Splendid resin-clouded bubbly-headed honey-grained white ale brings mild orange tartness, spicy coriander-clove tuft and burnt wood chip sear to moderated caramel malt creaminess. Honey-dripped wheat base secures citric spicied finish. There’s a lot goin’ on and all of it’s good.
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O’HANLON’S WHEAT BEER
Mediocre white-laced amber-clouded light-bodied English-styled wheat ale leans closer to mildly bitter wheat-husked dry-toned American version than sweeter German-styled Weiss. Sunny citrus fizz, herbal hop spiciness, and banana-clove wisp gain limed green apple tartness to downplayed honeyed biscuit finish. Serve with lemon or add honey drop to wake up casual floral nuances.
UPLAND WHEAT ALE
BALTIKA WHEAT (#8)
J.W. DUNDEE’S WHEAT BEER
Disturbingly off-balanced moderate-bodied American-styled hefeweizen retains nagging solvent-like oxidation, metallic nastiness, and worse, an odious compost whiff. Meek honeyed caramel malting, musty corn-oiled vegetal dankness, rotted lemon spoilage, and doughy sorghum retreat prompt chemical waste illusion.
LEFT HAND HAYSTACK WHEAT
OTTER CREEK SUMMER WHEAT ALE
WACHUSETT SUMMER BREEZE WHEAT ALE
Buttery pale-toned moderate-bodied wheat ale could be mistaken for toasted lager thanks to honeyed oat sweetness, almond-chestnut influence, and cracked wheat spine. Meager lemony blueberry bittering, teensy white grape souring, and tingled herbal hop hoax settle far below doughy white bread flimsiness. Nasty solvent-like backdrop and cabbage-like recess ruin tertiary mandarin orange-strawberry-blueberry whim.
(BAVIK) WITTEKERKE WHEAT ALE
EUGENE CITY TRACK TOWN HONEY ORANGE WHEAT ALE
Nike-sponsored Rogue Brewery bolsters bohemian Oregon brewer. This peculiar white-headed ecru-bodied American wheat ale covers up sunny citrus disposition with vague honeyed malt acridity and sinewy yeast resin. Barren lemon souring dissipates as offensive rotted orange tartness gains phenol acidity.
LEINENKUGEL’S SUNSET WHEAT
Well balanced gold-hazed Belgian-styled witbier competes favorably with Blue Moon’s similar summery wheat brew. Deep blueberry waft matches blueberry muffin piquancy as lemony strawberry-pineapple accents caress peppery-hopped sour orange-candied tartness and coriander-nutmeg spicing to cereal-grained wheat biscuit bottom. Nothing jumps out as blanched fruity finish lacks pizzazz and solvent-like astringency expands.
RAMSTEIN CLASSIC WHEAT BEER
Wonderful dry-bodied mahogany-hued German weisse knockoff brings aromatic floral hops and reedy grape-skinned prune-plum coarseness to dark-spiced cereal-grained caramel roast. Burly wheat wine essence may fool some into believing it’s expensive Belgian or French ale. On tap, clove and other spices perk up butterscotch-imbued finish to sheer perfection.