Today's beer adventure: Bayern Brewing Face Plant Doppel Weizen (Montana, USA). 355ml bottle. 7.5% ABV. Served in a stemmed porter glass. Purchased at the SuperValu in the craft beer capital of Saskatchewan, Plentywood, Montana USA.The pour is dark brown with some red-amber highlights. Good clarity. Two fingers of off white head. Great retention. Low carbonation.
Aroma is sweet toasted malt, pumpernickel bread, some fruitiness. A little bit of alcohol on the nose as well..just slightly. Not much of the traditional "weizen" character..more bock-ish
The flavour makes up for the relative lack of weizen quality in the nose. Big toasted malt and some banana, floral and fruity esters from the yeast. Decent carbonation and very good mouthfeel. Short, somewhat bitter finish - just a little bit astringent?
Rating is 7.25 dogs. Interesting offering from Bayern. I had been looking forward to this for quite some time as I could never find it during my travels to the US, and to be honest, I was a bit underwhelmed. Was hoping for a little more weizen character in this one in addition to the big malty bock-y character. I am a HUGE fan of Bayern's Bakken Bock Doppelbock, and maybe was expecting to be wowed by this one equally, but wasn't.
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Brewer's website: http://www.bayernbrewery.com/beer/faceplant.htm
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