El Toro William Jones Wheat Beer

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

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.

12 oz bottle. Pours a slightly hazy gold body with a one finger fizzy white head that left some sparce lacing. Fairly light aroma with a bit too much diacetyl for my tastes. Some light wet hay and murky yeast. Too much diacetyl on the flavor as well, not too much else really. Some lightly tart wheat and light yeastiness. Light bodied with a slightly sticky buttery finish and moderate fizzy carbonation. Overall, this was pretty bad. A heavily flawed beer.

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.

Clear, golden and headless with typical American Standard aromas, this is an American Wheat. Taste is slightly sweet and malty with significant bitter. Finish is blunt and clean. Some interesting bandage flavors but I was expecting more from the Bill Jones signature beer. El Toro is quietly building itself into a West Coast brewing powerhouse but this beer is no evidence of that.

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.

Hazy straw yellow with a quickly fading rocky white head. Aroma of wheat, grain and honey. Taste of lemon, wheat and light malt. Highly carbonated with a dry finish.

Bottle. Clear golden color with slight amber hue, thin broken white head. Light malt aroma with a slight floral cast and some wet grains. Taste is mild, even the wheat characters are pretty low-key. A mild brew.

12oz bottle. Orange tan with a slight haze. Well carbonated, decent accompanying head. Sweet malty tastes with some lemony wheat. Sugary malt aroma. A little bland, and not as refreshing as you might hope for in a wheat. Ok.