Presidio La Bahia
Goliad Brewing Company

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12oz bottle produced 5/1/18. Dark brown color. Yeast and banana smell. Light and airy feel. Tastes of banana and clove with a touch of chocolate malt flavor. An unusual combination of styles. Has the appearance of a heavier dark beer, but with a much lighter feel. Similar dynamic to a Vienna lager or black lager that are also surprisingly light/easy to drink despite the appearance.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Brownish black with a thin off-white head. Malty aroma. Moderately carbonated. Taste is smooth and mild. There is a vague banana-like flavor and a little spiciness, but also a sweet roasted-malt flavor not unlike a Shiner Bock. Interesting and pleasant to drink.

Great beer. Very interesting mix between a common Hefeweizen and a stout (almost). Quite dark and heavy, but really smooth finish. I enjoyed it a lot.

Interesting idea to be sure, I'm all for twists on classics so I was all ready to enjoy this one. It lacks any noticeable qualities of a hefe, if present they were easily overshadowed by the dark malty characteristics which weren't especially strong either. A shame too, I was hoping for a funky, sweet and spicy hefe complimented by some roasty malt flavors. To the extent that these flavors are present, they're very dim as apposed to bold and deep.

Look is a well filtered stout-like blackish-brown/red. Pretty inviting on first pour.

Smell is...well, boring. Malty (kinda) Carmelized banana would be a little too charitable.

Taste is, as specified above, underwellming.

Feel is an over-carbonated fizziness which further distracted my palate from tasting much of anything.

Overall not unenjoyable just a little of a let down for someone looking for bold flavors. Characteristic banana/clove flavors very hard to detect, malt is present but also mild. Not a bad beverage just rather unimpressive to my sensibilities which tend to need very bold flavors to be excited.