Milwaukee Ale House Chocolate Weiss

Brewed by Milwaukee Ale House
Style: Dunkelweizen
Milwaukee, Wisconsin USA

Murky, dirty black mud with some grayish tan sand on top. Cloves and chocolate bubblegum come out at first whiff with a touch of sweet cinnamon and chocolate angel food pound cake. Pepperish hints, though quite a reserved nose. Subtle, balanced flavor brings out decadent, naturally compounded cocoa morsels. Cloves and black pepper are coated by mild chocolate icing, and subtle cocoa powder over bananas gives an added surplus. Supportive carbonation drives home cinna-chocolate sticks dipped in tea-like iced mochas. Sweet, chocolaty English toffee patrols with portions of grinded mocha java beans. Medium-bodied and pleasantly balanced. Cloves come out and a mild lemon lactic acidity manifests in the finish, but the black patent, dark chocolate and flame-licked tootsie rolls lead in the end.

On tap @ the brewpub: Pours dark brown with a tan head. Aroma, chocolate, some wheat, roasted malts. Flavor, chocolate, some doughy wheat, some fruits and a roasted malt character. One of the better beers I had from them.

Sampled at the brewpub on 6/25/07: Pours a barely transparent dark amber mahogany with a thin, clingy-lacing off-white head. Aroma of lightly milk chocolatey malt and some banana and lemon citrus yeastiness. Body starts lightly bready and caramely sweet with some lemony tartness toward a doughy, German yeasty finish. A unique brew that could use a little less tartness, but otherwise enjoyable.

Dark brown body under a small foamy tan head. Chocolate candy aroma - tootsie roll and taffy. Not too candy-like, there is some choc. roast too. The flavor reminds me of a tangy porter with light bubblegum in the finish. A good acidic-tangy dark beer with some fruity notes. The light mouthfeel meshes well with the spritzy carbonation.

FIRST TRIAL: It’s hard to review this beer. It tasted slightly off, but in a way, I liked the off taste. The beer pours a nice deep black, with a short head that stuck around for a while. The aroma was roasted with a bit of bitter chocolate, and the flavor was similar. Very roasty, very dry, and a bit bitter. There was a bit of a buttery aftertaste though. The mouthfeel was nice and smooth though, so overall, it was an OK beer that happened to suit my palate nicely. I’d order it again, but I’m not going to rush back to have it again tomorrow.

Date: 06/25/2007
Mode: Draft
Source: Brewpub

solid dark brown, fine tan head, drippy lace, sweet cocolate and banana aroma, light wheat body is hidden by the chocolate, lots of sweet chocolate flavor, nice fruity banana character provides more sweetness for the chocolate, a touch of butterscotch is hidden in the sweetness, very light bitterness in the finish

Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 6/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 13/20
Rating: 3.2/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: *4

Murky brown. Smell of bananas, yeast, nuts, brown sugar, caramel and gram crackers. It smells like fresh banana nut bread. Taste of malt, nuts, yeast, banana nut bread, honey and brown sugar. I can’t smell or taste any chocolate in this.

Cloudy brown color with a moderate off-white head. Aromas of cocoa, light wheat, yeast and roasted malts and just a hint mint. This is a new twist on a weiss. For me this is a cocoa ale of some sort. Flavors of dark cocoa and roasted and toasted malts come to mind. There seems to be a slight wheat presence, but the roasted malts dominate. More like the New Glarus Black Wheat than a Chocolate Weiss, but still lacking much wheat character.