Well-balanced maroon-highlighted medium body with high concentration of yeast sediment blends sugarplum sweetness and sour candy tartness to dry raisin finish. Cracked wheat backbone strengthens underlying mocha resolve.
Monthly Archives: January 2009
WILD BOAR HONEY RASPBERRY WHEAT
While trying to pull off the trifecta of well-calibrated honey, raspberry, and wheat, this gets too mired in fizz for true distinction. Pungent fruit aroma leads to refreshing berry palate that wins out over creamy wheat intrusion, but unsettled grain mesh and lack of strength are drawbacks.
WILD BOAR HEFEWEIZEN ALE
Cloudy-hued, aromatically sweet, softly carbonated, explosively hopped German wheat lacks spicy yellow-fruited zest, zippy alcohol luster, and frothy spume of top grade weizens. Light, spry crossover for mainstream pilsner and lager fans.
WILD BOAR CLASSIC PILSNER
Ill-defined pilsner with smoked barley appeal, mucky malt sweetness, and grating grain bitterness fades to watered down diacetyl finish.
WILD BOAR BLACK FOREST WHEAT
Dark wheat brew with natural cherry flavoring and sweet wine essence. Fizzy-hopped cracked wheat punctuation adds depth to rich chocolate malt finish. Consistently rewarding without being too obtuse in its slurry fruited nature.
WIEDENMAYER JERSEY LAGER
Smoothly festive traditional German amber retains caramelized pleasantry, cereal grain sweetness, and toasted barley backbone. Butterscotch midst digs into juicy orange-tangerine-grapefruit cusp for sugary surge advancing woozy alcohol burn.
WIEDEMANN BOHEMIAN STYLE SPECIAL PILSNER
Rancid pale-toned puffy-headed pils clashes harsh corn sugar malt thud against tedious fizzy sweetness for irritating malt liquor-lacquered cud.
WIECKSE WITTE BEER
Fine moderate-bodied orange-clouded ‘white’ beer with tart lemon surge and shady spicing. Floral-hopped clove-coriander tingle usurps teasing pumpkin hint and top-fermented yeast subtlety, adding delicate complexity to slowly dissipating dry wheat finish of well-balanced winner.
WIDMER WINTERNACHT ALE
Tiny bubbles float to glass rim ever so gently, as roasted malt sweetness, moderate nutmeg spicing, and boozy Scotch nose pervade caramel-hued ale. Muted fruit finish adds to the fun.
WIDMER HOP JACK PALE ALE
Frisky amber-hued organic fruit and grain-styled ale so typical of Northwest brewers. Initial hop bitterness, beckoning toasted barley sweetness, and distant burnt wood sensation give way to lively spiced malt finish.
WIDMER HEFEWEIZEN
Durable silky hop fizz, perfumed yeast nose, cotton candy pleasantry, and orange peel elegance imbue cloudy unfiltered moderate-bodied German knockoff (with heavy viscosity and yeast sediment). When served with lemon slice, wheat-barley essence absorbs fruit dollop and weakened lime flow. Serve to pilsner fans looking to expand their horizons.
WIDMER DROP TOP AMBER ALE
Disturbingly mainstream yellow amber fizzle. Petty barley roast, flirty citric hop bittering, and mocha malt murk mire cracked wheat compaction preceding diacetyl finish. Declining carbonation may downgrade incipient crispness.