Opa-Opa Steakhouse American Wheat

Draught @ Brewpub: Served with a lemon wedge. This one poured a cloudy, golden color. There was a small white head on it that left some lacing. Lighter, but nice aroma. Mainly wheat and citrus notes. This had a very smooth and mellow flavor to it. Wheat and citrus flavors. Maybe a hint of spices. Nice and drinkable.

My Bottom Line:
Crisp wheat and juicy citrus fruit lay on the tongue long after the sip has been taken. Light-bodied but never soporific, this American Wheat Ale is an efficient quencher.

Further Personal Perceptions:
-A sheet of foam tops the cloudy blond.
-The very low hopping leaves a watery void in the finish; strangely, this doesn’t detract from the enjoyment of the glass too much as there are enough flavors to interest you.
-Mine was thankfully not served with a lemon.
-For such a usually forgettable style, this one was quite the success.

On tap at the brewpub.

This is a lighter than normal wheat beer. It pours hazy yellow with notes of tree fruits. There is a bit oif the spice and wheat on the finish.

On tap at the brewpub. Drinkable, but not my type of wheat, sour. Yellow with lace. Some creaminess and lemon. Me mate liked it.

A nice wheat beer, with a full wheat flavor and crisp aftertaste. Made to style and best, actually, without the lemon.

on tap-pours a creamy a retaining white head that laces and straw color. Aroma is clean wheat. Taste is clean wheat, light malt. Refreshing.

Light-to-medium body, very cloudy, pale yellow. Not much flavor, but OK with lemon. I would not go out of my way for this one though.

2006 growler shared by OldGrowth on 6/14/06. Moderate to poor retention on the white/off-white head, which quickly recedes to ring. Fizzy, large bubbles glide quickly up through the dark gold, brassy-yellow body that is extremely clear. Little to no lacing. Wheat in the nose is lightly creamy, with vanilla, corn sugars (yeast biproducts) and a light touch of base malts. A sharp lemon note finishes the aroma, but some dull graham crackers emerge as it warms. The flavor is equally wheaty, but somehow there seems to be diacetyl or some other butter-like note that is nutty, bland and quite against the spirit of a crisp, refreshing American wheat. Body is fizzy, with too much carbonation, but it is not overly loose and watery (until it warms). Some malt, plenty of wheat and dryness and a finish that resembles, strikingly, Kix cereal. Too much corn and butter. Some hops would certainly help provide more crispness. No alcohol noted, fairly easy drinking save for the high carbonation.