Firehouse Wilderness Wheat

Brewed by Firehouse Brewing Company (SD)
Style: Wheat Ale
Rapid City, South Dakota USA

I can see why this is one of their more popular beers, it was good tasting beer but i think brown cow ale is their best one to go with

Little aroma on a clear golden beer with little head. Good malty character, though, with a hint of the wheat. Good light ale.

Clear yellow with not much of a head, served with a slice of lemon which is pretty candy assey. Not much of a wheat taste to it so I wouldn't rank it among the top wheat beers I've had. Also, the Firehouse serves their beers at 42 degrees which is a little warm for me. All in all this was an acceptable beer with an odd aftertaste. I recommend the Brown Cow Ale if you visit the Firehouse.

Draught from the brewpub poured into sampler with a lemon garnish - Pours cloudy gold; Grapefruit, wheat, orange, and lemon from the garnish to the nose; Lots of malt and yeast, barely any citrus...maybe a little lemon on the initial taste; Mostly malt on a clean backtaste; Medium palate; Pleasant carbonation; Not bad american wheat. The grapefruit was a different touch.

Last stop of the return trip during ABA Beer Tour ’07. Sampled at the brewpub restaurant in downtown Rapid City, South Dakota. Pours a hazy golden straw brew with a thin white head that quickly dissolves but leaves a nice lacing and ring. Aroma of light wheat biscuits, light citrus and some flowery hops. Taste is light bodied, some carbonation with a sweet light multi-grain malt, hint of bitterness and a touch of honey. Finish is creamy, with a light wheat aftertaste.

Personal Milestone: U.S.A. rating #2000 (out of 3300) !
My first South Dakota beer! It pours a hazy yellow/straw body with a bubbly white head that subsides rather quickly. The aroma is wheat flakes with a few drops of honey and a short squirt of lemon. The wheat softens somewhat in the flavor, some sweet citrus juices are added, and a very mild hoppy bitterness is introduced near the finish. Not a bad lawnmower brew.
Thanks to Linda for the beer and giving me another state.

I decided to put my skills to the test by trying this beer approx. three weeks after hand-bottling it off a growler. I seem to have failed...

I will relate my appearance and palate scores to memory as my bottle has lost all carbonation. It initially poured a light-hazed, golden amber with a moderate yet quick white head. Grainy aroma with notes of Nilla Wafers. Flavor is cookie-like with a predominance of pale malt before the tart, fruity finish of Trix cereal (and I probably haven’t had that breakfast treat in over 20 years). If there are Saaz hops in here, they didn’t add much. Rather satisfying, but nothing too special.

<font size=-4>16 oz. sample via growler thanks to <a href=http://www.ratebeer.com/View-User-14352.htm&g and Linda :)</font>

On draught at the brewpub, ordered with no lemon. Very mild aroma, comprised of some gentle sweetness and wheat malt mingled with a touch of citrus. Hazy medium golden yellow color with a virtually non-existent head. Flavor is mildly sweet and even a bit honeyish to start, some soft wheat malt tones taking up most of the middle and with a lightly citric, spicy and mildly bitter finish (Saaz notes?). Some faint lemon here and there. Palate is fairly watery and moderately effervescent, body is light-medium. A passable American Wheat, not too mild.