Portsmouth Dunkelweizen

Cloudy brown pour with a slight off-white head.. Aroma was sweet caramel malt with some sweet banana and clove up front. Flavor was a little harsh, banana and clove spice that really was too phenolic at points. Some definite peatiness, as identified by FlacoAlto, but really a bit muddled. An ultimately unsuccessful interpretation in my mind.

Extremely aggressively carbonated as a very soft pour nets me seven fingers of foamy, lightly browned head (including one above the rim of my glass) and some foam overflow on my desk. The beer is a dark plum color that shows a hazy, red amber color when held up to the light. The aroma has lots of clove, a touch of up front banana, a toasty malt character and a definite smokiness in the finish. The smokiness has overtones of burning plastic to it, though it never gets really out of hand and really reminds me of Peat smoked malt. Definitely interesting, certainly not bad, but I was not expecting the smoke.

The taste has a sweetness to it up front with some light clove notes, the smokiness then kicks in adding smoky flavors as well as phenolic notes that seem to be a little harsh at times. This has a rich maltiness to it up front that is quite nice (unfortunately this is quickly drowned out by the salty peat smoke). The peat smoke really lingers on in the palate too and interferes with subsequent sips; it is really hard to pull out any other flavors because of this.

A very interesting interpretation of a Dunkel Weizen. I think that beech-wood smoked malt would have been a better choice here as it would have melded better with the traditional Weizen flavors (indeed I have had good smoked Weizens in Bamberg before). Ultimately the Peat-smoked malt clashes with the rest of the beer, such that this really just doesn’t work for me. I do like the attempt though as it is an interesting try.

On tap at the brewpub. Murky, dirty brown with a small tan head. Wheat, caramel, bubblegum and light banana make for an interesting nose. Complex flavor too, all of the above plus an underlying spiciness and a whiff of smoke. Good stuff!

draft @ brewery - ordered up a pint of this right after i finished the sampler; hazy brown with foamy tan head; sweet aromas of candy malts, caramel, cloves; lovely soft texture and full body; a little smoke and bananas show up in the flavors; very nice; my fav of the portsmouth stop

On tap at Portsmouth Brewey served in a pint glass clear brown on color with nan off-white head. Aroma was a light banana and caramel malt. Flavor was caramel malt with a touch of yeast/bread and some cloves.

[bottle and draft] Cloudy amber color, very nice white foam. Very hazy. Strong banana aroma, with some mild clove. Flavors are tart and spicy, with some slight caramel malt sweetness. Full of great weizen yeast character in the finish. Spot-on for the style.

Way too many flavors for my liking. It seemed like too many flavors can be a bad thing or atleast to my liking.

Light amber in color with traditional wheat beer haze and a small white head. Aroma of banana,bubble gum, clove, mellow bready yeast, and wheat malt tang. Flavor is slightly sweet,wheat malt,banana,clove and spicy. Medium-full body for a wheat beer, feels great on the palate.