After NY Chocolate Show 2010 on Sunday, I wanted to have a chillout dinner and on my way to catch the train back home stopped at Whole Foods to pick a few essentials, a baguette, sugar (for morning coffee), some fruits and on my way to the register noticed some single beers.
Call me stingy but I did not want to spend $8 to $10 dollars on a single bottle.
I ended up choosing the Weisenstephaner 'Vitus' Weizenbock (a pint) from Freising near Munich.
I enjoyed this serious brew with good body, enough to stand up to my meal.
Merchant du Vin in a fact sheet on another Weizen-bock from Ayinger (also from Bavaria) shares these words on that style of brew.
"The weizen-bock style is relatively uncommon, even in Bavaria: they are wheat ales (weissebeer or weizen beer) that are brewed to be as strong as a bock – with corresponding fuller body, and enhanced flavors. They can be pale ("helles") or dark ("dunkles"). Classic Bavarian weissebeer aroma suggesting spice and cloves; smooth body from wheat" before turning to landscape poetry "the flavor offers the essence of the wheat harvest, fresh-baked bread, maybe even – somehow – the sunshine of a fall afternoon."
I definitely agree on the spice and clove tones.
As far as food pairings go they suggest "hearty German cuisine – smoked pork shops, sauerkraut and sausages; full-flavored game or duck; Weizen-Bock can pair beautifully with spicy Mexican or Indian cuisine."
(* Retails for around $3)