Bare Tree Weiss Wine Vintage 2007
Two Brothers Brewing Company + Tap House

750ml corked and caged bottle served in a tulip. Still quite a bit of carb off the pop. Pours a lovely caramel apple colored hue with a creamy, half inch, bright white head the slowly dissipates into a consistent cap the coalesces around the edges. Nose expresses some medicinal notes as well as a trace of candied fruit. Taste is a bit dull and past it's prime - some notes of cardboard, more medicinal notes and a hint of caramel and astringent fruit. Mouthfeel is light in body with a bright carbonation and a mild astringency. Overall, a few too many years in the cellar on this one. Not quite a drain pour but a 750ml is a bit too much to handle.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A- Cloudy orange/copper body, some off white head which dies out quickly.

S- Pear juice, yeast, a touch of vanilla.

T- Really sweet, a burst of juicy candy fruit sweetness. I think it would be best to compare this to lychee juice in a good way! It has a pear and slight green grape taste througout. In a way its sweetness is one dimensional, but in a totally tasty way.

M- Typical Wheatwine consistency, fluffy and full, lots of carbonation here.

D- If you like the flavor as much as I did you can really conquer this 750 ml bottle on your own, its that tasty. The alcohol was no where to be seen at this point in the aging process.

Opened this up for Hack's pre-FOBAB 2010 throwdown.
Review from notes...

Gentle pour into a wine glass gave it a slim cap of white foam. Not much lacing, though the head stayed for the duration of the glass. Bright clarity, deep saturated orange-gold.

Dried apricot nose, a tiny bit musty. Not offensive, but something seemed slightly odd about it. The fruit was pretty sweet, almost like canned peaches in syrup. Flavor was big on the fruit too, pear, apricot, with an overripe quality. Thankfully it wasn't cloying, and the finish was very clean and somewhat dry. Not much wheat or malt character, it seemed like a yeast driven flavor profile. Low carbonation, appropriate for an aged wheatwine. Medium bodied and not syrupy. The bottle was split 4 ways, which was about 6-8 oz. apiece, pretty much the ideal serving for this beer. It would be a hard one to tackle solo...

On trade from jwinship83. Thanks!

A- Transparent golden yellow in color. Small white head.

S- Hint of yeast, fruits.

T- Sweet ripe fruits up front, followed by tart and sourness over powering the flavors. Some light malt toastiness at the finish.

M- Light and thin, medium carbonation.

D- I was expecting a bareywine, hence the name on the bottle. I wish I had more to say about this beer, but it lacks complexity everywhere except appearance. This was a sour mess overall.

Picked up this bottle a long time ago at Famous Liquors in Lombard, IL. Had tried to bring this out at many different tastings, but never really got around to it. Finally busted it out over the weekend. Nothing great, but not exactly terrible either.

A: Pours a slightly-cloduy gold with touches of apricot coloring and a nice white head.

S: Nice amounts of fruit and a bit of crispness. Some light generic malt sweetness in the background.

T: Pear and light notes of stone fruits. Definite wheat character, taken a bit to the extreme by the style. Some cloying sweetness, but nothing really came along with it...really had to strain to pick out the various fruit notes.

M: Medium body with good carbonation.

D: Not too bad at all for the style, which isn't one of my favorites. All around, a pretty solid effort and it was worth trying.

Poured into a snifter on 11/30/09

A - Dense amber/orange color; cloudy & murky. Quite a bit of floating sediment. Poured a thin head that seems intent to stay that way. Ok retention without a lot of lace.

S - Extremely tart & sour nose. Way over-ripe fruits aren't particularly discernible. Maybe something along the lines of apricot, orange & tangerine. Wheat overtones with toasted bread buried in the back. Some booze in there. An acrid aroma along the lines of rotten tomatoes or tomato paste; very weird & rather gross. Not sure what the hell accounts for such a thing.

T - Thankfully, not as bloody potent as the nose. Wheat notes upfront that are prevalent throughout. Over-ripe fruit profile is less intense than the aroma implied, though there's still a tartness & sourness to it via orange & apricot. Toasted malt backdrop. Light residual hop bitterness.

M - Medium body. Carbonation is odd - on one hand it has ample carbonation without being zesty; on the other, it an underlying flatness that manifests toward the middle & finish. The flavors that linger on the finish aren't very pleasant.

D - Not enjoyable at all. It could be worse, I suppose. Maybe it would have done better while it was still fresh. I'll likely never know because I'd be hard pressed to give Bare Tree another shot.

750 received as part of the beating I received in the Fight Club Rnd 2 BIF... Czoch75 hit with dozens of bottle blows... I've been sitting on this since. Tonight it gets cracked as part of my continuing wallowing in poverty and an overflowing cellar... poured into my Delirium goblet.

2 finger head .... great lacing but no real cap and shoddy retention.. the brew is a beautiful golden.

