Chicagoist's "Beer of the Week:" Michael Plank Dunkler Weizenbock

By Chuck Sudo in Food on Feb 11, 2011 10:36PM

Here's a beer we dug out of our cellar (actually a hiding spot in our pantry) for Super Bowl Sunday last week. We weren't favoring either team in the game, but that didn't mean we weren't going to come correct with the beer. Dunkler weizenbocks are the best of a bock, a wheat beer and a dunkel. This beer from Germany's Michael Plank Brauerei is a sweet, sweet brew, with all the hallmarks of a weizen - the banana and cloves on the palate, the yeasty esters on the nose and rich clinging head on the glass. And we'd have shown you, as well, but some of our beer photos are too blurry, even for us. This beer goes well with sweeter soups, stews and chili. Vegetarian chili seems to really pair well with this beer. You can also sere this beer with some lighter chocolates and sweeter desserts. We're thinking this dunkel weizen would really take off as a pairing with some banana pudding.