 xnoxhatex (1305), Grand Rapids/Chicago, Michigan, USA
| 3.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 |
May 7, 2008 Latest batch (’08?) on cask at the map room, chicago. Hazy red amber with medium to large, creamy beige, sustaining head that eventually settles to a nice pancake. Aroma is very fresh malt, yeast and spice with subtle banana and biscuit, also light caramel but mostly yeast all around. Yeast, spice, and sweet malt very much overwhelm the flavor of this very much Belgian inspired wheatwine, obvious wheat and english biscuit notes come out as well, with banana and buttered popcorn rounding it out with a tad bit alc thrown in there as well. Body is nice and creamy but a little too thin (med-thin) with a little chalkiness that I might just be getting from the wheat/biscuit. I seem to be remembering this beer as being better because right now all it tastes like is a very young, imperial version of their wit.
jcwattsrugger (5581), Florida and, New Jersey, USA
| 3.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 13/20 |
May 4, 2008 06–750ml bottle @Vero Beach Throwdown-pours a thin white head and amber/copper color. Aroma is floral, spicy, wheat/light malt. Taste is floral, spicy, sweet, wheat/light malt, some alcohol. Occasional. Thanks for sharing jayg.
gunsho (134), Louisville, Kentucky, USA
| 3.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 5/10 | 4/5 | 6/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 |
May 3, 2008 pours cloudy and rusted
foamy with a soft peak head
oatsy, soft citrus, caramel and vanilla
so drinkable it makes me nervous
on the beer engine, the map room
chicago, illinois
jsquire (2123), St. Marys, Ohio, USA
| 3.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 |
May 3, 2008 2003 -- Cloudy golden color with a huge faomy off white head. Very aggresive carbonation. Nose of yeast with some tangerine and apricot notes. Surprisingly tangy beer given the description. Orange peel, with some spice and pepper. Mostly dough with something sour in there.
georgekappus (296), Brookfield, Connecticut, USA
| 3.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 3/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 |
Apr 25, 2008 Bottle. Pours a deep amber with a thick fluffy off white head with some sediment. The aroma was very wheaty. Tasted wheaty, some oakiness, with a strong alcohol undertone. It was like a strong weiss beer. It was smooth albeit slightly fizzy.
Walt (2289), Chicago, Illinois, USA
| 3.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 4/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 16/20 |
Apr 24, 2008 2006: Pour is hazed honey and orangey amber with a dense off white head...smell is lightly toasty and sweet with molasses and toffee...taste is sweet, but has a strange cardboard quality to it...faint bitterness too...nice mouthfeel, but a strange sweetness that I can’t say is too pleasant...
MI2CA (1266), Noblesville, Indiana, USA
| 3.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 17/20 |
Apr 23, 2008 750ml - 2005 vintage bought last week from local store - Aroma is yeasty with alcohol, lemon zest and honey. Pours transparent copper with lots of bubbles floating up, a small continuous head and great lacing. Flavor is spicy yeast, lemon zest sourness, straw, wheat and honey sweetness. Alcohol is well hidden. Palate is sticky and dry. A pretty tasty brew. I really like how the sweet and sour compete.
Headbanger (1601), Aurora, Illinois, USA
| 3.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 3/5 | 8/10 | 3/5 | 15/20 |
Apr 11, 2008 Updated: Feb 1, 2009750ml bottle (’05 Vintage)-Pours a ruby red with a small covering for a head. Aroma of belgian yeast, malt, and sweetness. Taste of malt, sweetness, alcohol, and a bit of sourness. A medium bodied brew that I think is not as good as previous years but it may be because this one was cellared the longest. Still a good tasting brew.
750 ml bottle (’06 Vintage) 1/26/09)-Pours a ruby red with a nice big off white head and a bunch of floaties stuck in time. Aroma of belgian yeast, candied sugars, malt, sweetness, and some caramel. Taste of the same with some slight alcohol coming in on the end. This full bodied brew is tasty every year I have it. Can’t wait till ’07. 8/3/8/3/14
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