Smoky Mountain Windy Gap Wheat

Brewed by Smoky Mountain Brewery & Restaurant
Style: Wheat Ale
Gatlinburg, Tennessee USA

Draft sampler at Pigeon Forge. Poured a hazy orange color with a moderate fizzy white head that diminished slowly with good lacing. Light malty banana citrus aroma. Light to medium body with soft carbonation. Medium sweet flavor with a medium sweet finish of moderate duration. Average drinkable brew.

Name: Calhoun’s Windy Gap Wheat
Date: 07/26/2003
Mode: Draft
Source: Brewfest, Nashville

hazy orange, whispy head, sweet malt aroma with lots of banana, very light but refreshing flavor, hint of sweetness, surprising full flavor for something so light

Aroma: 9/10; Appearance: 5/10; Flavor: 6/10; Palate: 5/10; Overall: 13/20
Rating: 3.4/5.0
Score: **+/4
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What the fuck was this? This was nothing more than murcky water. Where was the flavor? Where was the aroma? Ive drank AB products that were ,uch better than this/

Draft. Very yellow cloudy appearance. No head at all, served with an orange slice. The aroma consisted of basically orange. The flavor was quite bland, even for a wheat. Some citrus and grain, no real hops. Not offensive, but not pleasing either.

I am not sure there is much to say about this beer. It poured yellow in color with little head retention. Nothing really stood out for this beer, but it was very drinkable.

A middle of the road Heffeweizen suitable for staving of dying of thirst. Accented with a lemon this beer is pleasant though lacking in any real distinction. The thin bits of citrus flavoring and wheat undertones fail to grab the attention, but neither do they pummle the drinker. At best, affable. At worst, boring.

Draught, served by BP staff at an outdoor event. Completely opaque lemon yellow. No head, little carbonation. Faint yeasty aroma. Flavor of white bread soaked in water, maybe a whisper of lactic or citric tartness. Thin body, a little milky or pasty? The epitome of blandness. Why bother brewing it?***Rerate August 2006*** sampled and rated again, not realizing that I had done so a year ago. New notes are almost identical to last years, same numbers: lemon yellow, foamless. Faint aromas of paper and bubblegum. "Flavor" of white bread and lime peel. Palate is watery and tacky. Whisper of saccharine bitterness. Doesn’t taste like anything.

Draught at brewpub. Cloudy greyish yellow. Tastes like grain with light traces of sour citrus, but otherwise a little on the bland side. I put in the lemon near the end of the glass and it improved it a great deal.