3 Ravens Smoked Wheat

The Thornbury brewery continues to plunder every nook and cranny of the Germanic beer world, coming at us this time with a beer that combines elements of two of their regular beers: a bit of smoked malt and a bit of fruity wheat beer yeast. It might sound an unusual combination to the newcomer - mixing elements of earthy, woody, campfire like aromas with the banana and clove esters of the wheat yeast - but they sit together rather well. It's not bananas on the barbie, instead a cloudy copper coloured beer with a surprisingly full body for a reasonably low alcohol content beer and some malty sweetness.

Published December 16, 2011 2011-12-16 00:00:00