Infinium
Pours a clear gold in color with tons of bubbles racing up the brew and the most ridiculous massive 4 finger foamy white head that I've ever seen; I poured this into both a flute (first) and a pilsner glass, and the head in the pilsner glass was the biggest and longest lasting head that I've ever seen. The head lasted for almost 5 minutes and stayed like a cloud and left good lacing after each sip. This looks like champagne with an insanely big head on top. Smells of sweet fruit like pear, apple, grape, some banana, sweet malt, light caramel, yeast, herbs, flowers and some floral hops; aroma like a soft bouquet of flowers in a fruit basket. The champagne-like aroma is very nice and sweet, yet different from "regular" beer. Tastes of sweet malt, pear, apple, grape, coriander, grapefruit, light banana, caramel, yeast, herbs, grass, flowers, floral hops, citrus hops, light grains and a hint of alcohol like a white wine; this is very complex and flavorful with a lot of sweetness and a wine or champagne taste. The flavor is good and very different, but not great. Mouthfeel is light and very crisp with extremely high carbonation that was zesty, and yet this beer was smooth and slick on the tongue; it felt buttery and went down easy, even with the borderline over-the-top sweetness. The alcohol peeked through, but was not a factor to me considering it's over 10% ABV. This was a very good beer, and a great effort by Sam Adams and Weihenstephan, but not worth the price ($20+ per bottle). The price took away from the drinkability, as it just can't justify the expense to taste ratio. It's definitely worth trying, but may not meet your expectations unless you love champagne. I am aging a second bottle in hopes that this will age well like Dom Perignon.