Mishawaka Amarillo Wheat

Brewed by Mishawaka Brewing Company
Style: Wheat Ale
Mishawaka, Indiana USA

Pours a light copper color with a white head. Aroma is wheat, grain, lemon, soap, and a hint of grapefruit hops. Flavor is wheat, herb, grain, lemon, soap, and a bitter citrus finish.

Date: 02/23/2008
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting, Cellar Party

Appearance: hazy gold, fine white head, drippy lace,
Aroma: raspy wheat aroma with light floral hops,
Flavor: tart wheat flavor with balancing fruity sweetness, light bitterness,

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

Bottle courtesy of stfun. Pours a very hazy amber with a white head. Smells of a healthy dose of amarillo hops, citrus, some wheat and bubblegum. Tastes of citrus, light bitterness, hay, dry, some sage, some sweet wheat character. The amarillo hops REALLY shine in this and compliment the wheat well. Reminds me of Gumballhead. Excellent!

Appearance: Pours a hazy, orange-yellow body filled with fine particles and topped by a small, fizzy white head. Smell: Lemony aroma with notes of mushy wheat grains and eucalyptus. Taste: Tangy malted wheat flavor with flavors of lemon and eucalyptus. The hop is a bit, well, icky. Medium bitterness. A quick "ugh" and it’s over. Mouthfeel: Medium-bodied. Medium carbonation. Drinkability: In conclusion: No.

Bottle: Pours a hazy golden bronze with a stringy-lacing white head. Aroma of lightly sweet pale wheat and lemon citrus. Starts thin, lightly sweet and citrusy with a mildly doughy palate before a dry bittersweet earthy finish. pretty bland and bitter throughout.

Thanks to Jason for this one by way of BBB63. MMMMM, cat urine. Interesting choice of hop to focus the entire beer on. Hmm? Decent amber hue with a poor head. A slight touch of wheat on the body with the dominance being placed on........well, cat piss. Cat piss aroma, cat piss flavour, cat piss body, cat piss finish. That’s a whole lot of cat piss going on. Curious as to why anyone would focus strictly on this hop. The base itself isn’t all that bad with a decent rounded character and adequate mouthfeel. Some light banana esters tossed in for good measure. If you love cat piss, here’s the beer for you!

Bomber thanks to BBB63. Poured a sparkly clear medium golden with a short dusting and a light ring of white head. The aroma picked up sweet caramels, very mild wheat tartness, and cat piss... smelled exactly like I expected, but I still don’t know why anyone uses that hop. Flavor had a sweet backing of toasty caramel with mild wheaty tartness and mild cat piss bitterness that lasted through the somewhat long finish. This really wasn’t bad.. just wish they put a different hop in there.