Arcadia Whitsun

Brewed by Arcadia Brewing Company
Style: Wheat Ale
Battle Creek, Michigan USA

Arcadia Whitsun. Sweet perfumy aroma out of this 12 oz brown bottle. I’ve had arcadia hopmouth and it was as the style expected. I am very excited because this is rated as a wheat, one of my favorite styles. When I bought it I saw whitsun and thought it may be wheat related. Nice layer of something on the bottle, things are looking up. Cider colored with a cloudiness typical of wheats. Yes hints of sweet smell in there. A little bitter initially for a wheat IMO. Also a little syrupy it seems the thistle honey makes this apparent. This really has something different about it, it must be sampled to fully discover its personality. Not as good as shiner hefe, SA hefe or lienie honey weiss. This almost has the characteristic of some strong ale I’ve tasted. Finish is too gooey for me. Will pass on this if it comes round again, not what I think of as a wheatie. However, I like this better than hopmouth. I’ve tasted pale lagers that are more wheatlike than this.

Pours hazy golden with an overcarbonated wispy beige head. Pour this carefully or you may end up with yeast chunks in your beer. Aroma of citrus, spicy yeast, chamomile, and wheat. Taste is orange peel, chamomile, and spicy yeast. Mouthfeel is medium bodied with moderate carbonation. This is more like a witbier than the typical, soul-less American Wheat. Enjoyable, but the bottle seemed a bit old and the recipe is a bit overspiced.

Pours a clear golden color with a ring of white lace. Aroma and flavor of wheat and hay. The palate is light and creamy with soft carbonation. Not badly done but I’m not too fond of American Wheats.

Pour is a cloudy orange with tons of floaties and a huge white head. Aroma is decent. Some hops show up along with a a nice dose of citrus fruits. Flavor is also ok. A nice fruityness is present along with some fresh hops and a nice tart finish. Don’t know about a wheat beer, this is almost a fruit beer with peach being the strongest taste. Still quite tasty and refreshing.

Nice thick head that lasts fairly long. Pours a brown-orange color that isn’t very appealing. Sweet apple and coriander aroma is offset by strong alcohol notes. The palate is very one dimensional, like a sam adams. Tastes like an ok whit but nothing is pronounced and the flavor is merely average. I wouldn’t bother with this one again.

In the bottle at the Max & Joe’s Tavern Michigan Beer tasting (11/21/6). Pours hazy golden as a light tea color. Thin white head that dies quickly. Faint coriander aroma. Tastes citrusy like lime and peach. Has a quick finish. Bitterness is more like a citrus peel bitter rather than a typical hop bitterness. Quite orangey.

From a 12 oz. long neck bottle with a freshness date along the right side of label. Poured a hazy, cloudy reddish orangey golden with a foamy white head that settled into a thin lacing. Aromas of citrus and honey, a touch of toasted grain and a bit herbal. For a Arcadia brew, moderate carbonation and a wheaty crisp, smooth medium bodied mouthfeel. Tastes of oranges, melons and honey grain, soft clove spiciness, a peach-like fruitiness, and a dryish, sweet wheat malty finish. Another decent beer from Arcadia, very quaffable.

Good sized bright white head of medium and large sized bubbles. Light aroma with peaches, light hops and malts. Color is a medium orange. Light fruity flavor with some more malts and some straw and grass. Minimal wheat presence. Flavor is a little weak. Finish is slightly dry and tart. A decent brew.