Lancaster Strawberry Wheat

Brewed by Lancaster Brewing Co.
Style: Fruit Beer
Lancaster, Pennsylvania USA

Poured more like a blonde - clear slightly amber, decent white foamy head. Light lacing apparent. Aroma had almost no strawberry to it - nor did it really have a wheat aroma either --- sort of neutral. Initial draw was light, drinkable - no fighting with hops here as hops was very much in the background. Only after a few swallows does a very slight strawberry taste come through. The bottle identifies Strawberry extract was basically added to for the slight flavor. A little too light tasting for me, I would have hoped for a bolder wheat beer as the base and some tang from a little acid and strawberry (it could really use a bit of sour mashing and more of a natural strawberry flavor IMO). This wheat was just OK... nothing special, nothing to rave about. I probably will not purchase again, but would drink again if offered. Mediocre is the best way to describe it.

light orange pour, fizzy dissipating head. slight wheat aroma and juicy juice strawberry. Suprisingly not to much strawberry, some tartness but finish is of fresh strawberries. At the best a not unpleasant fruit beer.

Cloudy yellow with a white head. Aroma of wheat, and artificial strawberry. Powerful and almost overwhelming strawberry taste. Some wheat and a bit bitter. Decent.

Bottle, #386 Golden pour with decent head. Light aroma and flavor, not too much strawberry (which is probably good as I’m not too fond of fruit beers). Overall decent, nothing special.

Draft @ Paul’s Wedding: Poured a dark orange color with a ton of head (might have been a problem with tap, not sure). The aroma was of sweet strawberries. The flavor was a creamy strawberry that reminded me of a milk shake. I enjoyed this beer a lot.

Bottle in Lancaster - Sampled from the wife’s beer. Foam off-white head, no real aroma and didn’t sense the strawberry that much. Rather weird sense on my tongue and the flavor was watery and dull. Kind of fizzy and flavorless, easy to drink but thats about it!

I’m surprised that this beer has gotten a lot of bad reviews. I thoroughly enjoy this beer. The beer was on tap and the pour was light amber, with little head but a lively carbonation. The beer has a nice fruity aroma, with strawberry as the highlight. Little or no hop aroma. The flavor is extremely balanced, with a slight sourness attributed to the strawberry, which blends nicely and is not over the top. This is a nice clean beer as you would expect from a lager, a nice clean yeast profile. This beer is a session beer that goes down smoothly and I could easily drink several of them in one sitting.

12 oz bottle..... --Dark copper, mild cloudy body --off-white short distance head --smells light and wheaty --sour strawberry aromas with a cereal back --flavor is light with artificial strawberry essence, easy to drink...with a sweet easy cereal like malt --very flat appearance for a wheat