Santa Cruz Mountain Wilder Wheat

Brewed by Santa Cruz Mountain Brewing
Style: Wheat Ale
Santa Cruz, California USA

Purchased at Bottle Barn. Very slight haze, off deep golden color, quick vanishing head, scant aroma, some hop detected in the aroma. lemon sour dominates. bitter finish. I’m not sure what to make of this beer. Not much wheat in the texture, missing the vanilla notes on the bottle. Dated 080807 on the UPC symbol.

Bomber from Bottle Barn; Dated 08/08/07) Nose of grain, light apply fruitiness, and some lemon zestiness; very slightly hazed gold with a medium, quick disapating white head; flavor of whaet, apples, a little sourness, and very light bitterness for a finish.

Bomber (080807) from Bottle Barn. Aroma of wheat and light lemon. Hazy bright golden color with a white head that didn’t last. Thin to medium bodied with mild carbonation. The flavor starts a little bit citrus, has some pale/bready malt, and passes to something paperish. That passes as the citrus comes back with some bitter. Finish is sort of citrus and bitter. Very unusual, but it smells and tastes pretty good.

A very nice hefe sampled at a friday night happy hour. Poured very nicely with a golden hue and nice cloudiness. A little acidic but overall a very solid beer that went down smooth and quenching. A good beer.

Bottled. Beer is clear, pale yellow with a small, white, frothy, mostly and rapidly diminishing head.<P>Aroma is malty with moderate notes of toasted wheat bread crust, light/trace of biscuit/cracker; Hoppy with light resin, lemon zest and honeysuckle notes; Yeasty with a trace of cellar.<P>The flavor is lightly sweet, lightly/moderately acidic/sour with a long, lightly/moderately acidic, lightly bitter, trace sweet finish.<P>The body is light, the texture is watery and the carbonation is lively.

Bottle. Head is initially small, fizzy, white, mostly diminishing. Body is hazy light yellow. Aroma is lightly malty (toasted grain), lightly hoppy (flowers), with a note of lemon zest. Flavor is lightly to moderately sweet, lightly to moderately acidic, lightly bitter. Finish is lightly sweet, lightly to moderately acidic, moderately bitter. Light to medium body, watery texture, lively/fizzy carbonation. Basic example, decent enough. More tartness than one might expect.

cloudy gold yellow with a light diminishing head, acidic citrus hay aroma. med to light body and med carbonation tastes of tart apples lemon lime and a light grain with nice malty creaminess. mellow comforting and fairly balanced good and inoffensive