Beer Project Brussels Grosse Bertha Hefeweizen at 7% ABV (€4.20 on Thalys, 330 ml, best before 1-Dec-2016)
Pours hazy pale straw with one finger of white head, good retention and lacing. (4/5) Nose is banana, clove, yeast, herbal and floral. (6/10) Taste is moderate sweet, mild bitter. (6/10) Light bodied, lively to moderate carbonation, semisweet moderate duration finish with a mild alcohol warming. (3/5)
Neither fish nor fowl – it’s got characteristics of both hefes and tripels, making it a little tough to characterise. More importantly, that tends to make it a little muddled: the banana and clove are of course pure hefeweizen, but structurally it’s a bit more like a tripel. The styles do tend to be somewhat complementary, though, so I guess it’s really not all that radical an experiment. (12/20)
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