Weihenstephaner Vitus

Brewed by Bayerische Staatsbrauerei Weihenstephan
Style: Weizen Bock
Freising, Oberbayern, Germany

(500 ml bottle from <A HREF=http://www.ratebeer.com/Place/massachusetts/w target=blank>Julio’s Liquors) Pours cloudy pale yellow with some grayish tint. Tall off-white head. Actually looks more like a hefeweizen than a weizen bock. Aroma of banana, bubblegum and citrus. Mouthfeel smooth and medium-full. Flavor is good with quite a bit going on - notes of booze, citrus, wheat, caramel, banana and pepper. The booziness assured me it was not just a regular hefe! Not the richest weizen bock but still quite good.

On tap at Zeno’s Pub - State College, PA. Light fruit aroma. Mixed berry and passionfruit? A nip of bubblegum blows in. Pours a heavily clouded nectarine flesh. Soapy, lacing white bubbles above. Flavor bubbles some more light, indistinct fruit character. Subdued apple, rainier cherry and pecan pie syrup. Alcohol comes forth with bread-like yeast notes. Rather plain. Sugars are clean, too clean. Malt body really isn’t interesting enough. Pale tasting. A touch sweet and sticky. Alcohols are mildly complex (in apple), but maybe a bit too forward for 7.7% and this much sugar. Hops? Meh.

Cloudy golden colored brew. Fruity aroma, banana. Wheaty, sweet, spicy flavor. Some banana. Nice.

Bottle. Aromas of banana and wheat. Hazy golden color with a multi-finger head. Seems medium bodied with creamy carbonation. Flavor is banana, wheat and a touch of clove. Very pleasant; fits the hefe style. The extra bock ABV does not really interfere, though the heat becomes noticeable in the finish.

Bottled. Cloudy, straw colored. Huge, frothy white head as is typical for this style. Sweet aroma with prominent esters. Classic banana-like taste from said esters, mildly spicy with clove-like phenols. Über-classic example for a hefe-weizen (I don’t get a lot of bock from it as it is rather pale) A few notches below the best example of this style, i.e. Schneider Aventinus. Rather pleasant.

Pours a hazy golden-straw color with a big white head. Aroma is of spice, yeast, clove, and banana. Flavor is wheat and banana with a little spice in there as well. Bottle.

Coloração âmbar turva, com creme bege mediano. Boa Weizenbock! O teor alcoólico de 7,7% caiu muito bem no conjunto, deixando-a bem atrativa. Sugestão de cravo, fermento, banana e algo mais que não discerni. Agradável, drinkable, ótimo conjunto.

Cloudy pale yellow pour with frothy white head. Spicy yeasty aroma with cloves and banana. Gorgeous bready taste with caramel, ripe fruit, and cloves. Very smooth, creamy mouthfeel; another excellent wheat beer from this brewer.