LongShot Weizenbock
12 oz bottle Pours dark brown and very cloudy, topped by a fleeting tan head. The aroma is very pleasant with clove dominating the spices, plenty of bready malts, brown sugar and some banana and perhaps dark fruit behind. Alcohol was quite heavy to the nose - if this fades just a bit I'd have given it a very high score in this regard. Quite tasty. Again alcohol doesn't hide but I find it doesn't detract much from the enjoyment of the brew as it is packed with flavor. Interesting combination of carmelized sugar, fruit, spicy, a mild tart edge, and lots of alcohol. I'd even call it hot in the finish. My bottles have thus far been pretty highly carbonated, though it looks like this isn't what others are experiencing so I won't downgrade it. Perhaps I'll pour it a bit harder next time - as it is the spritziness and alcohol heat have made it a bit hard to drink. An admirable effort, one I'll have again. Aventinus isn't sold locally, but if a few rough edges were smoothed over this already-decent clone we'd have a great beer.