Viking Brewing Lime Twist

Brewed by Viking Brewing Company
Style: Fruit Beer
Dallas, Wisconsin USA

Lightly hazed golden color with a ring of white bubbles that were forced with a vigorous pour. Rose’s lime juice with a touch of spice in the aroma. A spiced lime cake comes to mind with the first swig. Actually seems to have a touch of pumpkin pie spice with lime cake. Very light in carbonation, not sure if this was intended with this one (a style that typically would have higher carbonation levels). Lime does dominate. Really come off as unbalanced and lacking in the malt category.

ooooh kay... This is an odd duck of beers. Picked up 12-oz bottle from Blue Max in Burnsville, MN. Pours a light pilsner golden yellow brew with a fizzy white head that dissolves slowly with a good lacing. Aroma reminds me of Rose’s Lime Juice and a vodka gimmlet. Other scents are some Mr. Clean floor cleaner citrus, and a lime. Taste is very carbonated and dry. Hard to pick up the wheat and any hops. One of the few beers that I feel on the roof of my mouth. Finish is flat and watery. At least I can say I tried this at least once.

Bottled. Aw, man... why did they do this? Poured a clear lighter golden rockin’ about zero head. Nose picked up considerably more lime than anything else... maybe a tiny hint of grains or wheat, too. Flavor was also dominated by the lime.. which seemed to be infused with some sugar. Tart wheaty notes spiked at random places on the palate. Watery with very little carbonation... odd tacky feel at the top of the throat. I like limes.. I like beer.. this was just unpleasant.

Gold color with no head. Wow, this one is Lysol through and through. Very watery. No beer, just lime juice that tastes like toilet bowl cleaner smells.

12 oz bottle. Poured a clear golden color. Head was bubbly, white, and reduced over a minute or two to a thin film. Smelled of flower blossoms, honey, sugar cereal, and citrus candy. The aroma occasionally reminded me of a wit beer. A mutated wit beer, but a wit nonetheless. Slightly sweet. The flavor was reminiscent of the aroma with a fresh cereal grain finish. It almost tasted like the milk at the bottom of a bowl of Apple Jacks cereal. There was plenty of lime flavor, but it was a sweet, candy-like lime, rather than a tart lime. Not my bag.

This beer is full of lime aroma and flavor and should be classified as a fruit beer. The fruit is so dominant in the flavor that there can be no question about this. It looks like a slightly cloudy wheat beer. The aroma is all lime, and the flavor is much like a Corona but packed with lime juice. Refreshing and light. Just a bit sour. A good idea that didn’t really work out.

Slightly brown with a yellow tinge. Bright lime aroma like a lime sherbert or artifically-flavored limeade. Strongly carbonated but it fades quickly to flatness, at which point it becomes like diluted Gatorade since it is on the watery side. Not terrible; it’s drinkable at least.

Bottle: Courtesy of robertsreality via trade. Lime is definitely in the aroma but comes across as lime juice mixed with a little sugar. Pours a hazy dull orange with some transparency. Small white head quickly fades to a ring. Flavor is a little rough. Light sweetness up front with a moderate sour lime finish. Really strange and doesn’t work for me at all.