Harpoon Crystal Wheat

Brewed by Harpoon Brewery
Style: German Kristallweizen
Boston, Massachusetts USA

(12oz bottle) Crystal clear straw body topped by small white head. Aroma is medium sweet, banana, some bubblegum, light clove. Taste is banana, some pear, bubblegum. Light body, light effervescence.

Pours straw color with a white head. Smells lightly wheaty. Tastes grassy and wheaty with a faint trace of sweet citrus on the finish.

Rerate Bottles two and three were a tad bit better - still not overwhelming with flavor though. Original 2.3 Savannah, Ga. - Habersham Beverage Warehouse - 12 oz bottle. Light golden pour, no head. Stale, dank aroma. Boring taste - some fading lemons, a bit of baked bread. Mouthfeel - thinnish and uninspiring. Will try again as I bought a mixed summer 12 pak.

Draft at the brewery tour. Poured a clear gold color. The head was white and fizzy. The aroma included hints of wheat and lemon. Light bodied with carbonation on the higher end of the spectrum. I tasted distinct lemon accented by a bit of orange. There was also a light grainy note. Nothing overtly offensive...perhaps a bit dish soapy with the lemon. Easy drinker.

From a mix 12 pack. Yeas, I bought a 12 pack for this one rating. To quickly sum up, it clean and crisp, some citrus, blah blah blah. Not a bad beer, but I simply don’t understand the point of this style.

The aroma is metallic and citrus like with some wheat but a bit of an adjunct quality to it. The appearance is pale gold with a nice foamy head. The flavor is like the aroma with a clean finish but it also has a touch of bread and soap. The palate is thin but right for the style. Overall a decent beer but a tad off.

12 oz bottle. Pours very pale straw yellow with slight white head. The aroma is pretty strong lemon, some hay, a hint of banana, and a weird peach Jolly Rancher note. The flavor is heavy on the "lemon essence" as well, leaving not a whole lot else. There’s a dry wheat tone that sneaks into the finish that reminds me it’s beer. It is refreshing, just not particularly well made.

A nice crisp kristallweizen if not a little bland. Aroma was slightly below average. Slight lemon with a husky graininess to it. Has a floral/perfumey aspect that carries through to the flavor. Pour was just as the style suggests. LIght gold, filtered to no end with complete clarity and a nice half finger white head sitting on top. Taste was a little weak. The strong and biting carbonation burns the top of the mouth with lemon and perfume just making an appearance in the aftertaste. Great for the summer.