Winter 2010/2011.
My review on RateBeer:
3.5 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
AHTOH (50) - San Diego, California, USA - MAR 7, 2011
750 mL bottle. Batch No. 67. Poured into Duvel tulip.
APPEARANCE: Pours translucent pale straw yellow. White head is about 1 finger, has short duration, and exhibits some relatively large bubbles.
AROMA: Sour, lemon, lemon drop candy, perfume, dry hay, kitchen herbs, allspice, and faint barnyard.
TASTE: A Berliner Weisse with a bit more body than traditional for the style. Mildly sour. Lemon is prominent. Slightly less sour (ie, puckering) than expected. Notes of hay. Some light kitchen herbs on finish. Seems that some of the oils from the lemon verbena are discernible.
MOUTH FEEL: Slightly less carbonated than traditional Berliners. Slick (ie, slightly oily) texture throughout, with semi-dry finish that appears even drier due to the light herb character on the finish.
OVERALL: Found the lemon verbena usage slightly undesirable as it leaves a bit of an off, faint herby character on the otherwise pleasant dry finish, and that this characteristic seems to linger for quite a bit. Interesting interpretation of the style. Quaffable.
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