Lost Coast Tangerine Wheat

Brewed by Lost Coast Brewery & Cafe
Style: Fruit Beer
Eureka, California USA

The fruit beer has a great tangerine smell and delicious orange flavor. It is slightly cloudy, like a wheat beer, but amber in color. It gets even better as the temp. goes up.

Quality product. Nice Tangerine. Not overdone, just right. Great aroma, good depth. A good alternative to Rogue Honey Orange, and cheaper.

On tap at the brewery in September 2006: ok ok - I fullfill the girly girl - I liked it- LOL - I’m alone here- whatever: I liked the full tangerine nose and taste and the body. Yep.

This fruit beer pours a medium orange gold color from a 22oz bottle. Medium sized white foamy head. The aroma is tangerine and mango, with a hint of wheat. A medium bodied fruit beer. The malts are wheaty and cereal. The hops are slightly spicy. Well is certainly is a tangerine wheat beer, just loads of citrusy tangerine flavors. Yet there is some wheat beer backbone in the background. Crisp and clean. It is most definitely a tangerine wheat beer. The flavors are good, nothing artificial tasting. I kind of like this beer, it would be nice session ale for a hot summer day. Mouthfeel is full. Finish is clean and crisp. Aftertaste is slightly bitter.

Appearance: Pours a clear, orange-copper body with a thin, meager head. Smell: A bottle politely mentions a "hint" of tangerine, but, damn it, I say there’s more than a hint! A lovely, tangerine laden nose is what it is, friends. Taste: A solid dose of wheat, but it’s mainly sweet, juicy tangerines. Sweetish at first, but then it gives way to more citrus and a light, vague bitterness. Citrusy all the way through to the end, babies! Mouthfeel: Medium-bodied. Medium-low carbonation. Drinkability: Just when I was griping about a lack of tangerine-based beers Lost Coast saves the day.

Draft @ Say Cheese Pizza in Mt. Shasta, CA. Pours orange with a bright white ring head. Nose is huge and full of tangerine. Taste is holy shit, big huge fruity character comes through, and its super drinkable. Sweet and nice and pretty great.

I had this at the Arena Bar and Grill in Wilkes-Barre, PA on 11/11/06. It had a very nice tangerine aroma. The tangerine flavor was not overwhelming, but complimented the wheat base very well. This was a great alternative to a wheat beer with a slice of orange that I was craving. It complimented the Magic Hat No. 9 BBQ chicken quite well.

Lost Coast Tangerine is a hazy and sparkling ale that lingers between light amber and deep gold, with a hue leaning toward peach. It has a small white head that fades to a film and stays put to leave nice lacing on the glass. It has a bright tangerine aroma, with a note of lemongrass. It is medium bodied, quite bubbly and extremely smooth. The finish is clean. Tangerine is quite prominent in the taste. It is moderately bitter and well balanced. It is a nice, sound, refreshing and satisfying wheat ale serving as a backdrop for tangerine. There is a clean, short, tangerine peel finish. What a great idea. Rather than just trying to emulate citrus with hops, they just went for it.