Brooklyner-Schneider Hopfe-Weisse dump trucks excellence on me the night before Christmas

Santy Claus bought me 2 one of a kind collaborations that I most likely would not be having under normal circumstances, due to price, and the first of which I'm having the night before Christmas.

I don't know what spurred this collaboration but this is what they made: a pale weissbock fermented with schneider yeast, dry hopped with a blend of amarillo and palisade hops. To be honest, I chose this beer to drink first because I was less excited about it. I will also admit, I am a fool.

Pours with a ton of carbonation and a golden pale hue. It smells of a sweet bock (which I'm familiar with after drinking Shiner this week) and the Amarillo hops upon subsequent sniffs.

With each sip, the beer became greater as its complexity slowly revealed itself. There is a strong citrus and lemon zest in the flavor profile. It's medium bodied but drinks breezily and finishes with a distinct bite from the hops. I can taste the alcohol and guessed closely, clocking in at 8.5%. Superb complexity from a weissbock. My brother loved this beer, as did my parents. Here's a wide-shot of the beer with one of my random childhood items:

Momma Davis finally convinced me (sad to say) to trade out my Tonka Truck wallpaper I've had in my room since before 10 (I'm 27 now) for some 'real' walls, tan...paint. I've been holding out since college began because I enjoy the nostalgia factor; coming home to the same room and decor I had in high school and seeing how different a life I lead now. Well, it's time to change that too I suppose. New paint looks good, but I had to memorialize the trucks in the picture above, they're pretty damn awesome.

Anyway, this collaboration has yielded a distinct and sweetly delicious beer. It cost $15 at the Houston HEB, so I'd say it's more of a special occasion beer but TOTALLY worth it. A great gift idea for a beer lover. These two breweries have made a beer worthy of my highest Michael Bay rating, BAD BOYS. The plaque is in the mail.

Schneider & Sohns Aventinus - Warrior or Annalist?

I was hoping this beer was named after the B.A.M.F. Aventinus, the son of demigod Hercules and Rhea, (who is the Titaness daughter of Uranus (god of the sky) and Gaia (goddess of Earth)), but is instead underwhelmingly named after this peculiar Nome charming rasputin, Johanness Aventinus who wrote the Annals of Bavaria, a history of early Germany:

The background research proved to be anticlimactic and not the route I would taken but then again I'm not familiar with this gentleman's annals. But what I was introduced to yesterday was this Wheat Doppelbock scrumpet.

In the background lies the demigod which the Aventinus should be renamed for. Then again, I don't own Hasselhoff's autobiography, "Don't Hassel the Hoff." Probably a crime in its own right.

Aventinus pours a dark red/brown color and sniff sniffs of apples. I taste cinnamon and spices along with fruits, specifically apricots? That question mark isn't user error. I don't quite remember what apricots look or taste like, but for some reason but I'm fairly certain that the taste exists in this bier. I dunno, maybe I'm way off and Aventinus instead tastes like snozberries.

The best way to describe this is as a 'hefe juice,' which 8.2% alcohol is what children drink for breakfast in Germany (citation needed). I feel this breakfast companion for the little ones is pretty unique and worthy of a TRANSFORMERS rating.

Schneider and Sohns Wiesen Edel-Weisse

It's hard to follow up wheat biers like Weihenstephaner Vitus and Fraziskaner Hefe-Weisse but out of the biers tasted since last Tuesday, the Wisen Edel-Weisse is runner up.

Hefeweizen was made for a beautiful Labor Day

This fella poured beautifully and sniffered of bananas and bread. It also tasted doughy and slightly sweet. There was a full bodied and subtly balanced mix of spices, hops and malts. In good spirits and sad to see my brother Warren D leave for NYC, this feller receives a weak THE ROCK rating.