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Brewer's Share Vendell's Veizen (Weizen Bock)
Full Sail Brewing Company
- From:
- Full Sail Brewing Company
- Oregon, United States
- Style:
- Weizenbock
- ABV:
- 7.2%
- Score:
- 81
- Avg:
- 3.53 | pDev: 11.9%
- Reviews:
- 32
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Nov 03, 2016
- Added:
- Jan 09, 2013
- Wants:
- 1
- Gots:
- 1
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Reviewed by stevoj from Idaho
3/5 rDev -15%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
3/5 rDev -15%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
Very malty aroma, clear amber in color with small silky head. This is one of my favorite German styles, but I find the American varieties lacking. This is decent but doesn’t have the alcohol kick or smooth flavor of Bavaria.
Nov 03, 2016Reviewed by pat61 from Minnesota
4/5 rDev +13.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4/5 rDev +13.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
I drank this in a weizen glass from a 22 oz bomber on the day I bought it. It was 5 months past its best by date but it held up pretty well.
A: Brilliant dark amber to chestnut under a 1” pure white foam collar that lightly grips the side of the glass.
S: Banana fruit cake with faint clove.
T: Liquid banana bread with banana, dark fruit, fig, a hint of cola, faint chocolate, and a slightly sweet flavor overall.
F: Medium full body medium to a little less on the carbonation with a clove sensation on the tongue.
O: A perfect excuse to drag out my 23 oz weizen glass and sit on my patio watching my lettuce begin to come up.
Apr 09, 2015A: Brilliant dark amber to chestnut under a 1” pure white foam collar that lightly grips the side of the glass.
S: Banana fruit cake with faint clove.
T: Liquid banana bread with banana, dark fruit, fig, a hint of cola, faint chocolate, and a slightly sweet flavor overall.
F: Medium full body medium to a little less on the carbonation with a clove sensation on the tongue.
O: A perfect excuse to drag out my 23 oz weizen glass and sit on my patio watching my lettuce begin to come up.
Reviewed by Pencible from Virginia
3.58/5 rDev +1.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 3.5
3.58/5 rDev +1.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 3.5
A: This poured a clear dark copper with a little light tan head.
S: It smelled like banana nut bread and earthy wheat, with some copper hops.
T: It tasted like earthy wheat and copper hops, with some banana nut bread and alcohol. It had a clean bittersweet aftertaste with some alcohol warming.
M: It was thick with moderate carbonation. Nice full body.
D: This was a decent brew, with simple but fitting scent and taste. The body was good, but the finish was hot, so it was better to sip. Nice to try once, but nothing special.
Dec 27, 2014S: It smelled like banana nut bread and earthy wheat, with some copper hops.
T: It tasted like earthy wheat and copper hops, with some banana nut bread and alcohol. It had a clean bittersweet aftertaste with some alcohol warming.
M: It was thick with moderate carbonation. Nice full body.
D: This was a decent brew, with simple but fitting scent and taste. The body was good, but the finish was hot, so it was better to sip. Nice to try once, but nothing special.
Reviewed by delta490 from Virginia
3.43/5 rDev -2.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.43/5 rDev -2.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Pours a clear deep amber with a thin, fizzy white head. The head dissipates quickly and leaves a meager little bit of lacing. The aroma is pretty weak, as well, with only the faintest hints of malty sweetness. The flavor profile is also mild, indistinct, and heavily leaning towards the malt-side of the flavor profile. It does have a nice weight and thickness to the body, and a silky feeling.
Nov 15, 2014Reviewed by sulldaddy from Connecticut
4.01/5 rDev +13.6%
4.01/5 rDev +13.6%
SAmpling a cellar temp 22 oz bottle poured into a snifter. Label says drink by august 2013.
The beer pours a clear mahogany color with some ruby highlights on the edges of the glass. Head foams and fades immediately after the pour. Nothing on the surface.
Aroma is some fruit, cherries and pear, mixing with spices of clove and maybe some anise. I also get some bready yeast and a little wheat twanginess.
The first sip reveals an average body with very fine and tingly carbonation. texture is smooth and the beer drinks very easy.
