Tröegs Dreamenator

Formerly brewed at Tröegs Brewing Company
Style: Dunkelweizen
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania USA

On tap at the KSBF ’06. Poured a darker orangish color with a smaller sized off white head. Aromas of grain, cereal, nuts, light caramel, and bananas. Tastes of cereal, caramel, nuts, and banans.

Poured a hazy, amber brown color with a small, off white head that left nice lacing on the glass. Aroma of banana, roast, nuts, caramel malts, and light clove. Taste of roasted malts, caramel, nuts, banana, and citrus, with a light hoppiness in the finish.

Draught samples at Kennett Fest, 10/7/06
Soft, muted copper-beige, medium clarity with a full beige head that fades steadily to cover, leaving light lacing.
Reserved nose shows dried apricots and lots of ’em. Just sort of a lightly tangy, mildly sweet sense, with some fleshy, slightly mineralic hints from the actual yeast. Light bananas, with a dusting of chocolate and very creamy, blanding wheat. Mild strength to the aroma, with no suggestion of alcohol. Typical clove/bubblegum, but less dominant here. Some sweet toffee and coffeecake-like malts are stretched VERY thin.
True to the aroma, the flavor is very mild. Almost no acidity throughout, with soft peachy/apricot notes, banana flavored wheatmeal and some chewy, light toffee sweetness upon warming. There is a touch of toasted malt astringency on the finish, but it is swallowed up on the very end, by the wheat blandness. Decidedly more amounts of fruitiness emerge with warming as well, complementing the toffee and turning it more dunkelweizen-like (it is just incredibly bland when too cold). Soft enough texture, with medium amounts of carbonation (slightly loose). Just not enough malt sweetness though, typical of many wheat beers. Should then think it quite drinkable (and it is to some extent), but the dryness, wateriness and extremely mild flavors prove difficult to remain interested in, even for someone who generally enjoys low gravity beers (though this is hardly low gravity).

KSBF 2006. Pours a lightly hazy copper amber with an average tan head. Aroma of wheat, cereal, grainy maltiness, some banana, yeast and a hint of clove. Flavor was very grainy, toasty, pretzel along with some of your banana.

On tap, Kennett Square Fest 2006. Pours a slightly cloudy medium brown colored body under a small beige head. Aroma was full of fruity esters, bananas most prominantly, along with some yeast, cloves, and toasted nutty malt. Flavor wise it sort of came across as almost weizenbock like. Nutty and toasted malt under a fruity yeasty slightly sweet middle. Finishes with a little yeasty spiciness and banana. Mouthfeel was medium bodied with moderate fizzy carbonation. Overall, an interesting beer, you can really taste the contribution from each beers influence.

On tap at Kennett. Hazy copper in color with a nice fluffy tan head. Malty grainy fruity aroma. Banana and clove notes. Grainy and toasty flavor. Banana caramell notes. Medium bodied. Finish is grainy. Nice.

On tap at KSBF ’06. Hazy light brown color with a small beige head. Aroma of cloves, banana and a bit of bubblegum. Flavor is toasted malt, caramel, banana and cloves. Reminded me more of the Dreamweaver than Troegenator. Either way it was quite drinkable.

On tap at KSBF ’06... Appears a hazy, dark brown with a small but fluffy, light tan head. It slowly fades out and leaves lots of streaky lacing all over the glass. Smell is of banana, toffee, clove, and yeasty spiciness that compliments the caramelized richness. Taste is of the same aromas though slightly better with a toasted oat flavor. Mouthfeel is tangy with wheat, along with a bit of funk flowing along the medium bodied brew.