Tart amber brown-hazed lemonade/ wheat ale hybrid blended with subtle English black tea earthiness spreads botanical citrus-juiced agave nectar all over heavily sugared malt syruping. By the finish, eye-squinting lemon lime juicing recedes to Orangina-like mandarin orange zestiness.
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BENT WATER PEARL WHEAT ALE
PANTHER ISLAND ALLERGEEZ
Easygoing unfiltered wheat ale brewed with honey, chamomile flowers and rose hips gains perfume-spiced citrus zestiness. Fine eclectic liquid cure for allergies.
TUPPS AMERICAN WHEAT WITH HONEY
On tap at Taverna Rossa, middling wheat ale drips sweet and sour honey adjunct over delicate grassy-hopped yellow fruiting and cream ale-like corn grits(?). Mild brown tea-like musk and raw-grained malt dryness relegated.
BRECKENRIDGE SNOW GLARE HOPPY WHEAT
On tap at Biggie’s, lush yellow grapefruit tang embittered above malted wheat sugaring. Floral citrus-spiced sweetness and candied orange-tangerine-pineapple conflux sour lemon-lime licks for tropical medium-bodied wheat ale. As crisply refreshing as its label.
GUINNESS IRISH WHEAT
Crisp dry wheat moderation lets spritzy orange zest contrast mild lemon musk alongside subtle banana-clove sweetness. Pasty glass-sugared honey wheat malting counters dank phenol hop bittering beneath the surface. An OK blend of wheat ale and hefeweizen stylings.
SEA DOG SUNFISH WHEAT ALE
Pleasingly lacquered peach sweetness gains zesty pink and yellow grapefruit tartness over cardboardy sugar-glassed wheat malts. Latent dried apricot and fig tones reinforce peachy entry. An accessible moderation for fruit beer lovers.
THIMBLE ISLAND WINDJAMMER WHEAT ALE
Dry light-bodied wheat ale brings gunky grain musk to zesty lemon spritz, and conversely, lemon-rotted cabbage patch. Light herbal spicing and wispy cilantro snip add to grassy hop astringency.
VICTORY WINTER CHEERS – 2017
“Celebratory” winterized wheat ale brings sweet hefeweizen-like banana, bubblegum, clove and coriander template to lightly lingered white-peppered citric hop bittering and mild herbal notions over tempered torrified wheat base. Zesty orange-peeled lemon spritz picks up sugary vanilla creaming and holiday-spirited nutmeg niche to boost spicy banana luster.
TRAVELER JACK-O-TRAVELER PUMPKIN SHANDY
Affable autumnal “wheat ale with lemon peel” brings soda-like corn syruping to brown-sugared pumpkin pie spicing. Molasses-sweetened cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice and clove adjuncts caress gingered pumpkin pie assertion and a latent lemon twist brings sufficient tartness.
MODERN TIMES FORTUNATE ISLANDS TROPICAL WHEAT
On tap at Ambulance, sharp Citra-Amarillo hop bite brings crisply clean grapefruit and orange rind bittering to the fore above restrained white wheat spine. Ancillary mango, pineapple, tangerine and passionfruit illusions as well as musky floral perfumed aspect reinforce citric delight.
SCHLAFLY COCONUT CREME ALE – 2017
Less interesting bottled version (2017) suffers as desolate “wheat ale” aged on lightly toasted coconut flakes stays watery and thin. Mild coconut pureeing pushed aside by airy carbolic spritz. Distant coconut-sugared lemon wedging and pineapple juicing provide wavering Pina Colada spurt.
