Highland Cattail Peak Wheat

Brewed by Highland Brewing Company
Style: Wheat Ale
Asheville, North Carolina USA

Date: 08/16/2008
Mode: Draft
Source: Barley’s, NC

Appearance: opaque yellow, big creamy white head, bits of lace,
Aroma: sweet banana aroma with light clove,
Body: creamy body,
Flavor: sweet banana flavor, touch of clove, light spicyness beyond the clove leaves a light bitterness,

Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 6/10; Palate: 7/10; Overall: 12/20
Rating: 3.2/5.0
Drinkability: 8/10
Score: *4

(12oz bottle, thanks wilkie) Cloudy golden body with small white head. Aroma is medium sweet, clove, some peach. Taste is medium sweet, peach, some wheat, light clove. Light-medium body, light acidity.

12oz bottle–pours a dissipating white head and hazy yellow color. Aroma is spice hops, wheat, clove. Taste is dry spice hops-slight, wheat, clove, and slight banana, metallic. Thanks to decaturstevo for sharing this.

Pours a transparent bright pale golden with a thin, wispy-lacing white head. Aroma of lightly sweet malted wheat and a hint of lemony citrus. Body starts with decent fullness and wheaty sweetness with some grainy husky character and earthy bittering hops before a cleaner, smooth bittersweet finish. A decent American-style wheat beer.

Pours gold and hazy with a white head. Smells of wheat and citrus. Tastes of wheat and spice with some bitter hints on the finish. Decent.

Bottled. Poured crystal-clear bright golden with a short-lived cap of white head. The aroma picked up sweet honey and pale malts supporting toasty overripe bananas, tart wheat, and some floral character.. fairly well presented. The flavor was quite tangy throughout with a combination of wheat, lemon, and bitter floral character present.. honey and sourdough bread at the core.. finished a touch sour and refreshing. Light-bodied and tart as mentioned on the palate.. I found this to be tasty and refreshing.

12oz bottle from trade with nearbeer. Thanks! Poured a slightly hazy golden-yellow color. The head was white and reduced to a thin film after about a minute. No significant lace. Smelled pretty much like a standard American wheat; citrus (mostly lemon/lime), biscuity malt, and a hint of yeasty dough. Light to medium bodied and delicately sweet. The chalky mouth feel imparted a bit of character. I tasted yeasty bread dough, fresh cereal grain, a touch of honey, and a squeeze of lemon. I assume the slight, dry/bitter note toward the end came from the rye, which I was otherwise unable to detect. Pretty good. Very refreshing, as advertised.

On tap at Barley’s, Asheville. Very cloudy dark gold, kinda like New Orleans Saints Gold. Nice ’wheaty" aroma, with some floral notes. Flavor is similiarly wheaty, with hints of pepper and smone floral notes here, as well. Crisp finish. Surprisingly full bodied, too.