R.J. Rockers Son of a Peach Wheat Ale

Brewed by R.J. Rockers Brewing Co.
Style: Fruit Beer
Spartanburg, South Carolina USA

Name: Son of a Peach
Date: April 08, 2009
Mode: Draft
Source: Taco Mac, Woodstock
Appearance: opaque orange, wispy off white head
Aroma: sweet fruity aroma, lots of orange and peach
Flavor: sweet peach flavor, light wheat character, little to no bitterness, the wheat keeps it from being to sweet, touch of apricot
Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 6/10; Flavor: 6/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 11/20
Rating: 2.9/5.0
Drinkability: 8/10
Score: *4

(draft) Murky orange with medium white head. Aroma is moderately sweet, peach, peach syrup. Taste is medium sweet, peach, not as cloying as the aroma suggests. Light-medium body.

Pours gold with a white head. Smells of sweet peaches, grassy, hay. Tastes of peaches, tarte, lactic, some wheat, earthy.

Dark orange body that is very cloudy. There is also an off white head. The nose is fairly strong with the ripe canned peach juice aroma. There is also some light dough aroma. The taste is not sweet as I would have expected. It is woody, like sucking a peach pit with some melted plastic in the finish. Man, I wanted to like the beer as much as the label.

Bottle 355 ml
Appearance: thick haze on amber with hint of orange shade , minimal top shown. 2+
Nose: Soft fruity aroma , mild sweets with processed peach aroma.
Flavor/Palate : Mid light bodied , silky soft texture with fruity bitterness sided with peach like character. Did not feelt real to me.

Bottle. Hazy peach colored pour with a fizzy white head. Aroma is strong peach and wheat notes. Kind of smells like Peaches And Cream Oatmeal. Taste fades the peach out a bit and brings a fuller wheat flavor to it. Light bitterness, some malt, and bready/doughy notes. Body is light and very bubbly. Ends with more peaches, big wheat/grains, more bread and soft malt. Tasty summer beer.

9th rating, 12oz. Pours orange with a bright white ring. Nose is sweet and peachy and pretty nice overall. Taste is sweet, like peach bubblegum, maybe a bit of diacetyl like OSLO mentiond but this beer is so muddled its hard to tell where the peach begins and a possible infection might end.

Appearance: Pours a clouded, appropriately wheat-hued body with a wispy, but lasting, white head. Smell: Predominately fruity but also fairly wheaten aroma with the bulk of the scent made up by ripe, juicy peaches. Aroma = Peaches > Wheat. Taste: Slightly tangy malted wheat with a few chunks of honey-coated graham crackers and tiny hint of vanilla. The sweetness, thankfully, is nicely restrained. Of course, there’s a strong peach flavor with a touch of tartness to it, though not quite as forward as the aroma suggested. I detect a slight bitterness, though no real discernible hop flavors. Finishes rather dry with a faintly tart lingering peach flavor. Mouthfeel: Medium-bodied. Medium carbonation. Drinkability: A fine, fruit-flavored wheat ale for a pint’s worth, particularly if you’re a peach aficionado. Though I can’t help but hold it aloft with a wink and declare it one for the la--HAHA, ah, that Ding. With only 7 reviews currently entered (over on BA), he’s already beaten me to that conclusion. Well, I still stand by my verdict -- Son of a Peach is one for the ladies! Which, now that I think about it, isn’t a half-bad name for a beer to begin with.