Rock Bottom Atlanta Summer Wheat

Formerly brewed at Rock Bottom Atlanta (Gordon Biersch)
Style: Wheat Ale
Atlanta, Georgia USA

Date: 07/06/2008
Mode: Draft
Source: Brewpub, Atlanta

Appearance: opaque orange, fine white head, bits of lace,
Aroma: big wheat aroma with light clove spicyness and a hint of sweetness,
Body: creamy body,
Flavor: sweet malt flavor, touch of sweet banana, light balancing spicyness,

Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 6/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 7/10; Overall: 11/20
Rating: 3.1/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: *4

Had this at the Charlotte location, I’m assuming it is the same beer. Decent wheat, though not memorable. Another one of Rock Bottom’s middle-of-the-road brews.

On tap in Buckhead; strange that this has not been rated in about two years, but the name is definitely the same. Poured a ruddy, dull gold; small white head. Aroma of musty wheat fields, with a minimal amount of banana. Flavor was definitely a wheat ale, albeit a pretty bland one. Palate was a bit watery and there just wasn’t alot of good wheat flavor.

Tap at the Buckhead location. Pours a nice hazy cloudy deep gold with a thick cloudy pure whithe head and some lace. Aroma is highly sulfuric, some hydrogen sulfide, rotten eggs light wheat and some phenols- obviously not conditioned long enough to get rid of the sulfur produced by many hefe strains. Still soem sulfur ion the flavor with light banana and clove. Smooth but also a bit slick mouthfeel.

(Draught) Pours a cloudy maize colored body with a moderate white head. Aroma of orange peel and coriander. Flavor of malt, hops, and banana