Fort Collins Major Toms Pomegranate Wheat

Brewed by Fort Collins Brewery
Style: Fruit Beer
Fort Collins, Colorado USA

Poured hazy yellow with a big white head. Hint of fruit in the aroma. Refreshing water flavor with a hint of fruit in the finish. Slamed it.

Light yellowish/orange color. A little weak in the wheat and the fruit. Getting some pomegranate on the back end and very faint in the finish. Some toasty grain aromas and a bit of wheat like flavors. Nothing truly stands out here or is memorable enough to make me want to go back and get it again.

Mostly clear orange with a thin white head. Wheat and fruit aroma. Taste is some sweet some tart. Decent, not very thick with wheat.

Bright yellow pour with a fizzy white head, aroma hints at wheat and straw, taste is moderately dry with no signs of ’pomegranate’, finishes lightly tart and very dry, nothing complex about this beer and it’s a bit watery.

12 ounce bottle - $1.99 at Total Wine & More in Kennesaw, Georgia. "Contains Sulfites" listed on the label. Appearance: Pours a crystal clear, delightfully bright golden body with a full inch of white foam. Smell: Singularly simple wheat malt nose with a mild berry-like waft of pomegranate and a nose-tingled zesty, spicy hop scent. Taste: Initial tastes of humble barley and malted wheat with a mild, restrained sweetness. The pomegranate flavor is exceptionally light, providing only meager hints of tart fruitiness. Spicy, soapy hop character with a cleansing pop of bitterness. Severely deficient in the ester department, I must say, but, with it’s squeaky clean filtration, I suppose none was really intended. Finishes dry, particularly crisp, and with a vague, light touch of lingering fruit character. Mouthfeel: Medium-plus carbonation, it delivers a near-sparkling crispness practically from the first sip. Drinkability: A light wheat ale with a light addition of fruit, charge it with an ample hop bitterness and nigh fizzy carbonation and you have yourself Major Tom’s Pomegranate Wheat.

On tap at Oldsmar Tap House (Tampa, FL). Pours a clear golden color with a thin white head. Aroma is sweet and floral with hints of grass, hay, yeast, caramel, some hints of honey. Flavor is also sweet and floral with notes of fresh fruit, grass, hay, yeast, caramel, honey and hints of spice. Generally light to medium body with a pleasing grassy, yeasty finish.

Location: 12 oz bottle from Greens Discount Beverage - Atlanta (Buford Hwy), 5/12/09

Aroma: Nose is citrus fruits, very sweet, a little wheat
Appearance: Clear gold color, thin white head
Flavor: Light wheat flavor, sweet
Palate: Thin, kind of watery, a bit chalky
Overall Impression: A pretty boring/bland beer. Not terrible, but not a lot here. Very average.

Pours clear yellow with a very small white head. Nose is faint soapiness. Wheat flavor with some rather cloying pomegranate. Pretty flat mouthfeel. Not that much fun.