Barley Island Flat Belly Wheat (Flat Top)

Brewed by Barley Island Brewing
Style: Wheat Ale
Noblesville, Indiana USA

Courtesy of stfun. Pours a slightly hazy gold with a white head. Smells citrussy with some wheat undertones. Tastes of lemons with some perfume and touches of wheat.

Wow, I don’t understand the hate on this beer - seems to me to be a good light summer beer. Pours very pale yellow tih a fluffy and fizzy off-white head. The aroma has sweet american style wheat graininess, a bit of spice, light paper aspects and some lemony citrus. Medium / thin body that is smooth and pleasant with extra sharp carbonation on the finish. The flavors start with some spice with some mellow wheat, grain, grassiness and light nectarine. The finish has spicy hops and a bit of lemony citrus. Nothing that will knock your socks off, but a nice light enjoyable summer beer.

First of all, this did not taste anything like a Wheat beer as it tasted more like a Lager.The head was white, small sized with fine sized bubbles.The body was clear with carbonation and the hue was yellow.The flavor was bitter, sour and somewhat tart.The mouthfeel was tingly on my tongue and it was smooth and thin.

initial taste was weak, but aftertaste was more wheaty. note: our 101st beer.

Bottle. Milky wheat malt aroma with hints of peach and orange. Hazy orange yellow with a small head. Slightly sweet orange-pineapple juice and light malt. Light summer beer - nothing great and a bit on the sweet side.

on tap-pours a white head and hazy yellow color. Aroma is sweet light malt/wheat. Taste is sweet light malt/wheat, hint of hops. Mild carbonation. Nice.

From a 12 oz. bottle with no freshness date, sampled at cellar temperature in a pint glass, without, then with the recommended slice of lemon. Poured a clear pale yellowish golden with a foamy white head, decent retention, slowly settled into a thin sudsy lacing. The aroma without the lemon slice was very wheat malty, a light spiciness and a subtle fruitiness, with lemon slice, lemony, of course, the yeast comes out a bit, and the malts turn a little fruit wheat bready, kinda of appealing. Good carbonation, tiny micro bubbles flowing from bottom to top for the whole duration, and a soft malty crisp, dry, creamy smooth medium-light bodied mouthfeel, when add the lemon slice it helps the crispiness and adds a little acidity. The taste without the lemon slice, wheat malty with a mildly tart peach fruitiness, a touch of spiciness, with the slice of lemon, lemon fruity with a mild citric acidity, the malts turn wheat bready with a soft spiciness, the mild tart peach fruitiness is tamed even more, and a dry lemony, fruity, bready finish. The slice of lemon adds to the taste and I see why the brewer recommends it, an easy, smooth drinker on a hot, muggy late spring day. I would just like to add that I don’t think it is a "crime" or "sin" to a add a slice of lemon or orange to a pale wheat ale or witbier, especially when that is the brewer’s intent.

bottle - Pours mostly clear gold with a one finger white head. It has a light, citrus accented aroma. The flavor is light and sweet with lots of citrus. There’s definitely some lemony flavor in there. There’s nothing particularly impressive here, but this beer tastes alright and is very refreshing. It probably helped that I drank it on a warm, sunny afternoon.