Ramstein Classic

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

I’m not sure , hoping I just have a bad bottle, but I didn’t like this wheat beer at all. Virtually no head . Very thin with a sweetish taste.

First thanks to wohlfs for this one. Muddy brown body with a very small light tan head. The aroma is very interesting. Nutty, roasted wheat, light chocolate. I amnot getting any esthers, banana, or clove. The flavor is roasted wheat, again quite nutty, the chocolate is much more pronounced in the flavor then the aroma. Roasted malts are reallt quite dominant and there is no banana or other typical wheat flavors going on. The body is medium a tad watery with some light acidty after the swallow. Very drinkable. This one may have been a touch past its prime.

2004 bottle from Maibockaddict, thanks again! Finally I get to try a god-damned beer from High Point. I’ve had my eyes on the Winter Wheat ever since I started rating 3 years ago. I decided to start with the classic, and it definitely didnt disappoint. Fantastic pour, and it’s very encouraging to see plenty of sediment at the bottom of the bottle. Caramel-brown-yellow body, with some deep orange and tan hues, quite muddy looking with a large light tan head. Huge malted wheat aroma, with spicy esters, lightly spicy tettnang hops and plenty of light coffee and roast. Flavor begins with light chocolate, licorice and light coffee. Peppery, natural carbonation seems a problem at first, but giving the beer time to breath eliminates this. Butterscotch (not diacetyl, but a good butterscotch flavor), caramel corn and wheat, with a light trace of hops on the finish. Medium body, slightly watery, yet it dosent hurt the flavor and makes it that much more drinkable. I think I drank this beer in under 2 minutes. A touch of astringency from the roast and wheat could be my only real complaints.

bottle from lmgraz1. Hazy chocolate brown pour with virtually no head. Looks like a glass of cola. Chocolate aroma, some roasted malt aroma, some grassiness too. According to the bottle, best if drinken by July, but they do not indicate what year. Acidic. Malty to start with a slight undertone of hop presence. Acid really takes over the middle, and the finish is a medly of roasted malt, chocolate and bitter hop. This is complex to finish, but the acidity in the beginning/middle is not to my liking.

Bottle. Pours a hazy dark chocolate color. Scant head formation and little lacing. Coffee and a touch of clove in aroma. Fairly tasty. Chocolate and coffee, sharp spice bite. A little thin on the palate, but overall fairly nice. Thanks Lou!!

Thanks to lmgraz1 for sending this one in a trade. bottle, pours a cloudy dark brown with little head or lacing. smooth malt flavors and true to the dunkel style. only drawback is its a little thin on the finish. overall a very good brew. thx again lou!

Sampled this at Andy’s Corner Bar, Bogota NJ. Lighter, good stuff than the Winter Wheat... able to be drank as session, seems pretty consistent stuff.

Malt extract nose with some dust, dark dark brown color, no head. Heavy sweet malt body, some wood in the middle and even smokey at times. Interesting but too heavy and sweet. Not sure what the intent is here stylistically speaking, but regardless of that it just doesn’t all come together very well. Decent though, and worth a shot.