Summer Weizen Ale
Smuttynose Brewing Company in Hampton, New Hampshire, United States 🇺🇸
Wheat Ale Summer Out of Production|
Score
6.14
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Light, tasty & full of character, our summer wheat ale is brewed with a combination of domestic and continental wheat and barley malts, lightly hopped & fermented with a Belgian wit yeast, resulting in a delightfully tangy & refreshing flavor. This beer is brewed for warm weather enjoyment. Bring some to your next picnic, barbeque or Frisbee game.
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6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5
Bottled. My particular bottle must have been a bit old. Wheat aroma, wheat taste, a bit of citrus. Not that well executed IMO.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 May 2025
at 00:49
6/10
Tried
on 13 Dec 2024
at 16:49
7/10
Tried
on 22 Oct 2016
at 08:06
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
12oz bottle from Wegman’s, West Seneca, NY. A hazy amber pour with just a ring of cream head; the aroma has wheat, yeast and a touch of honey; refreshing citrus taste; with some corinader spice to finish. A very pleasant summer beer, but certainly not in the style of a German Weizen.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Aug 2014
at 14:25
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
12 ounce bottle into pint glass, best before 9/5/2014. Pours hazy/cloudy bright gold color with a 2 finger dense and rocky white head with great retention, that reduces to a nice cap that lingers. Dense foamy lacing clings on the glass, with a moderate amount of streaming carbonation. Aromas of lemon, pear, apple, chamomile, wheat, cracker, bread, clove, pepper, herbal, grass, and yeast earthiness. Nice and pleasant aromas with good balance and complexity of fruity/earthy yeast, spice, and pale/bready malt notes; with solid strength. Taste of lemon, pear, apple, chamomile, wheat, cracker, bread, clove, pepper, herbal, grass, and yeast earthiness. Good amount of earthy tartness/spiciness on the finish; with lingering notes of lemon, pear, apple, chamomile, clove, pepper, wheat, bread, herbal, grass, and yeast earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Nice complexity and balance of fruity/earthy yeast, spice, and pale/bready malt sweetness; with good robustness and zero cloying flavors after the finish. Medium carbonation and body; with a smooth, crisp, and fairly creamy/bready mouthfeel that is nice. Alcohol is well hidden with zero warming present after the finish as expected of 5%. Overall this is a nice pale wheat ale. Good robustness, complexity, and balance of fruity/earthy yeast, spice, and pale/bready malt sweetness; and very smooth and crisp to drink. A nicely enjoyable offering.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Aug 2014
at 17:40
6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 8
Overall 5
Reviewed from notes.
This was poured into a pint glass and a weizen glass. Obviously, the head lasted longer and was about three fingers deeper than what was in the pint glass.
The rest of the appearance had a nice looking hazy light golden yellow to orange color with glazed over pale look of the sorts. The lacing was somewhat clingy in parts but ends up sliding in both glasses.
The smell was kinda wheaty/grainy with a light fruitiness (light tangerine & orange) backed up by some sweet pale malts.
The taste was mainly the same as the nose. There was a decent crisp finish.
On the palate, this one sat about a light all around on the body with a pretty good sessionability rolling about it. The carbonation seemed appropriately styled as there was a decent sharp kick that lead into a gentle malty goodness rolling smoothly over my tongue.
Overall, hey, nice one Smutty, I’d have it again if I could get it but it also probably wouldn’t be a go to all of the time either.
This was poured into a pint glass and a weizen glass. Obviously, the head lasted longer and was about three fingers deeper than what was in the pint glass.
The rest of the appearance had a nice looking hazy light golden yellow to orange color with glazed over pale look of the sorts. The lacing was somewhat clingy in parts but ends up sliding in both glasses.
The smell was kinda wheaty/grainy with a light fruitiness (light tangerine & orange) backed up by some sweet pale malts.
The taste was mainly the same as the nose. There was a decent crisp finish.
On the palate, this one sat about a light all around on the body with a pretty good sessionability rolling about it. The carbonation seemed appropriately styled as there was a decent sharp kick that lead into a gentle malty goodness rolling smoothly over my tongue.
Overall, hey, nice one Smutty, I’d have it again if I could get it but it also probably wouldn’t be a go to all of the time either.
Tried
on 27 Jun 2014
at 01:41
3/10
Not very good.
Tried
on 14 Feb 2014
at 12:22
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 4
Passable wheat ale. Keep hoping one of these weizens turns out to be a weizenbock but haven’t had any luck so far. Pours blonde with ok head. Average carbonation. Finishes with light sourness and crispness. Some yeast and very light banana. Bottle.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Sep 2013
at 12:50
6.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle from Bert’s Pours a hazy medium straw color with a good sized bubbly white head that persists for a while. Smells of yeast and wheat and citrus and a hint of bread and cereal with a light floral scent. The flavor is a little sweet up front with some bready malts followed up by some lemony citrus and light yeasty phenols. A hint of earthy hop or maybe it chamomile to finish this off. Light to medium body with a moderate level of carbonation and a sweet slick mouthfeel. OK to drink on this 90 degree and humid day, but not something I think I would ever want again. The flavors don’t work for my palette.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Jul 2013
at 15:08
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bottle courtesy of AirForceHops. Musty lemon and wheat malt aroma. Slightly hazed straw gold with a large white head. Musty bready wheat malt and bitter herbal flavor. Medium body, average carbonation. Doesn’t quite come together for me.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 May 2013
at 11:13