dream of great sessionable wonderment. A solid offering that perhaps I may be eeking out a little low in the overall score due its strange combination of brewing. Growlers of this will be needed however to see if an adjustment is required.

Whoa, wheat! Having never had a belgian white before, im no expert, but this had a LOT of wheat taste to it. Bit much for this guy. Nice amber hue to it, with just a kiss o the hops.