Beer Name: Ayinger Weizen-Bock (#6)
Style: Weizenbock (Wheat Bock)
Country: Germany
Size: 16.9 oz bottle
ABV: 7.1
From the book:
The weizen-bock style is relatively uncommon, even in Bavaria. This special style is a wheat beer that is purposely brewed to be as strong as a bock beer with corresponding fuller body and enhanced flavors. Ayinger Weizen-Bock is a unique pale ("helles") version of a Weizen Bock. Made from a grist of 60% wheat and 40% barley malt, Weizen-Bock gains a deep complexity from a blend of specialty malts and from decoction mashing. It is seasoned with Hallertau Tradition hops and fermented with the classic Ayinger weizen top-fermenting yeast. This bottle conditioned beer has a classic Bavarian weizen beer aroma, suggesting spice and cloves, with a smooth body that drinks fairly full with flavors turned up to balance the beer's strength. In the finish this classic beer's fruity yeast melds with warmth and suggestions of tropical fruit, cloves and banana.
So, I decided to take my first step out of my comfort zone, test the waters if you will. As the book mentions, a clove flavor is definitely present in this beer, a dominant flavor even. At first it was rather off-putting, but as I kept drinking I warmed up to it a bit more, an alright beer, definitely not the worst beer I have ever had, but I would not get it again.
4/10
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