Emmer
Camba Bavaria

Pours a slightly cloudy, deep golden amber coloration with a medium, fluffy head and visible carbonation. Smells of bready, slightly grainy malt and grassy hops, with hints of fruity esters also coming through. Taste is an excellent balance of bready, grainy, slightly caramelly malt and grassy, slightly floral and spicy hops, as well as some fruity and spicy esters, with hints of banana and clove, and a very mild tartness also coming through in the aftertaste. Finishes with a very light bitterness and tartness, as well as some grainy malt, grassy hops and fruity esters lingering in the aftertaste,

This reminds me a little bit of a Hefeweizen with its estery notes of banana and clove, but feels a bit lighter in body and more malt-forward, as well as bit spicier, with the merest hint of tartness in the aftertaste. I like the spiciness here, which kinda reminds me of the kind of spiciness you get from rye malt, but is also clearly due to esters, with the clove really standing out here. There really is a great balance to this, feeling rather light and easy-drinking, yet with a certain richness due to those malty and spicy notes, which are balanced very nicely against some soft hops. I rather enjoyed this, actually, and wish that it wasn't a style that's utterly dead.