The color is a very pale yellow with wisps of cloudiness forming in the center like nebula among the stars; it is a really cool three dimensional effect. The head disappears nearly completely, with a ring around the top being the only evidence that this is a kind of beer (and even that goes away entirely within ten minutes or so). The aroma is mostly grainy malt and lemons. The grainy malt also gives the sense of biscuits in the oven.The first sip is actually a lot more tame than I had expected. It's got the light grains of a regular wheat beer with a bit of melon and lemon kind of surfing across it. It's a mellow melon flavor, and it crosses ever so quickly and fades away very quickly. I suspect that this will probably be a better sipping beer than a drinking beer, but I'm going to try to drink this as a proper beer should be imbibed.
Tip-in is light carbonation and noticeable watermelon. The middle is filled with grains and bread as far as the mouth can taste, and the mouth can taste quite a bit. As the finish approaches, a lemon comes out to play, and it's followed by a bitter hunk of something that tastes wrapped up in a used sweatsock. It goes away quickly enough, but that is a horrid turn for it to take.
Bottom Line: I'm generally not a fan of wheat beers, and this demonstrates why. It has the makings of a good beer, but it took a turn for the worse, and that's what I was afraid of.
0.75/5
