Additional notes 05/27/17

My kind of beer. 8.7%, 22 oz serving, 34 IBUs and an OG of 1.084.

Golden orange pour with a wispy, medium density white head. Big ‘ole yeasty, malty nose, even at a low temperature.

Carbonation is lively, and enough to get your attention, but not overt.

Some surprising, upfront, almost grapefruit like bitterness that I wasn’t expect, but it’s ALL noble in nature. Highly drinkable, the light acidic bitterness continues and then rounds at the back end with a real grapefruit note and some touches of alcohol.

I was expecting this to be more viscous but it isn’t. Never syrupy, it touches that territory light a couple of times, but always ultimately pulls back. More grapefruit notes in the finish and the linger.

Some clove, some banana, but for me these are NOT the dominating factors. Surprising? Sure, but for me it’s a sweet grapefruit that continues to dominate. In that regards this is a little atypical in the Weizen genre, but nevermind, I like it. ‘Bavarian-Styled’? Not too sure if there are many beers like this in Bavaria!

Highly drinkable, highly delicious.

Original Notes 03/10/11

$3.99 for the 22 oz bottle which itself suggests that this might be a good value beer. Typical numbers for the Lagunitas series of bombers.

Murky, honey colored pour with a semi-decent head.

The nose and the tastes give up some of the banana notes that one might expect, but you have to concentrate a little to detect them. They are not as strong as many others beers in the style. The murky appearance of the beer is replicated in the mouthfeel which is syrupy and viscous. Not really a huge problem since a beer of this style and with this alcohol content should certainly be in that realm, but it gets a little unrelenting toward the end of the bottle, and it drags the beer down a bit.

O.G. 1.084, 34.20 IBU

2017 label pictured below.