Tap at the brewpub. Deep copper bronze with a decent head. Subtle spice, clove & banana flavours, less so on the nose. Reasonalby structured if a bit short.

This baby brother to the doppelbock seems to pale in comparison. Pretty weak aroma of banana toffee, which strangely enough don’t really transfer through on tasting. Decent balance to the flavour with some tartness and bitterness. The palate is somewhat rough, with the alcohol too obvious and a bit rubbery in the finish.

Consumed too cold (on tap) but quality is still very evident. Darkish caramel with a thin head. Nose is surprising subdued, perhaps a victim of the serving temp. Much more happening in the mouth with sweet / earthy malts, stewed fruits and rhubarb. Shows good character.

<i>Draught at the brewpub.</i> Cloudy dark amber, rich head. Obvious banna aroma. Medium sweet with clean mouthfeel and notes of toffee. Cloves and marshmallows remains until the finish. Avoids the trap of getting too sweet that many dunkelweizens fall into.

<i>Tap at Redoak.</i> Massive clove and bubble gum aroma, with some oyster sauce in there, was really promising, but, perhaps unsurprisingly, it tastes way too phenolic. Plenty of garam marsala but not enough of that nice sweet wheat malt character. Maybe if they spread the yeast from this one amongst their entire range they’d be about right. I was expecting to really like this, because their regular hefeweizen is quite good, but it’s probably my least favourite Redoak.