Rock Bottom Yorktown 630 Suburban Wheat

This beer is just ok. Very similar to Goose Island 312...just an imitation.

The mug is filled with a thick & cloudy dark amber beverage with a bubbly white head that laces nicely. Pleasant aroma (They dasn’t serve me with a chilled mug!) of wheat & honey with traces of lemon & orange. It has a honey sweet flavor with soft wheat and an orange juiciness. Some lemony bitterness emerges at the finish and rounds the drink out nicely. Not bad.

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Mug Club draft. Light amber color with a short but stubborn head. A light wheat beer smell, which, when drinking, brings a hint of fresh hops. Carbonation is distractingly low for a wheat beer. Bit of toasty malt, barely supported by light citrus hops; Slight weizen yeast note. Rather slight in taste, yet it has room to improve if they brew it again. And after leaving, I still had a sense of well-being, so it’s not all bad.

Taster from cask, 6/5/07: Not many chances to try an American wheat on cask. Here it brings out a bit of sourness (I hope that’s not fouled lines), plus extra banana esters. In other words, a different beast served warm. Head remains very short, white, and even more stubborn.

On tap at R.B. Yorktown. Poured a hazy medium golden with a dusting and light ring of white head. Not much to the aroma.. some toasted wheat, darker banana notes, and a touch of other sweetness. Flavor picked up a lightly-sour wheaty base with some darker sugars and toffee.. banana accents & some caramel sweetness too... not bad. OK feel on the palate with some grainy and sour notes.. lighter-bodied.