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Weizenbock
Olde Hickory Brewery
- From:
- Olde Hickory Brewery
- North Carolina, United States
- Style:
- Weizenbock
- ABV:
- 8%
- Score:
- 84
- Avg:
- 3.66 | pDev: 13.11%
- Reviews:
- 21
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Jul 21, 2018
- Added:
- Mar 02, 2007
- Wants:
- 1
- Gots:
- 3
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Reviewed by hman43 from North Carolina
3.64/5 rDev -0.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
3.64/5 rDev -0.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
Look: It pours cooper with a tan head. It has low head retention.
Smell: It has aromas of dark fruits, plums, malty rich elements, some wheat, bread, some caramel, alcohol, bananas and spices.
Taste: The caramel is the first thing in the taste with wheat, bread, plums, a hint of banana and some spices. There is a slight hint of alcohol in the taste.
Feel: It has a full body with some bitterness and alcohol warming.
Overall, it is balanced towards the malts with the fruit flavors providing a solid background. The flavors are tilted towards the caramel.
Apr 01, 2017Smell: It has aromas of dark fruits, plums, malty rich elements, some wheat, bread, some caramel, alcohol, bananas and spices.
Taste: The caramel is the first thing in the taste with wheat, bread, plums, a hint of banana and some spices. There is a slight hint of alcohol in the taste.
Feel: It has a full body with some bitterness and alcohol warming.
Overall, it is balanced towards the malts with the fruit flavors providing a solid background. The flavors are tilted towards the caramel.
Reviewed by Ohiovania from Ohio
4.29/5 rDev +17.2%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
4.29/5 rDev +17.2%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
Very nice. Wish it had some of that dark fruit sweetness you find in some but great banana with nice subtle clove. Appearance is spot on and aroma follows very closely to taste.
Jun 01, 2016Reviewed by dbrauneis from North Carolina
3.77/5 rDev +3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.77/5 rDev +3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
A: Pours a relatively clear reddish copper in color with moderate amounts of active visible carbonation rising from the bottom of the glass and moderate brassy + ruby red highlights. The beer has a finger tall sudsy foamy beige head that fairly quickly reduces to a large patch of mottled medium thick film covering the majority of the surface of the beer with a thin ring at the edges of the glass.
S: Moderate aromas of bready and toasted malts with moderate aromas of banana + light aromas of clove/spices. Light aromas of caramel sweetness and a hint of booziness.
T: Upfront there is a slightly stronger than moderate flavors of bready + toasted malts, wheat malts, and light caramel sweetness. There is a light flavor of light fruit (green apple) yeastiness along with moderate flavors of banana and a light flavor of clove/spices. Light amounts of booziness and bitterness in the finish which do not linger.
M: Slightly heavier than medium bodied with moderate amounts of carbonation. Smooth with a light amount of warming in the finish.
O: Enjoyable and interesting, a little more boozy than I expected (more like a Wheatwine) and a little more banana ester than I expected. Easy to drink for the strength.
Apr 22, 2016S: Moderate aromas of bready and toasted malts with moderate aromas of banana + light aromas of clove/spices. Light aromas of caramel sweetness and a hint of booziness.
T: Upfront there is a slightly stronger than moderate flavors of bready + toasted malts, wheat malts, and light caramel sweetness. There is a light flavor of light fruit (green apple) yeastiness along with moderate flavors of banana and a light flavor of clove/spices. Light amounts of booziness and bitterness in the finish which do not linger.
M: Slightly heavier than medium bodied with moderate amounts of carbonation. Smooth with a light amount of warming in the finish.
O: Enjoyable and interesting, a little more boozy than I expected (more like a Wheatwine) and a little more banana ester than I expected. Easy to drink for the strength.
Reviewed by Immortale25 from North Carolina
4.21/5 rDev +15%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
4.21/5 rDev +15%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
Poured into a Dogfish traditional oversized snifter. Label says Bottling Date: 02/22/16.
A- Pours a reddish dark amber color with a 1/4 inch light tan head that retains a bit before becoming a thick ring around the edge of the glass and a cobweb pattern of surface foam. Minimal lacing.
S- Fruity esters from the yeast produce notes of banana, tea and a bit of bubble gum.
T- Even more banana than in the aroma with the ABV being hidden so well. Plenty of spice characteristic with a nice toasty malt backing.
M- Slightly sharp from the spice with medium carbonation and a body leaning toward the fuller side.
O- A very estery example of the style but very tasty if you like that banana/bubble gum forward yeast character.
Apr 19, 2016A- Pours a reddish dark amber color with a 1/4 inch light tan head that retains a bit before becoming a thick ring around the edge of the glass and a cobweb pattern of surface foam. Minimal lacing.
S- Fruity esters from the yeast produce notes of banana, tea and a bit of bubble gum.
T- Even more banana than in the aroma with the ABV being hidden so well. Plenty of spice characteristic with a nice toasty malt backing.
M- Slightly sharp from the spice with medium carbonation and a body leaning toward the fuller side.
O- A very estery example of the style but very tasty if you like that banana/bubble gum forward yeast character.
Reviewed by akorsak from Pennsylvania
3.8/5 rDev +3.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.8/5 rDev +3.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
After the disaster of Sex Viking, I turned to a stronger weizenbock to console me. A bomber from Appalachian. Not barrel-aged or vintaged but it is curiously wax-capped. A lighter remedied the wax enough to open.
A: A golden brown color, barely translucent, has an off-white head that leaves plenty of lace - good legs.
S: Clove, caramel, light wheat and bubblegum - a delicious full boozy nose that betrays the strength of the beer.
T: Boozy and strong - fortified for a winter night I suppose. That booziness overruns most of the weizenbock's flavor - the clove and bubblegum lack the oomph that they should have. The wheat's tartness is light, barely noticeable. The ale isn't all booze, the combination of yeast and darker malts provides plenty of flavor but it can't stand up to the booze. Paradoxically getting stronger, the ale garners a wheatwine booziness (heat and wheat) in the finish.
M: Very unusual with the alcohol dominating all aspects. The wheatwine finish is a nice touch - a flourish of sweet wheat and alcohol. I still don't think that the wax is needed.
Sep 02, 2012A: A golden brown color, barely translucent, has an off-white head that leaves plenty of lace - good legs.
S: Clove, caramel, light wheat and bubblegum - a delicious full boozy nose that betrays the strength of the beer.
T: Boozy and strong - fortified for a winter night I suppose. That booziness overruns most of the weizenbock's flavor - the clove and bubblegum lack the oomph that they should have. The wheat's tartness is light, barely noticeable. The ale isn't all booze, the combination of yeast and darker malts provides plenty of flavor but it can't stand up to the booze. Paradoxically getting stronger, the ale garners a wheatwine booziness (heat and wheat) in the finish.
M: Very unusual with the alcohol dominating all aspects. The wheatwine finish is a nice touch - a flourish of sweet wheat and alcohol. I still don't think that the wax is needed.
Reviewed by Jason from Massachusetts
3.5/5 rDev -4.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.5/5 rDev -4.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
22oz brown bomber with no freshness date.
LOOK: Clear brassy hue, slow bubbles, decent head
SMELL: Malt sweetness, peach, peppery alcohol, bready
TASTE: Creamy full-ish body, sweet, toasted bread, spicy alcohol, grainy, bread crust, husky, modest hopping, drying finish
First sip was a bit of a shock, the alcohol does come across a bit more in my face than expected ... almost hot. Ends up being a pretty well balance brew after a few sips. A good stab at the style just to come running at this beer, ease in with a few sips.
Jul 12, 2012LOOK: Clear brassy hue, slow bubbles, decent head
SMELL: Malt sweetness, peach, peppery alcohol, bready
TASTE: Creamy full-ish body, sweet, toasted bread, spicy alcohol, grainy, bread crust, husky, modest hopping, drying finish
First sip was a bit of a shock, the alcohol does come across a bit more in my face than expected ... almost hot. Ends up being a pretty well balance brew after a few sips. A good stab at the style just to come running at this beer, ease in with a few sips.
Reviewed by tdm168 from Pennsylvania
3.16/5 rDev -13.7%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 4 | overall: 3
3.16/5 rDev -13.7%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 4 | overall: 3
A - dark copper with an orangish hue. There's a thin layer of loose, bubbly head that has little retention.
S - banana, very faint spices
T - bitter, cereal grains, bran flakes, banana, sweet fruit, alcohol, very faint spiciness
M - warm, smooth, crisp, well carbonated
This is an almost good beer. It's intensely grainy and taste much like Wheaties. The yeast does a good job imparting some fruity esters but they don't overcome the grainy and alcoholic components that overpower here. It's also much more bitter than I had expected. It's ultimately drinkable and not an overall bad beer but for this style I would look elsewhere.
Jun 16, 2012S - banana, very faint spices
T - bitter, cereal grains, bran flakes, banana, sweet fruit, alcohol, very faint spiciness
M - warm, smooth, crisp, well carbonated
This is an almost good beer. It's intensely grainy and taste much like Wheaties. The yeast does a good job imparting some fruity esters but they don't overcome the grainy and alcoholic components that overpower here. It's also much more bitter than I had expected. It's ultimately drinkable and not an overall bad beer but for this style I would look elsewhere.
Reviewed by corby112 from Pennsylvania
2.58/5 rDev -29.5%
look: 3 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.5
2.58/5 rDev -29.5%
look: 3 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.5
Pours a cloudy golden orange color with a half finger white head that quickly settles into a lasting ring. Spotty lacing left behind.
Earthy hop aroma with hints of grassy soil and zesty spice. Peppery with some light citrus. Not much malt or yeast character.
Medium bodied with crisp carbonation and zesty spice. Much hoppier than expected with some earthy, grassy flavor along with some pepper, coriander and citrus. Some bready yeast but faint. Not much else going on. Bland and too bitter for the style.
May 17, 2012Earthy hop aroma with hints of grassy soil and zesty spice. Peppery with some light citrus. Not much malt or yeast character.
Medium bodied with crisp carbonation and zesty spice. Much hoppier than expected with some earthy, grassy flavor along with some pepper, coriander and citrus. Some bready yeast but faint. Not much else going on. Bland and too bitter for the style.
Weizenbock from Olde Hickory Brewery
Beer rating:
84 out of
100 with
43 ratings
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