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Mickey Finns 847


 Percentile 
43
overall
Brewed by Mickey Finns Brewery & Pub
Style: Wheat Ale

Libertyville, Illinois USA

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 Ratings  Average  Score  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in 
173.02/5.03/5.05.4%77Shaker, Weizen

Commercial Description:
A Suburban Wheat Ale
Our same great wheat with a new name. The Wheat is brewed with approximately 50% wheat malt and 50% malted barley. The flavor of this brew is very well balanced meaning it is neither malty (sweet) or hoppy (bitter) like most of Finn’s beers, with the exception of raspberry extract added to the finished product. This is great beer to begin with if you haven't had a micro-brewed beer.
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 AmEricanbrew (1747), Louisiana, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/512/20
Sep 25, 2008  
Clear golden with a frothy white head. Nice aroma is tart wheat and bready yeast. Medium bodied. Decent flavor is tart wheat with a pale malt and citrusy sweetness. Another nice hot weather beer from Finns.


 Walt (2289), Chicago, Illinois, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/513/20
Apr 22, 2008  
Pour is clear golden with a thin white head...smell is lightly toasty and sweet...taste is the same....no spices really there...nice mouthfeel...


 DrnkMcDermott (1831), Downers Grove, Illinois, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/103/512/20
Jan 14, 2008  
Sampler at the pub. Cloudy American Wheat appearance. Smells shows banana esters that are more at home in a hefeweizen than an American wheat. But slightly higher hop levels are appreciated. Some ale fruitiness further down. Finish has a bit of sweet roll dough to it.


 RSRIZZO (1332), Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA
1.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/52/102/54/20
Oct 10, 2007  
Had this beer on 9/14/1999. Color is much darker than any wheat I’ve seen (other then wheat Bock ). Starting with a medium/light body that goes down crisp. Finish is where things go wrong, it has a slightly oak whisky taste. Its just a bad beer.


 hopdog (5525), Lansdale, Pennsylvania, USA
2.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/55/103/58/20
Jul 22, 2007  
On tap at the Mickey Finn Brew Pub. Poured a medium golden color with a small sized white head. Aromas and tastes of wheat, grainy, and some citrus in the tastes. Thinner body.


 gws57 (1131), Saint Charles, Illinois, USA
2.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/102/54/105/57/20
Jun 10, 2007  
Had this one on draught at the brewpub in Libertyville, Illinois. Thick white head atop a clear, medium yellow pour, this beer had a very faint nose of dishwashing detergent. Balanced, but not much discernable flavor. It did go down easy. Meh.


 StewardofGondor (1934), Washington Heights - Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/512/20
Oct 22, 2006  
Transparent and pale golden copper in color with a quarter’s width of grey foam for the head. Saffron, vanilla and caramelized wheat lead the nose. A touch of smooth butternut squash and cloves meet a citric lemon zest in the distance. Light fairing flavor of herbal vanilla fabric sheets join with buttered and hardened croissants. Green marigolds and banana buttered danishes stroll dolefully in the background. Effervescence being moderate and the body as downright light don’t dissuade this one from being world’s better than the brewery’s other session wheat. Soapiness settles in with cotton for a clean wheat treat in its afterlife.
Earlier Rating: 2/21/2005 Total Score: 2
Very clear with no unfiltered wheat in suspension. Little to no head, with a barely identifiable scent that is reminiscent of a Miller Lite. Bright, clean taste. Slightly yeasty, but not enough to be considered a wheat. This is more like a pale lager, and I don’t like pale lagers.


 frankenkitty (1900), Oak Lawn, Illinois, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/516/20
Mar 2, 2006  
Light-hazed amber with a ring on top, light aromas find lemons above a wheat base. The lemon comes out with Finn’s signature nuttiness in flavor with light roast, a hint of peach and a sugary punch. Solid.

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