Waterloo Brewing Co. Spiced Dunkel Dunkelweizen at 6.1% ABV (C$3.46 at NLC Howley Estates, 473 ml, bottle date 28-Nov-2015, reviewed 3-Dec-2015)
Appearance: clear deep amber with a short, short-lived light tan head, no lacing. (3/5) Aroma: cinnamon, ginger, light vanilla. (4/10) Taste: moderate-high sweet, moderate bitter. (3/10) Palate: medium body, moderate carbonation, off-dry sticky and spicy finish. (2/5)
Not great. Actually, that’s overly generous: not good. Not even “good enough,” really. Aggressive spice and sweet don’t change the fact that this is at heart a very boring beer, but do succeed in making it a cloying, mouth-coating mess. You might call it more-ish, if only because the finish inclines one to drastic measures – like another sip. The only reason I’d rather have this than e.g. a Coors Lite is because I already had a half case of Coors and was looking for a change. And then only if I had some more Coors to take the taste out of my mouth. Do yourself a favour and avoid this. (8/20)
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