Blue Mountain Rockfish Wheat

Brewed by Blue Mountain Brewery
Style: German Kristallweizen
Afton, Virginia USA

12 oz bottle courtesy of dkachur. Pours a translucent copper color with a small white head. The aroma is classic wheat with a bit of biscuit. The flavor is light with banana, berries, and almonds. The mouthfeel is full and malty. The finish is long and sweet with a slight metallic astringency. Overall: A very tasty beer. Thanks Dan.

THOUGHTS: My first kristallweizen. I tried it at the Mellow Mushroom in Charlottesville, VA. and bought a bottle on the way out of town. It was slightly better on tap, but still nice in the bottle. I’m rating this from the bottle but giving it a score from the tap because they are so close. For the bottle the flavor was a 7 for the bottle and overall was 11. It was basically an ugly hefeweizen. The aroma wasn’t much different from one. But the flavor was a little different. TECHNICAL: Bottle. Poured a medium to dark yellow or golden with beautiful carbonation and a small, white head that mostly diminished and left fair lacing. The aroma was light caramel malt, some yeast, banana, slight wheat and a touch o’ spice. The initial flavor was lightly sweet and moderate to heavily acidic; while the finish was moderately acidic and bitter with an average duration. There was wheat, slight caramel malt, some lemon and other citrus notes. On tap there was also a lot of banana. The light to medium body was slightly syrupy then dry with fizzy carbonation and a slightly metallic, light astringent and light dry finish.

(bottle) A clear gold body with a small, fluffy white head. Full aroma has lots of banana, some spice, sweet malt. Medium bodied, creamy, and slight fizziness.

Draft sample at the brewery. Pale gold, clear, with white head. Aromas of straw, lemon, wheat, and some faint banana/bubblegum. Flavor is slightly tart lemon and wheat, lively carbonation, with a clean, drying finish. Tasty stuff, much better than many American takes on the wheat beers.

Off taps at Capital Ale House. Nice spicey hefe aroma. Clear yellow golden with small fine white head. Orange citrus hop flavovs with some bannana and spicey yeast notes. Fairly sweet malty wheat backbone. Medium body with mostly dry finish with some residual yeast notes.

7/20/08 - Draft sample at brewery. Clear yellow with white head. Nose is wheat malt and yeasty banana. Taste is banana and slight clove with good malt balance. Good lacing and body. Nice beer.

The aroma is wheat like with bubble gum, yeast, and bubble gum. The appearance is golden with a decent head. The flavor is like the aroma. The palate is thin. Overall it’s OK.

alittle bit of bubble gum, light of the malts. its light and fizzy, still its quite drinkable. good for what it is.