Score
7.65
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Got in a trade with The-Adjunct-Hippie. 12 ounce bottle into weizen glass, best before 11/11/2017. Pours moderately hazy/cloudy golden yellow color with a 2-3 finger fairly dense and fuffy white head with fantastic retention, that reduces to a nice cap that lasts. Thick foamy lacing clings on the glass, with a good amount of streaming carbonation retaining the cap. Fantastic appearance. Aromas of big banana, bubblegum, clove, peppercorn, lemon, pear, apple, wheat, cracker, biscuit, herbal, grass, and yeast earthiness. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of fruity/spicy yeast, pale/wheat malt, and light-moderate earthy hop notes; with great strength. Taste of big banana, bubblegum, clove, peppercorn, lemon, pear, apple, wheat, cracker, biscuit, herbal, grass, and yeast earthiness. Light-moderate peppery yeast spiciness; light herbal/grassy bitterness, and wheat tang/tartness on the finish. Lingering notes of banana, bubblegum, clove, peppercorn, lemon, pear, apple, wheat, cracker, biscuit, herbal, grass, and yeast earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Fantastic complexity, robustness, and balance of fruity/spicy yeast, pale/wheat malt, and light-moderate earthy hop flavors; with an awesome malt/bitter/spiciness balance, and zero cloying/astringent flavors after the finish. Moderate increasing dryness from spiciness and carbonation. High carbonation and light-medium body; with a very smooth, moderately crisp, creamy/bready/grainy, and fairly sticky balanced mouthfeel that is great. Zero warming alcohol as expected of 4%. Overall this is a fantastic hefeweizen! All around outstanding complexity, robustness, and balance of fruity/spicy yeast, pale/wheat malt, and light-moderate earthy hop flavors; very smooth, crisp, and refreshing to drink. Outstanding well rounded German weizen yeast complexity. Probably the most banana heavy American made example I've ever had. A highly enjoyable offering, and spot on style example.
Bottle - pours gold white head - nose and taste of banana, coriander, and wheat malt - medium body
On tap at Glarner Stube in New Glarus. Hazy golden appearance with a white head. Aroma has white pepper, clove, lots of banana, and candy. Moderate high carbonation. Fairly dry. Very low bitterness. The flavor is in your face bubble gum, candy, vanilla, and banana. More aggressive flavors than Dancing Man. I tried it next to Dancing Man and preferred Dancing Man but this sure grows on me and is incredibly drinkable. Really solid but it is tough to justify buying this when Dancing Man is offered. Still, it is a 95th percentile American-made German Hefeweizen. HELL YEAH!
Bottle: Cloudy, golden-yellow with a tall white head. Bubblegum, banana, clove, wheat aroma. Taste is banana/lemon/orange....wheat malt. Absolutely solid.........a great one.
Bottle. Cloudy golden yellow color. Aroma of banana bubblegum. Taste is citrus, banana, light sourness. Tasty.
Bottle. Banana, orange, clove, wheat malt and clove aroma. Cloudy golden yellow with large fluffy white head. Moderately sweet banana, clove, wheat malt, and mildly bitter hay flavor. Good body and balance. Very good - seems to be some variation bottle to bottle. Like with Dancing Man, wish the malt flavor was more forward, would make this one of the best.