Crabtree Twisted Creek Wheat

Brewed by Crabtree Brewing Company
Style: Wheat Ale
Greeley, Colorado USA

Cloudy orange color with a smaller foam. Nice purity in the nose which shows a lot of hearty wheat and malt characteristics. Also some notes of banana and clove. Flavor is really spot on, rich and hearty for the style. Lots of yeast character and true weizen notes. Banana, vanilla, clove, spice. Even a great mouth feel. An impressive hefeweizen.

Bottle. Head is initially average sized, frothy, white, mostly diminishing. Body is hazy dark yellow, bottle conditioned. Aroma is lightly to moderately malty (toasted grain), lightly to moderately yeasty (cobwebs), with notes of orange peel and dried apricot. Flavor is moderately sweet, lightly acidic, lightly bitter. Finish is lightly sweet, lightly acidic, moderately bitter. Medium body, watery/velvety texture, lively carbonation. One of the better American Wheats I’ve had, quite frankly. Delightfully aromatic and wonderfully quaffable.

Beer is a murky medium, bright gold with a a small, white, frothy, mostly diminishing head. The aroma is malty with a light note of sweet toasted grain, light toasted bread crust; Hoppy with moderate-to-heavy notes of herb, grass, trace notes of dandelion, and honeysuckle-like flower; Yeasty with a light note of cellar/cobweb; Moderate miscellaneous note of bubble gum, trace note of tropical fruit. The flavor is is moderately-to-heavily sweet, lightly-to-moderately acidic with a long, lightly acidic, lightly sweet finish. The body is light, the texture is watery and the carbonation is lively.

This has a good German-style aroma and is very cloudy yellow orange. The flavor is neally nice too, not icky or funky, almost with some faint heaviness to it. It finishes a little poorly, but I was much impressed after the bad brown.

12 oz bottle. Pours a hazy golden amber with a creamy white head that retains and laces the glass.

The aroma is traditional hefe - yeasty bananas and cloves with some wheaty malts.

The flavor is sweet and spiced bananas with some yeast funk leading to a light hop finish. The mouthfeel is medium bodied with some sharp carbonation.

Overall, a decent hefe (not my favorite style). It is pretty similar to the Haystack by Lefthand, but a tad more adventurous.

bottle. golden/orange pour with thin head. aroma of wheat, yeast, banana and clove. flavor is mild and refreshing. sweet lemon, banana, light yeast and spice. fresh clean wheat. very enjoyable.

Slightly hazy with a nice orange hue and a sudsy head. Soft palate. Chewy wheat; yeasty. Nice and zingy hops had some tasty flavors. Subtle fruit. Moderate bitterness; balanced. Decent beer, though not overly exciting. Funny, same exact score as Brian.

Bomber. Pours murky orange with a huge white head, excellent retention. Aroma is sweet citrus, cream, cobwebs, a touch of spice- not incredibly unique, but well balanced. Taste is citrus, wheat, light clove. Slight oxidation. Finish is unremarkable, a little fruity, candy. Light to medium body.