Review of Wells & Young's Brewing Co's Banana Bread Beer

This week, we reviewed a Banana Bread Beer manufactured by Wells and Young's Brewing Co.

Today (and hopefully for all reviews in the future) we have a special treat for you! The Random Guy Review. Yep, you heard right. Not only will you get mine and Holly's thoughts on the beer, but the opinion of a guy, because, as you well know, guys think differently than us girls do. And now, onto our first Random Guy Review!

Banana bread beer!  Who come up with this stuff?  I have always been a fan of banana bread and what random male does not like beer.  This should be great…  The darkish color and banana aroma sort of drew me in; it smelled like it should taste great.  It definitely got the flavor of banana bread when I first tasted it.  It was not terrible, but I felt it was lacking any of the traditional tastes that make beer great for me.  It was too thin to be a smooth creamy beer and as I drank more just began to strike me as too sweet.  All in all I’d call it a beer for those people that don’t drink beer and are not comfortable being seen drinking Zima.  Much like bowling and sobriety I think I will keep my beer and banana bread separate in the future.

Brian Jarecki, Random Guy

Wells Banana Bread Beer smells like...Bananas!! And beer. Lol! There IS truth in advertising! I like this beer cold. Really, really cold. Like beer-cicle cold. So, if you put this beer in the freezer, then start paper-piecing Anne's Folley, then unsew it a bunch of times...You get to come back to a frozen beer. So then you take a shower. And then you can drink a partially thawed Banana Bread Beer WHILE you're picking out all those little pieces of paper. It has a nice medium golden color to it. And it tastes sweet, just like a slice of the banana bread itself :) yum. This came in a 1pt 0.9 US fl.oz. bottle and is 5.2% alcohol by volume. Wells brewed it with bananas and added banana flavor after brewing to make it extra banana-y. If you like those yellow things that most people put in their morning krispies, or you're part monkey, I think there's a good chance you'll like this beer. I give it 4 thimbles.
Holly


I guess a good place to start with this beer would be the smell.  It smelled just like banana bread!  Needless to say, I was shocked...and intrigued.  The lovely golden color looked warm and inviting.  There was very little foam or carbonation in this one.  I took a sip, expecting a mouthful of sweet, moist banana bread, but instead got the neighbor lady's over-done dry version of something she calls banana bread.  I was disappointed to say the least.  Maybe the beer would have tasted better at a colder temperature; maybe it would have tasted better if it had not smelled soooo good.  The remainder of the beer went down smooth and satisfying.  Overall, a decent beer, just know what is coming before you take that first swig.  I would have to say 2.5 thimbles for the banana bread beer.
Mary