12 oz single from Hop City, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Interesting to say the least.
I didn’t bother to read the label in detail before I bought this so I just assumed it would be another, spiced Christmas Ale. That’s OK, since I really enjoy that type of beer, so imagine my surprise when I started to drink the beer and then read the reviews on BA.
Appearance is a lovely, tawny, clear brew with a decent head that has some lace and retention. The nose and tastes reveal what I thought were initially a cherry-like essence but when I started to read the reviews the peach dd start to make more sense.
The interesting thing about the beer is that it build to a malty, lightly bitter finish and it has some fairly serious biscuit like malts in the finish. The ending is almost, almost, English ESB-like. Tasty.
Very pleasing to drink despite the odd combination and somewhat strange flavors; a classic example of a beer where the sum of parts seems greater than the individual pieces taken alone. As for being a Dunkelweizen – I don’t think so!