Sourdough aroma influences promising wheat aspect, as hints of orange peel, banana, and lemon tickle tongue, then decorate well-defined clove-influenced yellow-fruited finish. Cloudy medium-bodied Californian competes favorably with Germany’s finest weizens. Brewery defunct: 2003.

Inviting blackberry juicing overwhelms fizzy hop crispness, sorghum grained backdrop and supposed honey flavoring. Cloying sugary flow flagged for destroying substantive weiss essence and blocking out wheat wine insistence. Fair dessert fare to pour over vanilla ice cream with syrup.

Cloudy yellow-toned ‘wheat-brewed ale with yeast’ works grassy spice-hopped tingle, lemony plantain-clove slither and harvested grain rawness into pale malt residue for delightful initial impression. Plaintive floral wheat waft grafts citric-fizzed finish. Only its green banana reminder provides usual hefeweizen styling. Closer to an American wheat ale.

Dreary clover-honeyed souring and nasty phenol astringency run roughshod all over unfiltered sunset-hazed German-styled triviality. Skunked malt liquor rampage and rancid cat piss acidity wash out lemony orange-peeled liming of ruinously dreadful scum water .

Responsive floral wheat fragrance and sourdough mouthfeel usurped by well-mannered hops then fortified by sugary-malted cotton candy illusions mid-palate. Unlike many American weizens lacking full-bodied nature, resilient yeast elegance and multi-dimensional finish keep this near-classic German-styled brew robust.

Partly cloudy white-headed German wheat maintains sweet-spiced yellow fruit essence and massive clove-nutmeg presence to middling yeast-soured lemon-dropped banana finish. Tertiary melon, cantaloupe, and honeydew illusions need more prominent role. Rustic grains anchor the bottom.

Approachable straw-hazed light-bodied hefeweizen blankets wispy vanilla-clove pleasantry and floral wheat serenity around rye-dried citric banana tartness. Dainty lemony fizz further softens mellow pilsner crossover, but lack of tangy fruit zest lowers appeal.

Rustic swill water opening and stale bread mouthfeel never gain authentic German weiss character. Honey tones are unnoticeable and wheat essence is completely lost in a congested mesh. Soft; watery; inconsequential. Serve with lemon.

Subdued murky amber half-wheat beer needs deeper up-front penetration and less chunky yeast sediment. Sweet banana-butterscotch lilt muddled by fragile fresh baked bread spine, dingy lemony hop fizz, and black peppered relegation. Apple skin, honey dew, and apricot illusions stay distanced.

Honeyed cereal aroma, soft lemony fizz, and light grain essence punctuate extremely delicate German-styled wheat. A hint of orange peel coats throat, but inconclusive, unassuming finish impedes progress.

Admirable fleshy-headed golden-hued moderate-bodied half-wheat with sinewy yeast sediment propelled by creamy banana butterscotch charm and lacy eclair froth. Lemony floral hop tingle and expansive clove-coriander spicing delicately caress candi-sugared honeyed wheat base. An undeniable world-class beer.

Crisp pale-clouded (and ultimately unassuming) moderate body neither as overtly sweet nor as heavily carbonated as more compelling banana-clove-influenced wheat rivals. Sour yeast consumes lemony grapefruit-orange wisp to doughy white-breaded spine. Slight metallic tinniness hampers washed-out finish.