Ölbeat 128: Weihenstephaner Hefeweissbier Dunkel

Brewery: Bayerische Staatsbrauerei Weihenstephan
Country: Germany 
Style: Dunkelweizen
Abv: 5,3 %
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What about the beer?

Colour is murky brown with a two-finger thick white head. Aroma has sweet malts, plum, ripe bananas and spices. Taste begins with a sweet yeasty and hoppy sting. Fruity wheat malts and bananas take over with yeasty flavour on the side. Towards the end bitterness and sweet and sour fruits rise up. Aftertaste has sweetness, sour fruits and modest bitterness.

Extremely great Dunkelweizen. Wheat malts, fruity hops and yeast fit in the puzzle perfectly. Fruits get sweet, sour and bitter flavours that compliment each other. Once this traditional Bavarian brewery shows excellent brewing skill.

Ölbeat

Somehow I just can't get over the association of funk with German yeasty and fruity brews. So I'm just sorry to make you settle for this soul classic.

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Ölbeat 061: Ayinger Urweisse

Brewery: Brauerei Aying
Country: Germany
Style: Dunkelweizen
Abv: 5,8 %
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What about the beer?

Colour is hazy light brown with large creamy head. Aroma has sweet wheat malts, syrup and a sour citrus twist. Taste starts with hoppy sour bite. Sweet wheat malts bubble and kick in pretty fast. Orange and lemon flavours dance in the mouth with some sugary fruit sidekick. Near the finish we get yeasty and malty flavours. Aftertaste is fruity sweet and slightly alcoholic.

What we have here is a superb multi-flavoured beer: sweet and sour fruits combined with strong solid malts, not forgetting the presence of hops and yeast. Urweisse is a complex and very tasty brew, that gives the beer hedonist a rich and lasting experience.

Ölbeat

A beer that has this kind of brewing tradition behind it requires some ageless jazz for company. Something sour, something sweet, something like this:

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