El Toro William Jones Wheat Beer

Brewed by El Toro Brewing Co.
Style: Wheat Ale
Morgan Hill, California USA

Picked up a single 12-oz bottle at Brennan’s Country Farm Market in Brookfield, Wisconsin. Pours a semi-hazy pale golden brew with a thin white head that quickly dissipates to a fine film and thin white ring. Aroma of light bready malt, some lemon zest and tart citrus hop character. Taste is light to medium bodied, light carbonation with some bready and lemon zest flavors. Finish is slightly tart with a multi-grain malt with wheat character in the after taste. Slightly off balance with more malt than citrus flavors but still drinkable.

Cloudy gold color. Smells like cereal. Flavor is a bitter lemon bite upfron with a lingering wheaties flavor. I could see this being a nice thirst quencher.

Date: 08/19/2007
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting, Ticker Tasting

hazy pale yellow, fine white head, drippy lace, light tart aroma with a faint lemony character, light wheat flavor with a hint of malty sweetness balanced by wheat tartness,

Aroma: 4/10; Appearance: 6/10; Flavor: 4/10; Palate: 5/10; Overall: 8/20
Rating: 2.2/5.0
Drinkability: 6/10
Score: *+/4

Appearance: Pours a very light, clear yellow body with a decent white head. Smell: Faint aroma of lemons, wheat, and even less spicy hops. Taste: Exeptionally faint toasted wheat flavor with a light sweetness. The finish, if you can really call it that, has only the lightest touch of hops. Mouthfeel: Light-bodied. Medium carbonation. Drinkability: Pretty dull and lackluster even for an American Wheat Ale.

Pours a transparent pale golden with an effervescent, airy, wispy-lacing white head. Aroma of mildly sweet wheat and some sweaty hops and light fruity esters. Body starts with a lot of carbonation, light pale malty sweetness and some mild earthy bittering hops toward a pretty bland, but smooth finish. A standard American wheat.

From a 12 oz. bottle with no freshness date. Poured a hazy yellowish golden with a large foamy, fluffy white head, good retention, plenty of ringed sticking. Aromas of a bread powdery, lemon honey and a very light spiciness. Good carbonation and a crisp, smooth medium-light bodied mouthfeel. Kind of bland tasting, lemon bubble gum, a bland wheat grassy, a soft spice hoppiness towards the end and a dry malty finish. A passable wheat ale, but not one I would want on a regular basis, can’t see myself drinking more than two bottles of this without becoming bored.

A really good "light" beer on very hot days here in the south valley.

Bottle with "Brew 997" stamped on it. Clear dark golden body under a small but dense white head - goopy lacing. Melon/berry aroma with with a grassy wheat base. Zesty flavor - lemon grass and sage over clean wheat. Some astringency in the dry finish. A hot day beer for sure.