Flavor is sweet malt with some caramel and fruit (again cherries). I also get a little spice with some cloves, but no hops and the booze is well hidden too. Finally, the beer is drying on the finish.
An easy drinking bomber, that is on the sweeter side of beers, but not cloying or candylike.
Interesting brew and tasty. I wish I had a 2nd bottle.
Sep 13, 2014The beer pours a clear mahogany color with some ruby highlights on the edges of the glass. Head foams and fades immediately after the pour. Nothing on the surface.
Aroma is some fruit, cherries and pear, mixing with spices of clove and maybe some anise. I also get some bready yeast and a little wheat twanginess.
The first sip reveals an average body with very fine and tingly carbonation. texture is smooth and the beer drinks very easy.
Flavor is sweet malt with some caramel and fruit (again cherries). I also get a little spice with some cloves, but no hops and the booze is well hidden too. Finally, the beer is drying on the finish.
An easy drinking bomber, that is on the sweeter side of beers, but not cloying or candylike.
Interesting brew and tasty. I wish I had a 2nd bottle.
Reviewed by mooseisloose from Florida
3.75/5 rDev +6.2%
3.75/5 rDev +6.2%
A very economical bomber at TW of an enticing style that I haven't tried before, so let's give it a whirl. Popping the top I get a strong molasses smell coupled with black licorice. Pours into my SAPP with a thin tan head on top of a birch beer color. Taste is heavy in a thick syrupy mouthfeel up front followed by a balanced spicy maltiness that has a very dull hop bitterness in the after taste. A tasty brew, would go great with any food dish.
Aug 24, 2014Reviewed by mactrail from Washington
3.76/5 rDev +6.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.75
3.76/5 rDev +6.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.75
Pours a dark amber with admirable fizzy mouthfeel and plenty of foam in the Ciney snifter. Tangy and rich with malt. Spicy nose with a hint of flowers and cinnamon.
Sweet malt and a spicy edge of cloves. This has that dark, fruity edge with a wisp of bitterness around the finish. Tastes a little of alcohol but in a playful way. Some caramel but more of a dark roasted flavor.
Not overly sweet and exceptionally drinkable, though it could use a little more sparkle with all the malt. This is such an interesting style. It's sort of the opposite of a West Coast IPA. From the 22 oz bottle purchased at Central Market - Shoreline in north Seattle.
May 05, 2014Sweet malt and a spicy edge of cloves. This has that dark, fruity edge with a wisp of bitterness around the finish. Tastes a little of alcohol but in a playful way. Some caramel but more of a dark roasted flavor.
Not overly sweet and exceptionally drinkable, though it could use a little more sparkle with all the malt. This is such an interesting style. It's sort of the opposite of a West Coast IPA. From the 22 oz bottle purchased at Central Market - Shoreline in north Seattle.
Reviewed by yemenmocha from Arizona
3.58/5 rDev +1.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
3.58/5 rDev +1.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
Pours a slightly hazy amber-brown with rather modest head. Nose was timid, even after warming a little, and gave some bready notes and maybe a hint of dark fruit. Palate had a good malty/toasty presence with good carbonation, but I thought I missed out on some of the more yeasty and wild flavors from many other weizenbocks that I've had (compared to just bocks). Wish more brewers would attempt this style in the U.S.
Apr 29, 2014Reviewed by lordofthewiens from New Mexico
3.74/5 rDev +5.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.74/5 rDev +5.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
I poured this into a pilsner glass. The beer was an amber color with minimal head.
Aroma sweet malt, some caramel, and some dark fruit.
caramel, chocolate, dates in the taste. A little muted.
Medium-bodied, sweet.
OK, not great. I would drink this again if someone bought it for me.
Mar 23, 2014Aroma sweet malt, some caramel, and some dark fruit.
caramel, chocolate, dates in the taste. A little muted.
Medium-bodied, sweet.
OK, not great. I would drink this again if someone bought it for me.
Brewer's Share Vendell's Veizen (Weizen Bock) from Full Sail Brewing Company
Beer rating:
81 out of
100 with
68 ratings
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