Name: Bavarian-Styled Doppel Weizen
Style: Weizenbock
ABV (%): 9.00
Brewery: Lagunitas Brewing Company
Thank you, Scott, for another fine beer! Poured from a 1 pt. 6 oz. bottle into a freezer-chilled pint glass. Then sampled by my wife before I even had a chance to taste it myself. UGH!!!
I was sad to see that this had absolutely no head retention, though admittedly it could be because you don’t pour this style of beer into an American pint glass. Lesson learned. The color is light, dirty, with a little bit of caramel tinge.
It truly smells like a hefe. Banana at the forefront. Fairly wheaty, too. Sweet and savory in my nose.
Super thick on the tongue. Just like the nose, there is an abundance of banana. Clove, too. Tangy, sweet, almost syrupy. Not lightly flavored and wheaty like the American hefes usually are.
While thick in flavor, this beer is not too thick in the mouth like a strong ale. It’s easy going down. Rich with a slightly bigger aftertaste.
Overall, this is a fantastic beer. Lagunitas usually spits out solid IPAs, while lacking in other styles. This is easily my favorite Lagunitas beer thus far, and it makes me much less hesitant to experiment with their beers some more.
Look: 6
Smell: 7
Taste: 9
Feel: 9
Overall: 8
Grade: A-
