Wynkoop El Hefe Weizenbock

Brewed by Wynkoop Brewing Company
Style: Weizen Bock
Denver, Colorado USA

On tap at the Wynkoop Brewery 9/27/06 (fresh keg, still a fair amount of sediment). Brown muddy color. Nice, thick, lasting head. Aroma is really nice--good balance of banana and clove. Flavor is more of the same, but with caramel to balance the weiss flavors; a little tartness in the finish, most likely due to the newness of the brew and the yeast still in it. I’d love to taste this beer after it settles a bit.

On Tap at the Wynkoop Brewery, Denver 29/09/2005 Mid brown coloured with a very cloudy appearance. Citrus and banana fruit aroma and flavours. Some spice in a slightly dry finish.

On tap. Nice cinnamon aroma with hints of apple. Small head on top of a totally muddy beer. This beer is the most strange looking brew that I have ever had in a bar. It is not hazy, it is not even milky - it is beyond milky! Pleasant smoked flavor with lots of esters , licorice and caramel. Mouth feel is brutal - almost like melted milkshake. Large chunks of yeast in the glass proves that this is real beer. It takes some balls to serve a beer like this, as many people will be scared by the appearance.

St-Lawrence river water muddy brown appearance. The off-white head is rather big and lasting though. Marshmallow candied nose morphs into the doughy, banana flavoured yeastiness to procure cantaloupe and pear esters that feel highly juicy. Bandagey phenols reminds you it ain’t Aventinus, but rather a sweet and cakey version. Medium to full bodied, foamy and expanding carbonation, more tartness that I’d have expected and surprisingly astringent wheatiness that doesn’t pair very well with the not so well contained alcohol. Still, one of the better beers at Wynkoop.

Apparence d’un mélange de thé et de crème, pleinement nuageuse et parsemé de protéines en flottaison libre. Faible mousse partiellement adhérante et persistante. Arômes de blé, d’épices et de bananes jaunes. Saveurs phénoliques, doucement épicées, de bananes et de sucre résiduels. Corps d’épaisseur semi mince, texture sirupeuse, faible carbonatation. En fût à la brasserie, Septembre 2005.

Tap at brewery. Pours a cloudy mud-brown with nice lacing. Aroma is banana. Flavor is banana, clove, and a touch of bubblegum. Palate is too watery. Unsure of this one-- starts out good, but finishes like Sybil. Needs consistency.

Draught, Wynkoop, Denver. Head is mostly lasting. Body is muddy medium brown. Aroma is moderately malty (cookie, caramel), with notes of banana and vanilla. Flavor is heavily sweet, moderately acidic. Finish is moderately sweet, moderately acidic, lightly bitter. Full body, creamy/syrupy texture, lively carbonation. Weirrrd. I mean, I like Weizenbocks, but egad...this looks like chocolate milk (sludgey dirty brown) to start with, and although the aroma is certainly passable for the style, in the mouth it’s like...well...remember the awful 2004 Dark Lord bottles? The ones that had about a cup of yeast in them? This reminds me of that a bit...like drinking soup to some extent. This isn’t as thick, of course, but has that same wayyy too much yeast tactile sensation that almost makes my stomach heave. Not repulsive per se, just very disconcerting. Cloying type of sweetness.