JosephsBrau Dunkelweizen

Brewed by Gordon Biersch Brewing Company
Style: Dunkelweizen
Palo Alto, California USA

12 ounce bottle from Trader Joe’s in Short Pump/Glen Allen, Virginia. Pours a murky reddish brown color with a medium creamy head, low retention and poor lacing. Big wehat and banana aromas hit you as soon as the cap comes off. Also notes of clove and stone fruits. Taste is wheat, banana, clove and stone fruits, much like the aroma. Active carbonation, smooth and full bodied. Pretty nice beer for $6 a six pack.

Pours hazy amber brown with a big tan head. Aroma is banana and maybe a little vanilla like aroma. Taste is spicy malted wheat with banana and clove in there. Very good.

I wasn’t sure about this beer when I picked it up @ trader joe’s, but to my surprise it exceeded my expectations. I normally get dunkelweisen on tap at this brewpub 12 miles from my house, but this beer did the trick. Its definitely worth a taste. -The Mayor

<b>11-Apr-08</b> <i>(12-oz bottle: Purchased 29-Dec-07 for $0.84 from Trader Joe’s in Pacific Beach, CA)</i> The Trader Joe’s beers are surprisingly tasty, and this Dunkelweizen is no exception. Aromas of sweet, over-ripe bananas, clovey spice, toast, and bread dough. On the palate, dry, toasty wheat gives way to assertive spiciness and sweet, ripe banana in the evolution, finishing with a more balanced flavor of banana bread and the yeasty flavor of raw dough. Full-bodied, an almost starchy mouthfeel, but with enough spiciness to give some life to the potentially heavy palate. Finely textured carbonation is moderately strong but very soft. A full inch of creamy, light-tan head forms atop the cloudy, amber-brown, but retention is excellent, settling to and holding a quarter-inch foam stand. Unfortunately, what could be a perfect appearance is marred by the complete lack of lacing on the glass since the foam just slides right down the glass. It could be said that this beer shows no subtlety as the flavors and aromas are bold and gregarious on the senses, but it’s a very tasty and enjoyable Dunkelweizen. And given how inexpensive it is, it’s a fantastic bargain.

Bottle. Hazy dark amber with a frothy tan head. Nice aroma is smoked malts with tart wheat. Medium body. A sweet, smoky flavor tastes like camp fire marshmellows, with sweet brown sugar and some tart wheat flavors in the background. Not too bad.

(Vegas 2008) Cloudy brown. Lots of yeast. Wheat and banana aroma. A decent palate, with sweet flavors of wheat, banana, and light citrus. Good.

Date: 07/03/2008
Mode: Bottle
Source: Ale Atlanta

Appearance: muddy brown, fine beige head,
Aroma: huge sweet banana aroma with a touch of spicy clove,
Flavor: rich malt flavor, good mix of chocolate and banana, light balancing bitterness,

Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 6/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 13/20
Rating: 3.3/5.0
Drinkability: 8/10
Score: **+/4

Some cloves and a lot of bananas in the aroma. This is pretty good. Smooth, not a lot of bananas in the flavor. Mostly just smooth drinking.