Rock Art Whitetail Ale

Brewed by Rock Art Brewery
Style: Wheat Ale
Morrisville, Vermont USA

I honestly couldn’t tell that this beer is supposed to be a wheat ale. It has almost no qualities of the style whatsoever. The appearance is a slightly cloudy golden color with no head at all. There is absoutely no lacing around the glass either. The aroma is basically nonexistent. I honestly couldn’t get any sense of smell from this beer at all. The flavors are watery, overly carbonated and bland. This is more like drinking a spiked Sprite than a beer. I’d consider having a Miller Lite over this.

Bottle poured a clear golden amber with a small lasting ivory head. Aromas of wheat, earthiness and light carmel. Palate was medium bodied and smooth. Flavors of earthiness, wheat and carmel with a smooth dry lightly bitter finish.

Bottle. Fairly sweet caramelly aroma. Golden body, small head. Flavor is not what is expected from a wheat ale. Somewhat grainy, with a dry nutty finish. Interesting.

Pours a four finger finger white head that fades quickly leaving some lace. Clear pale amber color. Light carbonation and light-medium bodied. Slight hoppy nose. Flavor is honey and some bitterness from the hops. Hints of a soapy finish. $1.55 for a 12oz bottle from Gillingham’s Woodstock, VT.

12 fl. oz. bottle via Lubiere, served at cellar temperature in a tulip glass.

App.: Nice golden colour, clear, a quick-fading white head. Aroma: Pine, pepper, grass hops, slightly earthy, some apple juice, a hint of biscuit. Palate: Medium body and carbonation. Flav.: The hop notes follow the nose, but there is basically no malt presence which makes the beer feel unbalanced; dry with a touch of bitterness and a slightly watery finish.

The frail malts of this style (and particularly this beer) can’t support the hopping.

Not so great, actually pretty damn nasty. Yellow pour, white head. Aroma of a shitty american macro lager. Flavor isnt much better either.

12 oz bottle from a variety 12 pack purchased at Spirits Red Bank. Well thank God this is my last bottle from that 12 pack and probably my last Rock Art ever. After all the other lousy beers I have had from Rock Art this one did not disappoint on it’s suckiness. Poured a clear thin watery golden yellow with a fizzy bright white head, hello generic pale lager appearance. Aroma of grapes, sweet dough and some earthy dirtness thrown in as well. Flavor is watery and weak thank God because the flavor that did come through was grass and dirt. Not much more to say about this one other then drink something else.

"A real treat for the beer lover." Hmm.... Pours a sallow shade of gold, mellow with constant effervescence and a crisp white head that bubbles and etches unevenly... fruity and lagerish--an American style indeed--a bit of banana and straw... thin and crisp on the tongue--lingering aftertaste that holds like a pilsner... an odd mix of wheat and malts--not offensive, yet not astounding--just ODD--not sure this could compliment food... this could transition to Miller Lite quite easily--not a compliment or a complaint, but oh well....