Big Rock Grasshopper Wheat Ale

Brewed by Big Rock Brewery
Style: Wheat Ale
Calgary, Canada

An interesting beer, nothing really going on here. I had it on tap, it was served with lemon. Would be a great summer afternoon beer. Very refreshing.

Assée rafréchissante avec un légé goût, pas super impressionante. J’avoue qu’il y a pire.

Grasshopper a very common beer here in Edmonton and a lot of people order it thinking its fancy because it comes with a wedge of lemon, the only reason this lemon is needed is to drown out the taste of this cheap beer. Don’t get me wrong this beer isn’t horrible it’s just not as good and fancy as the masses think it is. The review was done from the canned version so marks might be lower then they should, Beer starts off all right crystal clear golden body with a good sized white fluffy cap that had good retention. Smell is wheat with some corn coming through very week unappealing aroma, this is where the lemon wedge comes drowning out all fowl odors and tastes. Very bready taste with more corn then wheat so I guess its really corn bread I’m tasting, and that’s all there is for taste, all corn bread malt with no hops. Its still a drinkable beer but not worth the premium beer price.

on tap shark club lethbridge. Clear golden yellow with a thin white head. Aroma is very light. Flavor is also very light and smooth. Not a great wheat beer. But it is very crisp and smooth. Very drinkable.

draught. better and much wheatier than I remember from the last time I tried it, it seems like big rock has made improvements to the recipe. not a good example of the style maybe, but considering it basically ends up being almost identical to a premium lager, it’s very much a palatable option compared to many examples of that style. A bit underrated by many on the site.

341 mL Bottle. Clear gold body with a foamy-bubbly white head that settles to a wispy ring, no lacing (obviously this wheat ale has been filtered). Wheat stands out in the aroma along with grains and tangy hops. Wheat and sweet malt make up the flavor with a sweet grainy / tangy hop aftertaste and a butter biscuit linger. More like a macro than a micro.

Pours a golden yellow with little head. Aroma is musty with some citrus notes (mainly lemon) some allspice, and very bready malt. Tastes lemony, with a mushroomy mid-palate. Also has some spice and a very bready taste. Palate is fine, but this beer is much better on tap. Just lacks the bright freshness of a good wheat beer.

Bottle at the Stampede Casino. Clear yellow. Decently fresh aroma. Grains on the nose. Dry wheaty taste. Just a hint of citrus but could use WAY more. A little bland.