Speakeasy White Lightning American Wheat Beer

Brewed by Speakeasy Ales and Lagers
Style: Wheat Ale
San Francisco, California USA

Nice sweet and fruity wheat beer. Wheat not to evident but like Widmer Drifter very quaffable especially when you want something sweet but light.

Name: White Lightening
Date: July 10, 2009
Mode: Draft
Source: Brewery
Appearance: clear gold, frothy white head, drippy lace
Aroma: big wheat aroma with a light wheat tartness
Flavor: sweet wheat flavor, light bitterness, touch of lemony tartness
Aroma: 5/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 6/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 12/20
Rating: 3/5.0
Drinkability: 8/10
Score: *4

Bottle from Bevmo: Poured a golden blonde color with a tiny short head that quickly fizzed away. Nose detects only a minimal amount of grainy malts and hints of sour grass styled hops. The flavor is a watered down flavor of a malt liquor with only the slightest pinch of a lemon zest or spiced yeast, but other than that nothing else happening in this beer. I guess the only thing nice I could say about this is that it was somewhat refreshing on a mid 80’s summer day, but then again so is a Corona or any other beer for that matter.

Bottle. Pours a golden body with a white head. Wheat, citrus, lemon grass, light spices. Hint of honey more wheat and a light fruity sweetness. Decent.

July 2,09 pours a nice golden color. decent head maybe a inch. smells of wheat and hay and a slight sweetness. taste is wheat and malt. some citrus at the finish. good easy drinking beer.

16 ounce sample on tap at the Grad. Sweet, candy gumball aroma with some light coriander notes present. Plenty of mandarin citrus, too. Very aromatic and pleasant. Transparent golden body with a small white head. Spritzy, spicy start with lots of coriander flavors in the middle. Mild biscuity flavor. Some citrus before more spiciness comes in at the end. Lacking.

Bottle 12fl.oz.
Clear medium yellow color with a small, fizzy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, white to off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, wheat, hay notes, light to moderate hoppy, citrus, moderate yeasty, banana notes. Flavor is moderate sweet and light bitter with a average duration. Body is light medium, texture is watery to oily, carbonation is soft. [20090321]

Light golden color with white foam. Lemon aromas and flavors, coriander and what smells like cumin. I really like the yeast. Is this a Belgian yeast? Light and refreshing. Slightly sweet. This is definitely a usable beer.