Olde Hickory Brown Mountain Light

Brewed by Olde Hickory Brewery
Style: Wheat Ale
Hickory, North Carolina USA

Pours a clear pale yellow with a sudsy head. The aroma is slightly floral, slightly grassy. Slight husky bitterness in the back. Not bad.

Draught at the brewpub. Clear golden color with bubbly white head that laced the glass. Slightly sweet with a fresh cereal grain nose and flavor accentled by light sprucy hops. Very refreshing.

Draught... hrm, I share Suttree’s confusion that this had anything to do with wheat. Pours yellow with soapy white head. The aroma is kind of like buttered corn, very old grain, and artificial fruit. The flavor is hay, cardboard, and ancient stale grain, with some chemical notes reminiscent of styrofoam, and a sour finish. The aftertaste is very unpleasant and lingers a bit too long. It certainly has much more flavor than a typical light, but, unfortunately, those flavors are not very tasty.

Rating Craft brewer’s "light" offering is always a bit of a dicey proposition. You can almost taste the brewer’s disdain and the marketing meeting that went into it. This one was pretty much typical of the genre. Hazy yella, with a big white head. Fruity, grapey aroma. So they got the look and smell right. Slightly grainy, then a sour metallic flavor through the finish. I had no idea wheat was involved until I went to rate it.

Draft sampler at the brewery. Had a little wheat flavor to it. Was a little harsh in the finish.