Grand Teton XX Mountainberry Double Wheat Ale

Brewed by Grand Teton Brewing Co.
Style: Fruit Beer
Victor, Idaho USA

1L bottle, courtesy of Ernest. Thanks! Pours a bright, clear pinkish-ruby color; significant, very light pink head with good retention and mixed-bubbled lacing. Kind of a basic wheatiness and mixed fruit notes in the aroma; decent berry character. Medium mouthfeel: lots of mixed berries (blueberries, blackberries?), husky wheat, and basic sweet maltiness at the core; kind of a bland, slightly hot fruit beer with decent fruitiness; genuine fruit, but underwhelming overall. Medium finish: mixed berries, huskiness, and a bit of alcohol lingering.

FUCK YOU WAX SWING TOP BOTTLE. Clear dark strawberry colored body, huge growing head, just off-white. Nose is semi-sweetened plastic-like berries, a bit of candied strawberry mixed in with some generic raspberry... stuff? The wheat is somewhat creamy and chewy, but it’s all really dominated by this plastic berryness, must be the mountainberries! Alcohol is more than neccessary, body is too thick and muddy. It’s a mess, for sure, but it actually doesn’t taste terrible like the oud bruin. Grows on you, but I think my tongue is just getting numb.

Ok, whoever the punk who thought it would be a good idea to wax a swing top bottle, please, never do it again, what a pain in the ass. The beer is a bit over carbonated as it both foams up as soon as I pop the top as well as foaming over once I get it in my glass. The beer has a frothy, cream colored, initially four finger thick head. The beer is a red tinged, amber color that shows a clear, orange-amber hue when held up to the light. Fairly fruity smelling with lots of berry character, but it finishes with a thin, malt fermentation character that smells a bit cheap somehow. The berry character is not overwhelming, but it is the most dominant note found in this beer. Towards the end there is a touch of grassy grain and cracker-like malt.

This is quite viscous with a definite heft to it that coats the palate; it in fact is quite a bit thicker than the sweetness would suggest. Lightly sweet, most of which comes from the fruity berry notes that dominate the beer. The finish has some hot alcohol to it that definitely warms the throat and lets you know that this is not weak beer. This is actually surprisingly hot, though not overly so, for a beer of only 7.6%; it doesn’t hide its alcohol very well. The wheat provides a touch of a tart, clean grain note, but also seems to weaken the overall flavor profile somehow. A fizzy, ample carbonation helps to temper the chewy body a bit, but can some times be a bit distracting.

This just doesn’t really work for me. Despite being a big beer & even have a chewy richness to it, this beer comes off as thin and alcoholic.

Purchased: Plaza Liquors, Tucson AZ

Hazy copper pour with a big foamy head that lasts. Light aroma of grain, berries and a whiff of alcohol. Flavor is light, sweet fake berries and an alcohol bite on the finish. Not great.

Bottle from DarkElf at PP tasting. Very floral aroma. Amber color. White frothy head. Mild aroma. Leans sweet. Mild bitterness. Decent.

Tasting at PP C-Bad, thanks to DarkElf! Murky dark orange hue, thick layer of head. Nose is big berries and sweet fruits, grape soda, light sweet tarts, chalk, floral tones. Initial taste of grapes and light fruits, artificial sweetener, floral hops, wheat, finishes bittersweet. Slick texture with moderate carbonation. Overall, a lower tier fruit beer, too artificial tasting, unbalanced.

1 liter bottle, wax dipped with pop-top from Johns Market Place in Portland, OR--Poured a highly carbonic amber-blue-purple body that was initially buried in a mammoth white head. Sweet, infected, berry nose. Gritty, cloying, mildly tart, and overly sweet body. Too much carbonation leads me to believe the beer funked. Lots of wheat on the palate. The blend of berries didn’t work for me as this one settled down my drain.

Pours amber with a light haze. Huge, fluffy off-white head. Smells wheaty up front with a little fruity bit in the end. Faint huckleberries, I think. Tastes fruity in the front with a tingle of bitters, a little of the 7.6%, and some wheat. It’s got a bit of sour and tart fruit mixed in before a grassey and wheaty finish. Huckleberry is the most detectable berry. Plain and simple, I was not thrilled with this one.