Shiner Honey Wheat

Formerly brewed at Spoetzl Brewery (Gambrinus Company)
Style: Wheat Ale
Shiner, Texas USA

I had this beer years ago, but I still remember it well. I remember liking this one for its honey characteristics. It’s ok that it’s now retired, as almost every brand has its own honey beer at this point.

had on of these saved from a long time ago. Pours a light golden color with a 2 inch head. Aroma is faint and consists of mostly sweet malt notes. Flavor is very sweet and only a little bitter. Taste more like flat flavored malt water than beer. Palate is spritzy. Finish is foamy.

Although I’m not a fan of wheat beers.....I liked the subtle honey flavor with this one. it wasn’t overpowering...and it added a nice sweetness to the beer. It ashame they don’t brew it anymore.

Ok, I do not care for beer with honey flavor. This beer was decient quality, somewhat sweet. Color seemed yellow, goldish like. Had decient fruity notes. Im not a fan of this though.

Date: 05/14/1998

hazy yellow, whispy white head, slightly sweet aroma, light malt flavor, hint of sweetness,

Aroma: 4/10; Appearance: 2/10; Flavor: 2/10; Palate: 2/10; Overall: 5/20
Rating: 1.3/5.0
Score: 4
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I had this beer a couple of years ago and haven’t seen it at my local stores for a while, When I had it, Nice pale red, more of a brown color, some head, with not a lot of lacing, the taste was great....if it was stronger, a satisfying beer...

Although perhaps not as bad as I make it out to be, not what I would consider to be a true (or at least well made) wheat beer in thge European sense. When you see HONEY in a name, be afraid. Okay, that’s a gross generalization, but so was this beer.

An old semi-regular drinker back in the early undegraduate days, it was fizzy and yellow with a decently-present fake honey and sugar flavor. Appealed more as a fruit beer with its sweetness.