BJCP 2021 / 10C
Weizenbock
A strong wheat beer with the fruit of a weissbier and the depth of a bock.
- Any age
- high strength
- amber color
- pale color
- top fermented
Serve: 46 to 52F, Weizen glass or tulip
OG1.120
1.064 to 1.090FG1.030
1.015 to 1.022IBU120
15 to 30SRM40
6 to 25ABV14%
6.5 to 9.0%Pale and dark versions exist, hence the wide color range.
Taste it in order
Aroma
12 pts- Banana, clove and dark fruit
- Bready malt, caramel in darker versions
- Gentle alcohol
- Vague
- Fruity
- Better
- Banana, clove and plum
- Best
- Moderate banana and clove with plum and raisin, bready malt, gentle alcohol warmth
Appearance
3 pts- Deep gold to dark brown
- Hazy to cloudy
- Big creamy head
- Vague
- Hazy
- Better
- Hazy amber to brown
- Best
- Hazy deep amber to dark brown, tall creamy off-white head with long retention
Flavor
20 pts- Banana and clove, plus dark fruit
- Bready and caramel malt
- Warming, smooth finish
- Vague
- Rich
- Better
- Dark fruit, banana and clove
- Best
- Moderate-high bready and caramel malt with banana, clove and dark fruit, low bitterness, warming slightly sweet finish
Mouthfeel
5 pts- Medium-full body
- Medium-high carbonation
- Creamy, warming
- Vague
- Creamy
- Better
- Full body and warming
- Best
- Medium-full body, creamy, gently warming, medium-high carbonation
Overall Impression
10 ptsLifts it
- Integrated alcohol
- Layered fruit and spice
Drops it
- Hot alcohol
- Cloying sweetness
Writing tip
Show how fruit and malt stack. Example: 'Banana and clove over plum and toast, smooth and warming. Impressively balanced for the strength.'
Pour these
- AventinusSchneider WeisseThe reference: plum, clove and caramel
- VitusWeihenstephanerA pale weizenbock with banana and spice
- Weizen-BockAyingerDark fruit and smooth warmth
Often confused with
- 10B Dunkles WeissbierDunkles Weissbier is lighter in body and alcohol
- 9A DoppelbockDoppelbock has no banana and clove, and a lager-clean profile
Fine here
- Alcoholic: A warming note fits
- Estery: Banana and dark fruit are central
- Phenolic: Clove is expected
Ruinous here
- Solvent: Hot fusel alcohol
- Diacetyl: Butter
Style names, numbers and vital statistics follow the BJCP 2021 beer guidelines. Descriptions and example choices are our own. Check a beer is still made before you hunt for it.