 JohnnyOS (610), Golden, Wisconsin, USA
Mar 5, 2006 Friend of mine had this one in his fridge. Pours amber with thick white head. Aroma of wheat, light hops and malt with some kind of additional spice. Flavor is quite mild with no one ingredient stealing the show. Interesting, but not bad... even in winter.
robertsreality (2462), Minnesota, USA
Sep 14, 2004 2004 Autumn Brew Review: Coudy. I’ll Go with Straw Coloring. Big Head. Thar Be a Different Sort of Summer Ale...Wheat, Hops and Some Spice to it. Fruit. Would Like to Try Again.
badgerben (3074), Blaine, Minnesota, USA
Sep 13, 2004 Autumn Brew Review 2004. Strange brew... Dark straw color with a good sized head. Weak aroma of wheat. Kind of a wheat and malt taste, but some spice and hops that aren’t in a typical wheat. I stick by my original comment: strange...
DarkElf (2650), La Jolla, California, USA
Jul 19, 2004 (12 oz bottle) Very mild wheat flavor, somewhat sweet and spicy like a Belgian with a subtle pale maltiness lurking in the background; Bubblegum finish; The spicy, light bubblegum nose has a Belgian character to it, but the nose is also a bit on the sweet side; Light bodied with a modest zip on the palate, but generally not all that exciting; Hazy pale yellow with a very small head on the pour, and absolutely no head within maybe 15 seconds; Only a handful of carbonation bubbles slowly rise toward the surface; No lacing; Different type of American summer brew, almost a Belgian Light beer, and while not great, it's decent enough and I appreciate that it's not just a boring light wheat beer like most American summer beers
Pigfoot (2225), Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Apr 17, 2004 Thirsty, I reached blindly into the fridge, grabbed a bottle, popped the top, and poured it into a pint glass, giving little thought to what it was, but thinking it was a hefe weizen. As I finished it, I mused that it must've been a mighty weak weizen, with little hefe and scant wheat texture...then I noticed the bottle, and read the label...partial wheat malts...not far off the mark...interesting...
So, the beer...appearance:slightly hazy, orange/amber color, short, disappearing head.
Aroma:very sweet and fruity, sugary, a distinctive character, with orange chief at first, and banana gaining prominence later on. I kept my nose in this one for a while, very nice.
On the palate, though, the sugary sweetness goes a bit too far, and comes close to cloying. Extraordinarily light in every respect, and an ideal summer slammer. Banana/clove aspects peep up, but never fully form...it's like a half-born hefe weizen. Lacking quite a bit, but neither does it pretend to much, either. A nice little summer ale.
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