Schell's Stag Series: Bananas Foster Weizenbock
August Schell Brewing Company

 

 

Poured 12oz bottle into Weizen glass. Copper color with clarity and a two finger off-white head with decent retention and great lacing. Sweet aroma, bready with hints of banana, cloves, light cinnamon, dark fruits, brown sugar, and caramel. The taste has some malt, sweet cinnamon bread. banana, plums, caramel, cloves, apple skin, and some nice subtle hop notes. The mouthfeel is thick and chewy with prickly carbonation and a creamy finish. Enjoyed it with the cinnamon twist.

Poured from a 12oz bottle into glass. Stamp on bottle neck is '082717 072687'.
Dark golden, cloudy body. Slightly off white head, settles to thin cap, lacing generally sheets back into the beer.
Aroma of fruit, spice, sweet wheat, and bread. Banana, cloves, slight cinnamon, and wheat breadiness.
Taste follows aroma, with sweet wheat malt, fruity banana, and spices of clove and cinnamon.
Medium, smooth, creamy mouth feel with some stickiness. Good carbonation.
Enjoyable aroma and taste, well done. "BREWED WITH CINNAMON" is on the label, although this spice is complimentary to the taste rather than being a strong component.

Got in a trade with The-Adjunct-Hippie. 12 ounce bottle into weizen glass, bottled on 8/27/2017. Pours moderately hazy golden orange/amber color with a 1-2 finger fairly dense and fluffy off white head with good retention, that reduces to a small cap that lingers. Nice spotty soapy lacing clings on the glass, with a good amount of streaming carbonation retaining the cap. Aromas of big banana, bubblegum, clove, cinnamon, nutmeg, pepper, pear, apple, caramel, brown sugar, toasted biscuit, herbal, grass, and yeast/toasted earthiness. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of fruit/spicy yeast, cinnamon, and dark/bready malt notes; with great strength. Taste of big banana, bubblegum, clove, cinnamon, nutmeg, pepper, pear, apple, caramel, brown sugar, toasted biscuit, herbal, grass, and yeast/toasted earthiness. Light herbal/grassy bitterness and yeast spiciness on the finish. Lingering notes of banana, bubblegum, clove, cinnamon, nutmeg, pepper, pear, apple, caramel, brown sugar, toasted biscuit, herbal, grass, and yeast/toasted earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Great complexity, robustness, and balance of fruit/spicy yeast, cinnamon, and dark/bready malt flavors; with a great malt/bitter/spiciness balance, and zero cloying flavors after the finish. Lightly increasing dryness from bitter/spiciness and carbonation. Medium-high carbonation and medium-plus body; with a very smooth, moderately creamy/bready/grainy, and lightly sticky balanced mouthfeel that is great. Zero warming alcohol for 8.14%. Overall this is an excellent spiced Weizenbock. All around great complexity, robustness, and balance of fruit/spicy yeast, cinnamon, and dark/bready malt flavors;very smooth and easy to drink for the ABV. Perfectly balanced between all flavors, with a really great authentic German yeast profile going on. A very enjoyable offering, and spot on style example.

 

 

 

 

Poured out a slightly hazy, golden amber color with a small, tan head of foam. It smelled of banana, cinnamon, and wheat. Nice banana, clove and cinnamon flavors with just enough sweet wheat for balance.