Wednesday, April 12, 2017

Thunderhead Brewing's Cornstalker Dark Wheat

I reviewed this beer seven years ago, but I wanted to review it anew, especially since I have five other Thunderheads in the fridge. They're calling it a dark wheat, which would make it a dunkelweizen style, however the rich thickness, malty sweetness and frothy tan head over a deep chocolate brown makes me want to classify it as a porter. There's a lot of chocolate in the mix, as well as some vanilla. The 5.7% ABV makes it very sessionable and the measly 12 IBUs makes it attractive to the hop-phobic. As it attains room temperature I'm catching some coffee notes and a smidgen of brown sugar or perhaps molasses.  Decent porter; I'd buy it again. Support Nebraska brewers!

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