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Thunderhead Golden Frau 2.83 11

Thunderhead Golden Frau

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RatingsAverageScoreSeasonalABVStyle PctlServe in
112.87/5.02.83/5.0Summer7.5%57.5Shaker, Weizen
Commercial Description:
Some breweries use honey in their wheat beer to allow them to use less malt and therefore create a much lighter beer. We think that’s a waste of good ingredients. We start with a standard American Style Wheat Beer (wheat malt flavor, low bitterness) and then add 1.2 gallons of honey per barrel to the kettle at the end of the boil. The result is a full malty flavor accompanied by cinnamon notes from the honey and the complex flavors that come from fermenting that much honey. This is far and away our best selling beer.
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 IrishBoy (2719), Bakersfield, California, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/514/20
Sep 9, 2009  
12 oz can from Iowaherkeye. Thanks Joey! Nose of Wonder bread fresh from the oven that I used to smell as a kid in Sacramento, mixed with light spice notes and sweetness. Clear yellow with a medium pale yellow head. Flavor is lightly sweet honey, spicy, a vanilla hint, and spices. I wish I had more! Decent wheat ale!


 bvc (337), Kenmore, Washington, USA
2.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/103/57/20
Sep 9, 2009  
12oz can courtesy of theisti. Pours a clear light golden color with little to no head. Nose is pretty simple...smells like fresh country white bread smothered in honey. Really light in the body, pretty sweet, and then some prickly carbonation. Kind of refreshing. However, I am getting a strange lingering after taste that reminds me of an artificial sweetener.


 riversideAK (2779), Shoreline, Washington, USA
2.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/102/55/102/511/20
Sep 9, 2009  
Nose is wheaty, lemon, light sweet honey. Pours pale yellow, hazy. Like unfiltered budweiser. Wheat, a little lemon tart and some grainy sweetness, odd chemical mouthfeel that lingers. Something like a fake sweetener. Some honey.


 iowaherkeye (1873), Los Angeles, California, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/104/512/20
Aug 31, 2009  
12oz can purchased from the brewery one week ago, no canned date. Hazy effervescent golden body with a 1/2 finger white head, decent retention. Honey and soft tangy wheat in the aroma with some light grain. Flavor has honey dominating with some cereal grain following behind. There is also a tinge of vanilla and alcohol. Bitterness was minimal in the semi-dry finish. Moderate carbonation with a creamy medium body. Not bad at all in small amounts.


 tjthresh (1779), Greenfield, Indiana, USA
2.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/102/55/102/59/20
Jun 22, 2009  
Can from theisti. This beer looks like mead in my glass. Honey yellow with no head. The nose is full of honey, with some signs of doughy wheat, and a smidge of a hop note. All I taste is carbonated mead. MEADium syrupy body with a couple prickles of carbonation. Not great.


 Sparky27 (1608), Phoenix, Arizona, USA
2.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/54/102/510/20
Jun 22, 2009  
Can courtesy of theisti – thanks Tim! Pours hazy yellow with a one finger stark white fizzy head. The nose is sour wheat, grain and light honey. The taste is grassy grain, light wheat and a malt liquor type overly sweet finish. Lighter bodied. Not that great, but at least Nebraska has a few brews to choose from…


 theisti (1689), Leawood, Kansas, USA
2.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/54/102/59/20
Jun 16, 2009  
12 oz can purchased at Beertopia in Omaha, Nebraska. Pour is slight hazed light golden with a fizzy one inch head that falls fast. Some visible carbonation, but not much. Aroma of chemical honey sweetness and grainy corn wheatiness. Some fruit sweetness. This kind of smells like a cheap macro pale lager, which is odd. All in all a pretty faint nose, which isn’t such a bad thing. Taste is honey and apple fruit sweetness of the bat, transitioning to a corn grain and the wheatiness towards the finish. Palate is thin to medium, watery and coats the mouth with some chemical sweetness. Aftertaste is not very clean wheat. This sort of reminded me of Jacob’s Best at a party in college.I love you Beertopia, but you steered me wrong on this one.


aulectic (16), Grand Ledge, Michigan, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/103/515/20
Jun 8, 2009  
Very nice surprise from Nebraska...very sweet aroma and nicely hued. Taste is very sturdy with a kiss of honey on the backend. Nice logo as well. *wink*



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