Dunedin Summer Buzz Honey Wheat Ale 2008

Draft sample at brewpub. Poured clear reddish brown color with an average fizzy white head that was mostly lasting with good lacing. Moderate honey yeasty aroma. Medium to full body with a smooth texture. Medium to heavy dark honey sweet flavor with a medium to heavy sweet finish of moderate to long duration. My expectations where exceeded with a complex beer.

on tap in half pint glass-pours an off white ring for a head and amber color. Aroma is sweet medium malt, clove. Taste is sweet medium malt, clove, honey, some spice.

Draft... Cloudy, rust-colored ale with a creamy white head. Sweet, fruity, lightly spicy aroma. Full-bodied with lively carbonation. Sweet, hearty, malty flavor with no apparent candy sugar, but huge notes of honey. Lengthy, sweet, lightly acidic finish.

Draft at brewery. Poured a hazy gold copper in color with a thin white head. Aroma is sweet with honey with a little sweet fruitiness. Tastes of really sweet honey, candi sugar, mild spices throughout. Alcohol warming present, but still a nice brew.

Tap at the brewery. Pours to a murky fired pine colored body with no head. The flavor is full of light candi sugar and bubblegum with sweet golden raisins. Slightly cloying. The sweetness is really strong. The aroma, however, was surprisingly light. I was expecting huge sweet malts and got only a subtle bubblegum. The palate was really sweet. Once you get past that, it was a decent brew.

Poured up in a half pint glass from the tap at the brewery. The body has a full on haze to it carrying a copper – orange hue and thin off white head. The aroma is sweet honey, some maltiness, a hit of pepper, some Belgian candi sugar and assorted fruit notes. The taste is thick sweet malts, candi sugar and sweet citrus orange juice from the first sip. Later I get faint pepper to go along with notes of banana, prunes, sweet cinnamon and sugar coated apricots, honey and ripe red delicious apples. Never gets too tart or too sweet. Yummy offering.