Big frothy head atop this marvelous looking beer. Looks like golden roasted dusk shining inside the glass...hazy, amber hue reflecting my thirsty face. Mouthfeel is creamy, thick, bready. Taste had a lot going on: banana, wheat, slightly spiced (black pepper, anise), hints of licorice and over ripe apricot, banana bread, thick stale muffins. There was also a fairly strong dose of earthy elements here: grass, straw, mud huts along the Nile (well...it is from Pyramid Breweries after all). Overall, a unique and special beer. I thoroughly enjoyed it, but had to buy it twice to make sure. Probably designed more for those beer drinkers with discerning tastes.

Bottle: Poured a cloudy dirty yellow color weizen with a small off-white head with limited retention as well as lacing. Aroma of wheat malt is dominating with some light notes of banana and cloves. Taste is again dominated by some wheat malt with some light notes of banana and cloves ester also noticeable. Body is full with some very limited filtration and average carbonation with no discernable alcohol. Interesting take on the style but somewhat cloying at the end of the day.

Pours a dingy-hazy orange with little to no head. Grainy aromas dominate, with some hops and citrus (not american hop citrus though) in the background. Flavour is grainy, with some orange in the mid-palate, that is quickly taken over by a solid hop bitterness which dries the finish out. The mouthfeel is pretty thick and creamy, but not cloying. Overall, more of a IHA (India Hefe Ale) than what I’d call an Imp Hefe. I expected more banana-clove phenolics and less hops.

Pours a hazy orange/amber color with little to no head. Some carbonation though. Aroma is fresh peeled oranges and wheat. Flavor is more of the same. Citrus and wheat, although almost none of the weizen yeast flavors you usually get. No bananas, no bubblegum. Alcohol is well hidden. This is a nice beer. Would be good in the summer.

Sparse aroma. Pours a very nice cloudy orange, yeast floaties. Flavour is tangerine-like, suprisingly hoppy. Body is above average for style, thick. An enjoyable beer, but I’m mixed on whether this is really a weizen.