Ramstein Classic

Brewed by High Point Brewing Company
Style: Dunkelweizen
Butler, New Jersey USA

Tap at Andy’s Corner Bar. It looks great, but it has no lacing whatsoever. It lacks viscocity almost as much as it lacks flavor. It’s got a nice bite and finishes clean, but it would be vastly improved by just a touch of malt. Very blah.

Tap at Barcade. Deep dark brown beer with a thick light brown head. Very nice nose of caramel, toasted wheat, and a touch of chocolate. Light banana, custard, and even a bit of sweet rye like spiciness. The flavour is less impressive though with a touch of wheaty flavour up front along with light chocolate and toast. The body is fairly thin for the style. A hint of banana flavour as well. Finishes crisp and a bit stout like with prominent roasty character. It’s decent, but nothing terribly special either.

Tap at Barcade: Light brown pour with a nice and stable tan head. The aroma is earthy, roasty caramel malt with some nutty character, and light clove notes. Nice body with dark malts in the flavor, a solid nutty earthyness, subtle almondly sweet hints and a nice roasty dryness in the finish. This was well crafted and enjoyable.

12 oz bottle courtesy Lou18. Dark amber colour with a mostly lasting fizzy and creamy off-white head. Aroma is like an English Toffee flavoured cappuccino, with banana, citrus, and chocolate notes. Banana, dry yeasty, and lightly acidic chocolate flavours. Light bodied, fizzy mouthfeel.

Growler (actually a plastic yeast jug) from the brewery. Ripe banana, clove and chocolate malt aroma. Hazy dark brown with nice big head. Ripe banana, clove and chocolate malt flavor. Very nice body - just a tad on the light side. A spectacular dunkelweizen. Truly nailed the style.

Dark brown with hints of a golden amber. Not much of a head and no lacing whatsoever. An extremely woody-smoked taste and aroma. Some might say too much, but that’s fairly typical of the style. Very little carbonation, but that’s also typical of a dark wheat. I’m not a wheat beer fan, but this one is well above average. Greg and his crew have been taking pride in what they brew for the past 10 years and it certainly shows in this fine Dunkelweisen. Oh, and the third goes down even smoother!

Pour from bottle with a compact bubbly head that quickly dissipates. Dark brown cloudly yeasty appearance. Aroma of banana, cloves and roast/coffee. Similar initial flavor followed by a slight grainy wheat hint but lacking malt support for a dunkelweizen, then a tart finish that borders on sour. Moderately thin mouthfeel.

Poured a dark hazy brown. Aroma was of malts and coffee. Flavor was to roasted almost burnt flavor didn’t enjoy it at all would have loved for some of the wheat to come out.