Wheat ale in December? Well, yes. I mean, some warm days happen during the colder months, and... you know what? I don't have to justify myself! I saw this beer on the shelf, I purchased the beer, and now I'm going to write a review. My lag time for reviews is significant enough that I'm actually writing this on a warm day, but it's likely to be cold my the time it comes out.
A vaguely watery orange beer greets me with very little head that simmers down to little more than a few scattered islands in a large ocean of beer. That beer, incidentally, is also pretty hazy. It's not Bearded Iris kind of hazy, but it's pretty hazy. The aroma is unexpectedly berries and lemons. It's got sweetness and tartness all mixed together in a fashion that is genuinely making my mouth water. I'm not smelling all that much of the wheat, but it's probably just being overpowered by the fruit. I didn't notice anywhere on the can that it said berries, but I didn't read very closely. It probably says it somewhere on the can.First sip is slightly tart, slightly lemon, slightly strawberry, slightly raspberry, and slightly wheat. The reason everything seem so slight is that it is, at its core, pretty watery. I don't expect a whole lot of umph to come from a 4.4% ABV beer, but I am expecting a little more than this. Maybe my expectations were to set a little too high. Nevertheless, the flavors are nice enough, but they just aren't strong enough.
Tip-in is light berries being overtaken by tart lemons and almost no carbonation to speak of. The middle is not nearly as demure as the sip was, and the grains valiantly support the berries and lemons in a way that is refreshing and quite enjoyable. The finish turns more tart as the lemon takes over and the grains disappear before the berries give a slight sweetness to the trail off.
Bottom Line: That is a fairly enjoyable beverage.
3.5/5