Barley Island Sheet Metal Blonde

Brewed by Barley Island Brewing
Style: Belgian White (Witbier)
Noblesville, Indiana USA

bottle-thanks to vyvvy for giving me this one. pours cloudy yellow with a sudsy white head-thick and smooth. nose is a bit lemony with undertones of pale grains (wheat). A bit on the egg notes as well-sulfer. flavors are more in the american wheat character with tons of lemon and grainy notes. lite body and mild carbonation, at least on the mouth. long lemony finish. pretty decent wit!

Wheaty, citrus aroma. Cloudy yellow with pale thin head. Wheat, farily tart and oaky flavour notes. Fairly smooth, but sour.

Pours slightly darker than a macro. No head at all. Slightly spiced candy Belgian aroma. I have to say when I first sipped this I didn’t know that the style was and expected a American Pilsner from the name. I thought something was wrong when I got a definite Belgian flavor. I read the bottle to see what it was. OK...not knowing what I was getting I could pick out the style. But after knowing, this is bad. It has that sort or what I call dirty candy Belgian taste to it but it really tastes like floor cleaner. Sort of like Pine Sol. Super perfumy. No body.

Pours blonde with a small white head that leaves fairly quickly. The aroma has a rich quality either from the white or orange - it doesn’t list orange on the label, but it seems to have some. Medium / light body with some sharp carbonation. Flavor starts with nectarine flavor that has some plastic to it. The some spiciness enters that goes through to the finish. There is also some light astringency that comes through. Not a bad beer, but much better of the style out there.

12oz - Aroma is appealing. Yeasty bubblegum, banana, lemon, and spice. Pours transparent gold with a quickly dissapating medium head and great lacing. Flavor is mostly ginger and other spices with the yeasty banana and bubblegum follow up. Palate is smooth and a little tart. Overall, it was better than I expected since the lable says blonde.

I almost subtracted points for appearance, since this poured such a clear straw color. With a one-fingered head. Quite an aromatic nose, soft wheat, oranges, a hint of banana and bubblegum (?), a dash of corriander, and some other spices at work. Soft and smooth in the mouth. The wheat/banana/bubblegum/orange blend continues in the flavor along with corriander, clove, and other spices. It finishes on a mildly lemon-tart note. If I was rating purely for style, I’d subtract points, fur shoor, but I found this to be a refreshing, tasty brew, even if it is a hefeweizen/wit hybrid. Good fare for the warm weather that’s just passed for the year.

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Bottle. Fruity orange-banana aroma with a hint of clove. Clear orange-yellow color with small head. An orange-banana blast of flavor with slight hops finish. A nice tasting summer beer.

Thanks to Hippie4beer for the trade on some barley island stuff. Pours a light hazy gold with a fluffy lasting white head. Aroma reminds me of victory whirlwind with a bit more malt profile. Phenolic lemony and bubblegum. Flavor is lightly wheaty, more bubblegum phenols, light clove spiciness, and some citrus notes. Smooth body but carbonation is a bit low for the style, although I did swirl the bottle to get some yeast so that may have decreased the carbonation. Honestly better than expected. Good wit.