Pyramid Amber Weizen

Brewed by Pyramid Breweries
Style: Wheat Ale
Portland, Oregon USA

I find this much preferable to their hefe-weizen. A dark orange glow, has the typical wheat qualities, but a distinct taste of caramel. Easy to drink, seems like a good autumn beer.

Pours a murky dishwater brown with big floaters and a loose tan head. Yeasty, toasted malt aroma with a little caramel and fruit. Watery, caramel banana flavor with a grainy lemon finish. The Shiner Bock of wheat beers.

i wasn’t really impressed with this. bit of a fluffy head . I don’t know what taste they were going for, but it wasn’t that good.

Head is initially small, frothy, off-white, mostly diminishing. Body is hazy medium amber, bottle conditioned. Aroma is lightly malty (caramel, cookie), lightly hoppy (flowers, resin), lightly yeasty (cobwebs), with a light note of lemon. Flavor is moderately sweet, moderately acidic. Finish is lightly sweet, moderately acidic, lightly bitter. Light to medium body, watery texture, lively carbonation. Not much aroma, weird sourness like lemon juice was dumped in. Not very enjoyable.

I tried this one again, I think this bottle was more fresh. The aroma was caramel with sweet peaches. There was also bananas and almonds. Not artificial the way I thought the first time. The taste was peaches with some light cinnamon and peanuts. Decent and interesting, but far from great. Poured a cloudy dark orange color with a very khaki colored head. The aroma is orange flavored candy along with some very light caramel. The taste is a little sour with some notes of Granny Smith apples and some light carrots and old tomatoes. A strange tasting brew. I hurried through this one.

Heavily hazed copper liquid with a moderate beige head. Caramelized wheat aromas, with some stomach acid making the mouth water (for the wrong reasons). Simple watery toasted malt and wheat flavors. This is taking the best of an american wheat and amber and making sure there is nothing interesting at all in the glass. I will be happy with cenosillieaphobia when this one is gone. Bland and lifeless is the best this offers.

Very dissapointed with his beer, aroma was really plain and had a bad pale ale scent. The two flavors in this beer didnt balance at all which made it feel schizophrenic. not good at all.

Bottle
Pours a weak amber; low points for appearance ’cause it lacks the frothy head of a good weizen. Aroma is a hodgepodge of garbage odors, most notably rotten vegetable and stale cardboard. Flavor is surpisingly sweet. A touch of Sweet-N-Low seems to be prevalent. Dull citrus and vegetable are also noted. Palate is thick for the style. Not bad, but I’ll pass next time.