Mammoth Floating Rock Hefeweizen

Brewed by Mammoth Brewing Company
Style: German Hefeweizen
Mammoth Lakes, California USA

Date: July 04, 2009
Mode: Draft
Source: Brewpub
Appearance: hazy yellow, fine white head
Aroma: sweet banana aroma, light clove
Overall: sweet banana dlavor, lots of clove, plenty of bitterness follows the clove
Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 6/10; Flavor: 6/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 12/20
Rating: 3.1/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: *4

Bomber from South Bay Drug. Hazy lemon color with very little white head. Aromas of grain and citrus. Banana as the glass approaches the lips. Not quite medium body with mild carbonation. Flavor is grain, mild banana, mild spice. Not spectacular, but likely refreshing on a hot day.

16th sample Stone Anniversary Fest XI. Pours cloudy yellow with a bright white head. Nose is light and wheaty. Overall this is a pretty damn nice hefe.

Bottle. Pale golden straw beer with a whitish head. Light lemon aroma with very light banana. Wheat and lemon flavor with some spice. Medium-light bodied. Easy drinking. Spice and wheat linger with some lemon and banana.

Huge sweet banana and clove aroma. Super cloudy yellowish color. The banana flavor looms supreme in this beer. Super fruity and creamy with a light refreshing lemon like finish. Lots of stuff left in this one... This is some good shit.

Draft at Brews in the Village; Nose of bananna and vanilla; cloudy amber with a huge yelloish head; flavor of banana and light caramel; one of my friends taved about it and said it tatsed like banana cream pie!

18-Aug-08 (22-oz bottle: Purchased 12-May-08 for $3.49 at Hi-Time Wine Cellars in Costa Mesa, CA) Bright orange in color and very hazy in the glass, but the whitish head pours very small, almost filmy, and settles to a thin ring, which is surprising given the loud rush of carbonation gasses when the cap was popped. The beer smells lemony and very cheesy immediately after pouring from the bottle, but soon tacks on bready and mildly dusty tones as well. Fortunately, the cheesiness blows off for the most part, that is, unless the glass is swirled. On the palate, the beer is fairly uniform from start to finish, presenting a pleasant weave of tart lemon, bready malts, sweet, perfectly ripe banana, and a touch of bubble gum. In terms of flavor balance, it’s perhaps a touch too lemony, but given how "big" the malt and wheat components seem to be on the palate, the tart citrus is necessary as the resulting acidity combined with the high carbonation makes this beer refreshing and lively on the palate. Otherwise, the medium body of the wheat and malt base might become heavy and dense on the palate after several sips. The stated 4.2% is rather shocking considering how "big" this beer feels without exhibiting overwhelming sweetness. Really, that’s quite impressive. A thick mud pie of sludgy sediment remains stuck to the bottom of the bottle. Overall, this is a pretty enjoyable wheat beer. Stylistically, it’s too citrusy and the base is a bit heavy, but it all works very nicely and I’ve had no problem downing the entire bomber. Recommended.

Smells like orangey wheat. Pretty cloudy. This was not good at all. Tangy with a sour lemon bite, nothing about this is good. All I can say based on the scores of others is that perhaps this bottle was tainted.