Speakeasy White Lightning American Wheat Beer

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

Bottle from BevMo, La Mesa. Hazy light yellowish in color. Aroma is fruity with a bit of spiciness. Slightly sweet flavor. Some citrus, along with a bit of sweet spicy flavors. A bit of graininess as well. Wheat brew with traces of wit.

Recently I’ve been enjoying wheat beers more than usual, so I thought I’d pick up a sixer of this...what a god damned aweful mistake that was. This beer just plain fucking sucks. Its fizzy to the point me burping out of all orifices with each sip. The beer tastes like watermelon bubblegum and definitely smells like, possible sugarfree bubblegum at that. What a waste of $10. I kind of developed clinical depression from all of this. oooh, that was a juicy fart.

01-Jul-08 (12-oz bottle: Purchased 27-Jun-08 for $1.59 at the Pizza Port Bottle Shop in Carlsbad, CA) I know the "label" identifies this as an American-style wheat, not German or Belgian, but even still, this beer pours amazingly clear for a wheat beer. It’s golden-yellow in color with several streams of slowly rising carbonation bubbles. The snow-white head pours to less than half an inch and fades to a filmy layer within a minute. The unexpected aromas of wheat, spice and coriander betray the label and speak the true intention of the brewer, to produce a wheat beer with the flavor of Belgian white. Though seemingly missing the citrus peel component, the beer does offer a modest suggestion of lemons. Peppery spices and coriander are apparent, as is the sweet, bready character of the wheat and yeast. The beer finishes with a light bitterness that helps to break up the breadiness, but the combination isn’t especially pleasant on my palate. Medium in body and light-medium in carbonation, but while the peppery spiciness adds a bit of zest, the beer still finishes heavy and unrefreshing on the palate. It’s better than expected (since it’s not really an American-style wheat beer), but still not what I’d call enjoyable. Making the finish were less bitter and more refreshing would be a big improvement, as would cutting back a bit on the sweetness.

Six pack from Johns Market Place in Portland--Poured a light straw golden body with a thin white filmy head. Lots of bubbles in the glass. Wheaten, lemony nose. Pretty nondescript and highly sessionable. Not much to write home about.

12oz. Bottle: Odd aroma of bubblegum, citrus, cereal, tangerine, and tons of lemon. Poured gold in color with no head. Clear. Slightly sparkling. Terrible flavor. Tastes of wheat, tangerine, honey, malts, lemon, and butter. Light body. Thin texture. Average carbonation. Dry lemon and butter finish. This sucks.

12oz bottle shared courtesy of egajdzis. Poured a medium and clear golden color with a very small sized head. Aromas of wheat, citrus, and some spices. Thinner tastes of teh same.

Poured a golden color with no head or lacing on the glass. Aroma of wheat, toffee, light toast, some citrus, and faint spices. Taste of toffee, toasted dough, light honey, wheat, citrus, and grains. Pretty non-descript, but finishing crisp.

This American Wheat beer pours a medium orange gold color from a 12oz bottle. Small to medium sized white foamy head. The aroma is cereal, straw and citrus, kind of lemony and peachy. A light to medium bodied wheat beer. The malts are cereal and grainy. The hops are spicy. Lots of lemon zest and citrusy. Lively carbonation. Crisp and clean. Nice summer beer. Mouthfeel is full. Finish is clean and crisp. Aftertaste is slightly bitter.