Emersons Weizenbock

After Wellington's worst storm in 30 years the weather was still pretty grim. Wind, rain, cold. All the stuff that makes winter, wintery. After the last Emersons I thought I would give them another go with the Weizenbock. A doublebock wheat beer. I have spent some time in Bavaria and they have some mean winters so, by rights, they should have good winter beer. 

It poured out very dark. That is what you want in a winter beer. The taste was very malty. It had that definite wheat beer taste. That rich sweet flavour you get from something like a Hoegarden but with some burnt flavours too. It might just be me but the beer could do with some hops to even out the wheat beer sweetness. One was fine but I just don't see myself settling in for a night drinking a few of those.