Tonight's beer: Southern Tier Goat Boy
Dark bread, some toast, caramel; chocolate and bananas and cloves right behind. Earthy-grassy bitterness a distant impression, with maybe some bright ginger on the edges; possibilities of smoke and bubblegum. Starts pretty sweet, evolves gradually to nicely dry. Dim hints of rum/brandy.
Maybe a little lighter than medium-bodied, gently carbonated, notably smooth. A little sticky, mostly drying and cleansing, impressively refreshing.
A nice weizenbock: it's hard to knock it much, as this is a style I adore, but it's clearly not on a level with something like Aventinus. Intense and complex as one might want or expect, nicely integrated and well-balanced. Massively drinkable, with not a lot of alcohol presence—it's more in the taste than the feel. I like weizenbocks, and I like Southern Tier, so I had to try this; I'm glad I did.
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| Southern Tier Goat Boy |
Dark bread, some toast, caramel; chocolate and bananas and cloves right behind. Earthy-grassy bitterness a distant impression, with maybe some bright ginger on the edges; possibilities of smoke and bubblegum. Starts pretty sweet, evolves gradually to nicely dry. Dim hints of rum/brandy.
Maybe a little lighter than medium-bodied, gently carbonated, notably smooth. A little sticky, mostly drying and cleansing, impressively refreshing.
A nice weizenbock: it's hard to knock it much, as this is a style I adore, but it's clearly not on a level with something like Aventinus. Intense and complex as one might want or expect, nicely integrated and well-balanced. Massively drinkable, with not a lot of alcohol presence—it's more in the taste than the feel. I like weizenbocks, and I like Southern Tier, so I had to try this; I'm glad I did.
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