Speakeasy White Lightning American Wheat Beer

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

Bottle: Smells like fresh vomit and corn, crystal clear yellow gold color with no head, mild bitters and a tasty bready malt flavor, orange flavor is very noticeable, reminds me slightly of Eugene City Brewing’s Honey Orange Wheat, the white lightning is certainly inferior to Eugene’s offering, nice beer, glad I bought a single and not the full 6

12 oz bottle. Pours light clear body with white head. The aroma is very light. Extremely easy to drink, not much flavor though.

Pours a nice hazy golden yellow color, nice carbonation, nice little fizzy white head, minimal sticky lacing afterwards. The nose is malty, with some nice yeast notes, and spices. The taste is malty/yeast, with some spice. Medium body. Drinkable, this is a nice brew.

Pours a super light yellow. It very much resembles any american macro lager. This however is an ale. There is a suer thin head that vanishes completely within minutes. This beer is so light that looking through it just turns everything a light yellow. There is a really great smell of a sweet wheat with touches of fruit throughout. Hints of clove and a tiny hint of coriander. You can really taste the wheat with a hint of bubble gum in the after-taste. There are some strange citrus flavors that seem to be wandering around but can’t really be placed. This beer feel to thin (as it looks) but the flavors do make up for that a little. There is no real body or substance to this beer. I wouldn’t want more than 1 of these but you can drink tons of this stuff. It’s much like drinking a light beer. You can but do you want to? I’m good with this one. The kitchen can keep this one.

On tap. Very average...nothing really there to hold my attention. Hazy blonde brew with a small white head that fizzles into oblivion. Light in flavor (but most predominantly grain), minimal aroma (touch of yeast), and middle of the road mouthfeel (perhaps toward the side of thin). Decent drinkable beer...try it if you haven’t already but don’t get overly excited or be prepared for a let down.

Bottle poured a hazy gold with a small lingering white head. Aromas of wheat, light coriander, light yeast and a hint of citrus. Palate was medium bodied and crisp. Flavors of wheat, coriander, orange and light yeast with a crisp spiced finish.

Clear blonde with scraps of head--looks filtered. Strong coriander aroma with touch of wheat. Coriander again dominates the flavor with some honey and pineapple notes rounding it out. Perhaps a touch of orange peel. Herbal quality. Probably closest to a Belgian Witt though it treads between a few styles.

Pretty ordinary brew. Nothing stood out. Was light and drinkable, but you could knock back a few of these and would be none the wiser on any real overwhelming positives from this beer