Otto
Schneeeule Berlin

Pours a nice clear golden color with a nice head and lacing
Aroma has pleasant lemongrass and hop hints
Taste has well balanced lemongrass and hop flavors
A light bodied well carbonated crisp beer
A good Berliner Weisse

Pours a slightly cloudy, golden amber coloration with a medium, fluffy head that quickly fades to nothing and visible carbonation. Smell is dominated by elderberry, with some lactic acidity and light accents of estery fruit and meaty funk. Taste is an excellent balance of a distinct elderberry note, some fruity/spicy yeast esters of tart green apple, gooseberry and white pepper, a medium lactic acidity and just the merest hint of meaty, sweaty funk. Finishes quite dry with a medium tartness and some elderberry and hints of estery fruit lingering in the aftertaste. Smooth, efferbescent mouthfeel with a light/medium body and medium carbonation.

This is a great Berliner Weisse with a distinct elderberry presence and good tartness, being rounded out by some estery fruit/spice and just a hint of funk. Coming from Schneeeule and given the age of this, I was actually hoping for a bit more funk, which really is rather light here, but it does make up for that with that lovely elderberry note, nice estery notes and a great overall balance, as well as a rather nice, sparkling effervesent mouthfeel as well. Another great brew from the masters of the style.