New Glarus Brewing Company
Dancing Man Wheat
Hefeweizen
Wisconsin
7.2%
12oz, 6-Pack
$10.69
Pours a huge head of 3-4 fingers depth, eggshell white with a smooth surface and admirable density, retention is very good, the lacing forms broad sheets which cover the glass side but lacks stick and slides off downwards. Shiny yellow to orange hued liquid, faint haze, the bubbles are dispersed and quite large in size. Unassumingly pungent nose of clove, ginger, banana, bubblegum and white pepper, leesy with a nice bracing blow of grass and wheat chaff, needs to warm to get additional cherry and apricot fruit scents. Medium-bodied with a clingy texture which increases its mouth presence, the carbonation starts off more prickly yet turns softer by the finish. Spicier here, more peppercorns and cumin like spice to match the clove. The banana and bubblegum step back so it's fresher and not as sweet as expected. This impression aided by notes of tar and charcoal, not quite bitter but more on the "earthy" spectrum. Lightly herbaceous at the end, not getting a particularly strong wheat infusion. It's not "textbook" but clearly respects, if not reveres, the beer category and puts a personal twist to it. Well-integrated and the constituent parts work in concert.
5 out of 5