Maritime Pacific Clipper Gold Hefeweizen

Brewed by Maritime Pacific Brewing Co.
Style: Wheat Ale
Seattle, Washington USA

Date: September 17, 2009
Mode: Draft
Source: Jolly Roger Taproom
Appearance: cloudy yellow, fine white head, streaks of lace
Aroma: light sweet malt aroma, touch of fruity sweetness, light spicyness
Flavor: sweet wheat flavor, just a touch of banana sweetness, light bitterness with a hint of spicyness, just a touch of wheat tartness adds a nice touch
Aroma: 5/10; Appearance: 6/10; Flavor: 5/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 10/20
Rating: 2.6/5.0
Drinkability: 6/10
Score: ** /4

A nice cloudy beer that is pretty surprisingly unwheaty. Flavor is light, downable and good. Simple yet drinkable.

Draught @ Jolly Roger Taproom, Seattle. Pours a hazy yellow color with a longlasting white head. Has a wheat malty aroma with some weak hints of banana and hops. Wheat malty citrus flavor with banana hints. Sweetish wheat malty finish with a slightly bitter aftertaste.

On tap @ the brewpub. Pours opaque hazy gold with straw highlights and bright white head. Classic look with some sheet lacing to boot. The aroma is mild with grain malts, a hint of wheat and a vague hoppiness. The taste is non-wheat maltiness up front with hints of grainy malts and faint wheat. The wheatiness does grow to go along with notes of ripe banana and a hint of bubble gum as the finish approaches. I also get a hop bite tingling away in the background. Pretty nice hefe.

On draught at the brewery/taproom grill in suburban Seattle, WA. Pours a hazy golden pale brew with a creamy white head that slowly dissipates to a good retention with excellent lacing. Aroma of banana and white bread, a touch of tropical fruit and some lemon zest. Taste is light to medium bodied, light carbonation with light flavors of white malt, some floral hops, banana and tropical fruit. Finish is semi-sweet and a little thin with a touch of yeast and banana.

Tap at Taphouse Grill. Hazy yellow gold. Aroma of wheat, citrus, and light spice, Sweet and wheaty, light fruit in the finish. Banana and lemon. Soft to medium carbonation, smooth mouthfeel. Easy drinking ale.

Cloudy yellow, nice white head. Very yeasty, bready, banana-y or pineapple-y aroma. Smooth, soft palate. Very enjoyable, very quaffable. Nice fruity, yeasty and fruity notes throughout.

on tap-pours a white head and hazy yellow color. Aroma is faint wheat/malt. Taste is wheat/light malt-some sweet, some off lemon, hint of floral hops. An American wheat.