Lengthwise Harvest Moon Wheat Ale

On tap @ the brewpub. Cloudy orange with a small creamy off-white head, fading to a film. Loads of banana in the aroma with some faint spicy clove notes. Flavor is much the same with just a little bit of lemon. Big wheat finish with bitterness around a 2 or so. Light prickly carbonation with a medium body. This is not an American Wheat--this is one banana-y hefe.

Name: Harvest Moon Wheat Ale
Date: July 13, 2009
Mode: Draft
Source: Brewpub
Appearance: muddy yellow, fine white head, drippy lace
Aroma: sweet banana aroma, touch of clove
Body: creamy body
Flavor: sweet banana flavor, light clove
Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 8/10; Overall: 15/20
Rating: 3.7/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: **4

On tap at the brewpub in Bakersfield. Poured a really nice cloudy yellow with a white head. Aroma was banana and cloves. Flavor was a bit of the same, but also a bit on the sweet side which was surprising. The banana was not overwhelming which was nice. Decent wheat.

On tap. Poured a cloudy yellow with a small white head. Aroma is wheat with hints of banana and clove. Flavor reflects the aroma, without an overbearing amount of banana.

13-Aug-08 (22-oz bottle with a competition label only: Free sample bottle for stewarding the 2008 World Beer Cup in San Diego, CA) Entered as a South German-style hefeweizen, this is a very spicy wheat beer, not a characterless beer with wheat flavor and nothing else. Jumping out are bright spices, lots of cloves, sweet banana and bubblegum, all the yeast-driven flavors you expect out of an authentic hefeweizen. Aromas of dough, banana and clove reinforce the flavors. Medium in body into the finish, but the spices and moderate carbonation are lively enough to keep the palate dancing and feeling reasonably well refreshed. Cloudy, pale yellow in color with a small, whitish head that settles to a thin ring. Nice job on this one.

Yellow orange, hazy with a thin head. Aroma is again light, but has hints of banana and bubble gum. Light pleasant banana sweetness with a touch of wheat malt, clove and a little soapiness that comes through in the end. Finishes with a little wheat/lemon sourness. Thin bodied, smooth carbonation. Pretty decent.

Sample at the brewpub: This beer is a hazy yellow-gold color with a medium thin and foamy ivory head with thin lacing. Wheaty aroma, along with a touch of fruit. Light-bodied with a clean mouthfeel. Wheat and banana flavors dominate, along with a bit of spice behind it all. The finish is wheaty with some yeast and hops aftertaste. Average overall.

On tap at the pub. Cloudy gold with a thin white head. Hoppy aroma with a whaet flavor with a little bitterness from the hops.