Beer pours an almost pure black color with a tan head with a nice lacing. The smell is is of coffee, clove, banana, and chocolate. The taste is the same as the smell, according to notes, it sticks to the tongue very well for a long lasting taste. It has a full bodied mouthfeel, and this one is definately a drinkable beer.

12 oz bottle 9/13/07: Deep brown w/ a thing, but lasting light beige head. The aroma was almost like a schwarzbier with a wheat twist. Wheat malt initially, but also lightly roasty and chocolate w a touch of clove yeast. Toasted malt shows up, but roast gets weaker as it warms. Wheat malt is the dominant flavor with a lightly roasted malt. Some tartness from both wheat and dark grains pops in and has a dry finish. Faint clove spice in and out as it may have aged out? A bit of a roasty aftertaste and well balance throughout. Medium body, medium CO2, smooth m/f. Nicely made beer and seems to be a good thirst quencher for a darker beer. I wish I had more!

<b>Date:</b> 03/04/2005<br /> <b>Mode:</b> Bottle<br /> <b>Source:</b> Tasting, RateBeer SE Gathering, 2005<br /> <br /> dark hazy brown, sweet banana aroma, nice light chocolate flavor, touch of sweet banana<br /> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /> <b>Date:</b> 06/18/2005<br /> <b>Score:</b> ii+ to iii+<br /> <br /> good chocolate covered banana aroma, rich chocolate flavor with perfect sweet banana balance, <br /> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /> <b>Date:</b> 07/18/2005<br /> <b>Mode:</b> bottle<br /> <b>Score:</b> iiii<br /> <br /> black with just a hint of ruby edges in a bright light, big creamy tan head drips beautiful lace down the glass, some sharp clove in the aroma with the rich chocolate and banana, huge creamy body, the most wonderful chocolate covered banana flavor you could imagine, lasts through to the finish with no sign of bitterness, only a hint of clove in the flavor<br /> <br /> <b>Aroma:</b> 7/10; <b>Appearance:</b> 8/10; <b>Flavor:</b> 8/10; <b>Palate:</b> 8/10; <b>Overall:</b> 17/20<br /> <b>Rating:</b> 4/5.0<br /><b>Score:</b> ***4<br /> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /> <i>The score was calculated based upon the notes and an old scoring system.</i><br />

Thanks to Hezron (I think) for this one. This was the most "weizen" dunkelweizen I think I’ve ever had. While definitely dark, with lots of roasted malt flavor coming through, this one had the pronounced banana/bubblegum flavor of a classic hefeweizen. I really appreciated the juxtaposition of the two aspects.

Very dark and thin bodied with tastes of spices, coffee, malt and a bunch of other stuff that I cant even begin to remember. Very strong alcoholic warming effect after the swallow.