On tap at Flying Saucer in St. Louis, soft-toned American wheat ale brings yellow grapefruit tang and ancillary peach tea, lemon zest and orange marmalade illusions to grassy dry-hopped cracked wheat spine. Dank wood tones underscore durable citric-spiced finish.
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MAPLEWOOD LEMONDROP
Blissful lemondrop-hopped wheat ale with zesty lemon tang and ‘clean grain bill’ retains crisp mouthfeel. Orange blossom perfuming regales lemon meringue, blood orange, orange marmalade, clementine and mandarin orange placidity. Tidy floral bouquet sweetens halcyon lemon-juiced bounty.
BRECKENRIDGE TEQUILA BARREL AGED OPHELIA HOPPY WHEAT ALE
Soft-toned barrel-aged hybrid brings light hop-embittered India Pale Ale fruiting to wispy blue agave-spiked tequila buzz. Lemon-limed orange spicing, faded oaken mezcal tinge and mild herbal freshness reach delicate cracked wheat spine, losing tequila distinction at watery finish.
WHALER’S GINGER WHEAT
Softly creamed ginger-sugared Graham Cracker sweetness picks up zesty orange peel briskness and mild lemon-pitted bittering over dry pale malting. Citric-spiced finish gains minty snip.
BEER HOUND OLD YELLA AMERICAN PALE WHEAT
RADIANT PIG EAST SIDE RAPTURE PALE WHEAT
On tap at Ambulance, refreshingly dry-bodied summertime moderation brings corn-starched pale wheat astringency to mildly perfumed tropical fruiting, polite citrus-pined hop brightening and dainty floral snips. Moderate grapefruit-peeled orange, pineapple and tangerine tang retains relaxed feel.
BOULEVARD 80-ACRE HOPPY WHEAT BEER
Refreshingly sessionable hybridized wheat ale brings aromatic IPA fruiting, light floral herbage and spiced sugaring to soft cracked wheat spine. By downplaying its tart citric aspect, delicate wood tones and salty white peppering emerge alongaside zesty lemon, grapefruit, orange, pineapple, mango and peach tropicalia. Serve to fruity pilsner lovers as well as frisky pale alers.
MAGIC HAT STEALIN’ TIME SUMMER WHEAT
Weirdly positioned herbal ginger adjunct yields mild sage, rosemary, fern and sawdust accents to vague floral lemon-limed tang. Oats-dried alfalfa, wheatgrass and straw grass murk gains tepid earthen rusticity for resinous hop astringency. Unspecific.
MAUMEE BAY SUMMER STINGER AMERICAN PALE WHEAT
HEAVY SEAS SMOOTH SAIL SUMMER WHEAT WITH CITRA HOPS AND ORANGE PEEL
FINCH’S WET HOT AMERICAN WHEAT ALE
On tap at Ambulance, easygoing dry body maintains grassy-hopped lemon spritz and zesty orange rind bittering above white wheat spine. Lacquered wood tones spread across light citric spritz. Mild vegetal pungency hides beneath the surface.