Wild Farmwell Wheat
Lost Rhino Brewing Company in Ashburn, Virginia, United States 🇺🇸
Wheat Ale Regular|
Score
6.88
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Jasper Akerboom and Peter Lee are both scientists at Howard Hughes’ Janelia Farm, located in Ashburn. Taking a scientific approach towards brewing (Jasper has a PhD in microbiology and food technology, Peter has worked in large-scale process and discovery chemistry in industry), they wanted to focus on beers brewed with locally isolated yeasts. Jasper isolated several interesting strains and brewed small-scale test batches. After meeting Lost Rhino brewmaster Favio Garcia, they knew they shared the same passion for locally crafted beer using local ingredients, including local yeast. The idea for a summer beer using local yeast was born. They teamed up and designed a hoppy wheat beer for summer: Wild Farmwell Wheat. Farmwell is the old name for Ashburn where we isolated the strain.
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7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Pizzeria Paradiso, Alexandria tap ($6): Pours a cloudy orange type colour with a white head. Aroma is wheat, earth, and ctirus. Taste is much the same. Palate is light and inviting. This is an easy to drink wheat ale that is at the same time a good deal more complex than your run of the mill example. There is nothing watery in this, but it is all session. The hops provide a good many notes of bitterness along with some dirty earthiness.
Tried
from Draft
on 24 Jul 2012
at 13:47
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Served on draft at the brewery. