Schottleweizen
Phillips Brewing & Malting Co.
- From:
- Phillips Brewing & Malting Co.
- British Columbia, Canada
- Style:
- Dunkelweizen
- ABV:
- 7.5%
- Score:
- 89
- Avg:
- 4.01 | pDev: 8.23%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 7
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Sep 06, 2016
- Added:
- Apr 13, 2014
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 4
SCORE
89
Very Good
89
Very Good
Adventures in wheat, saisonal yeast and darkness. This Schottleweizen is a seasonal release named in honour of Ben Schottle, the man whose pilot brews methodically trace the path from a seasonal brew idea to the bottle. Featuring a dark malt base and a generous dose of hops brought to life with Belgian-inspired saison yeast. It’s lively, moderately sweet, and a little bit unconventional—just like Ben.
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Reviewed by SleeveEye from Canada (AB)
4.55/5 rDev +13.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
4.55/5 rDev +13.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
A great beer, this beer can still be picked up in the Phillips Beer Advent Calendar. This beer has a very distinct taste the saison yeast is what keeps me wanting more, with a dark finish colour to it and a spicy saisonal taste at the end. The saison yeast puts this beer above most other Dunkelweizen's that I enjoy. It starts off sweet and ends with that little saison tingle in your mouth. Bam!
Sep 06, 2016
Reviewed by Trosevear from Canada (AB)
4.15/5 rDev +3.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4.15/5 rDev +3.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
L: Almost pitch black with a slight brown head to it.
S: Dark chocolate and weak coffee from Denny's or some other place haha
T: Tastes like weak coffee with a mocha coffee creamer in it, has a very slight bitterness front he hops in it.
F: light in body like it almost tastes like your not drinking anything but it has a nice after taste that lingers for a while.
O: Quite a nice beer, not to get scour aged by the colour, it has a great feel and doesn't taste like a heavy to it or even porter.
Jan 17, 2016S: Dark chocolate and weak coffee from Denny's or some other place haha
T: Tastes like weak coffee with a mocha coffee creamer in it, has a very slight bitterness front he hops in it.
F: light in body like it almost tastes like your not drinking anything but it has a nice after taste that lingers for a while.
O: Quite a nice beer, not to get scour aged by the colour, it has a great feel and doesn't taste like a heavy to it or even porter.
Reviewed by CalgaryFMC from Canada (AB)
4.08/5 rDev +1.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
4.08/5 rDev +1.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
650 ml bottle poured into a mug. A dark brown with reddish orange highlights and a fluffy towering five fingers of sudsy beige head. One wonders how both a weizen and a saison yeast can be used in the same brew ... Just mix the cultures together I suppose. If its a saison yeast alone used here, it cannot really be dubbed a weizen, for which the yeast used is the distinguishing characteristic (one can put wheat in a saison). Anyhow, I prattle. Shut up and drink up.
Smells like a dark weizen ... Sweet caramelized bananas (almost liqueur-like), mushed apples and pears (OK, fair enough, that recalls a saison), toffee-like and rather nutty caramel malts, hints of licorice and black pepper. Inviting.
Taste is classically a strong dunkelweizen. Big banana pudding flavor with the aforementioned cooked pears, a subtle roasted note, raisins, pepper berries, a little root cellar funk. Alright, this is indeed blending features of two styles, in a deft manner I might add. More orchard fruit and sweetish pepper spice than expected, but ample banana to keep it anchored in weizen territory. Moderate of body and carbonation, maybe slightly on the thick side. Smooth creamy mouthfeel. Alcohol is well-concealed. Finishes semi-dry, with a shredded wheat note, dark fruit (raisins, purple grapes), and vaguely grassy hops.
Whatever they did with the yeast here (must be a blend) works like a charm. The malts are also striking an excellent balance between dry wheat and sweeter caramel flavors. This is Phillips creativity when firing on all cylinders ... Unique character that skews away from this brewery's ale prototype (aggressively hopped, woody yeast). Delicious.
Mar 14, 2015Smells like a dark weizen ... Sweet caramelized bananas (almost liqueur-like), mushed apples and pears (OK, fair enough, that recalls a saison), toffee-like and rather nutty caramel malts, hints of licorice and black pepper. Inviting.
Taste is classically a strong dunkelweizen. Big banana pudding flavor with the aforementioned cooked pears, a subtle roasted note, raisins, pepper berries, a little root cellar funk. Alright, this is indeed blending features of two styles, in a deft manner I might add. More orchard fruit and sweetish pepper spice than expected, but ample banana to keep it anchored in weizen territory. Moderate of body and carbonation, maybe slightly on the thick side. Smooth creamy mouthfeel. Alcohol is well-concealed. Finishes semi-dry, with a shredded wheat note, dark fruit (raisins, purple grapes), and vaguely grassy hops.
Whatever they did with the yeast here (must be a blend) works like a charm. The malts are also striking an excellent balance between dry wheat and sweeter caramel flavors. This is Phillips creativity when firing on all cylinders ... Unique character that skews away from this brewery's ale prototype (aggressively hopped, woody yeast). Delicious.
Reviewed by leaddog from Canada (AB)
4/5 rDev -0.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4/5 rDev -0.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Appearance - Pours a dark mahogany brown with three fingers of dense, foamy beige head.
Smell - Belgian inspired yeast, banana esters, clove, dark fruit, wheat, musty earthy hops.
Taste - Potent yeast, banana esters and clove flavours, along with bready wheat and earthy hops.
Mouthfeel - Medium bodied with moderate carbonation.
Overall - A well crafted dunkelweizen from Phillips. The yeast strain is spot on for the style and all the flavours come together for a complementary flavour profile.
May 04, 2014Smell - Belgian inspired yeast, banana esters, clove, dark fruit, wheat, musty earthy hops.
Taste - Potent yeast, banana esters and clove flavours, along with bready wheat and earthy hops.
Mouthfeel - Medium bodied with moderate carbonation.
Overall - A well crafted dunkelweizen from Phillips. The yeast strain is spot on for the style and all the flavours come together for a complementary flavour profile.
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