Nose is so fruity.. lemon.. apricots... dried peaches... interesting but reminds me of a big Belgian pale.

Flavor has the same cornucopia of fruits punctuated by a bit of estery banana and some spicy phenols.. very much tastes like a lesser BSPA.. the body is on the thicker side.. and the carbonation is medium.. a bit of a smooth and somehow slick mouthfeel.. a bit sweet as I work toward the bottom of the glass.

I am digging this one, but it is a tad too sweet.. the alcohol is surprisingly well hidden.. I really think some hop bitterness and some well placed hop flavors could help balance the overall brew better.

Thanks again Clint.. a pretty interesting brew, but I think I had higher hopes.

4/3.5/3.5/4/3.5

A corked 750ml bottle. Appears a hazed golden yellow color with about an inch of fluffy off white foam. No lacing to speak of. Aromas and flavors consist of apricots, peach, caramel, lemon, wheat, apples, bananas, quite the fruit bowl here. A tad better than medium bodied with ample carbonation. Nice looking label as well.

Presentation: 750ml brown bottle, corked and caged...beautiful label, with some nice info about the beer...this is a 2007 vintage, drank 9-19-2009

Appearance: A strong pour produces a hazy vibrant orange beer, crowned with a big dense ivory cap which soon fades to a thick, persistent film

Smell: This is way more fruity than I expected...whatever hops were there originally have mellowed way out and the malts and fruity presence take center stage here...I'm especially getting tropical fruits here, as well as a bit of sweet, candy-like caramel malts...not what I was expecting from a barley/wheatwine, but quite pleasant nonetheless

Taste: WOW. Waaaay fruity. Lots of tart tropical fruit and lemon creme, some mild to moderate alcohol presence, a bit of dry cracker-like malts, and a light bitterness on the finish from the hops which grows somewhat as the beer warms. What's really surprising here is the intensity and the tartness of the fruit...I wonder if there's some type of wild yeast in here; the bottle says it's fermented with two yeast strains and is fruity, but I wasn't expecting this

Mouthfeel: Medium/heavy

Drinkability: Medium

Conclusion: This wheatwine really has some kinda crazy stuff going on...the fruity intensity and tartness are more evocative of a Belgian Pale Ale with a bit of funk in it...I wasn't ready for this, and it was kind of challenging for a few minutes, but it kind of grew on me throughout the night...definitely glad I got to try it, though I don't know how regularly I'd get it if it was regularly available

Thanks to Joey for sharing this at La Bella on 8-4-09.

From a 750ml bottle, 2007 vintage.

Poured a golden color with some tiny yeast chunks floating about. A half inch of foam topped the beer but exhibited little retention except for a ring around the glass.

I was looking forward to this beer from the description on the label, which claimed aromas of vanilla, oak, melon, apricots, etc. To my surprise the first thing I got in the aroma was green olives and a bit of spices. Sharp malt aromas, oak and clove. The olive aroma was really distracting and I had to concentrate to try and ignore it and smell past it. Later on the olive aroma settled down but still lingered in the background. A bit more citrus opened up with notes of banana as well.

The taste started out with an odd tartness and a phenolic/spicy middle and some wheat fruitiness in the end. Very yeasty flavor with some citrus notes and banana in the following sips. Near the end I could taste apple juice and oranges. Not too robust for a wheatwine. I expected something bolder and richer for the style.

Moderate carbonation, very effervescent but not prickly. A tad thin on the finish, not as viscous or heavy as I was expecting. Not a bad beer but the olive aroma and initial tartness in the flavor took me by surprise.

750 ml with a very awesome label poured into a Corsendonk Christmas Ale stemmed glass. No date besides the 2007.

A - Slightly hazy golden color with a bit of carbonation and a thinner foamy off-white head with good retention and a touch of lacing.

S - Complex aromas of yeast, fruity esters of apricots and pears, wheat, light malts, and spicy alcohol. Very fantastic smelling. Faint hop aromas of slight citrus and fruits.

T - Rich and delicate fruity flavors of white grape, pear, and apricot. A bit of citrus tartness and a tiny alcohol spice. Caramel malts are present but sit behind a strong wheat flavor.

M - Effervescent on the tongue but fairy smooth and creamy going down.

D - As a different barley wine, its fantastic. A good fruitiness compliments the wheaty grist very well and contributes to this beer's fantastic drinkability.

A- Pours a hazy golden amber with a two finger thick off white head.

S- Apricots, pears, sweet malts, a touch of spice.

T- Pears, apricots, lemon citrus twist, light malt sweetness, a touch of spice and a hint of warming alcohol.

M- A bit thin but to be honest I have little experience with the style. Medium carbonation.

D- This stuff goes down killer easy for how high the abv is. I have to say this stuff tastes A LOT like Weihenstephaner Hefe which is one of my favorite wheat beers. As the beer warms there are some funny background notes that come out of sweetness and spiciness. It made it a one glass for the evening beer for me.