Carolina Summer Wheat

Brewed by Carolina Brewing Company
Style: Wheat Ale
Holly Springs, North Carolina USA

The aroma contained a lightly spicy hop characteristic and a low, yet detectable, wheat presence. The hops were slightly grassy. The beer arrived crystal clear pale golden with a white small bubbled head which lasted well enough to lace the glass. The flavor was quite bitter with a light spice and a bit of grassiness. The malt contained a crisp wheat character. The mouthfeel was nice and round from the use of wheat and the beer had a dry and crisp finish and a light bit of spice lasting into the aftertaste. The body was boosted by a nice carbonation level and a lightly creamy texture on the palate. A nice, but somewhat boring, wheat ale. Draft at Falls Tap Room (served really cold).

Draught. Amber color, clear and has a decent white head with lovely lacing. Aroma is grain and bread, not yeasty. Flavor is very pleasant. Slight yeast in flavor, but mostly a pleasant summer beer that is average in style (but very good in taste.)

bottle, from brewery, bottled 05/21/08, best by 08/21/08. Good aroma, bitter. Grassy, biscuity/sourdough, peppery, toasted wheat. Clean pale oragy gold color, small head, little to no lace. Bitter flavor. Like aroma, grassy, minor citrus, toasted wheat. Lite body, thin creamy mouthfeel, bitter dry finish. Alright, easy to drink, one of the more bitter wheats I’ve had, at moment shared ipaish bitterness. A second beer produces a bigger head with the glass straight up, still not much lace.

Gold pour with medium head. Some hopcit in the aroma and flavor, with some finishing wheaty, citrus elements.

Usual seasonal CBC label with a dot-matrixed "Bot on 8/16/06". Pours an unexpected clear golden yellow color. Very busy carbonation. A rough pour into an oversized weizen glass yields an initial fluffy white head but sadly this reduces instantaneously to a thin tight cap of bleached foam. Wet, loose lacing. Aromas offer up a soft fruit feel with plenty of wheat and grass, and a subtle kick of noble hop. As it warms, more nobles appear in the forefront. The flavors surprised me quite frankly for an American Wheat Ale. A snappy Saaz-esque flair here. Nobles, nobles, nobles. Ample grassiness here. Smooth wheat? Heh, heh, heh....not here. Sharp, crisp, razor hop bittering overwhelms any wheat presence. Mild lemon. Edgy mouthfeel. Not quite a smooth wheat concoction. A pilsner-esque beer from Bavaria, not the expected wheaty softness from Holly Springs.

Clear gold pour slight spotty lace. Bland aroma. Slightly hoppy, wish there were a little mor...

On tap at the brewery this wheat poured a gold color with little head, aroma of wheat, hops, grasses, flower and soap. Taste was floral as well with a hint of hops, wheat and again a bit of soapiness. Not bad but certainly not my favorite of the CBC brews.

Draught at 42nd St Oyster Bar in Raleigh, NC. Clear golden color with bubbly white head that laced the glass. Cereal grain aroma and flavor with a light citrusy note. Crisp and refreshing. Nice for those muggy Carolina summer afternoons.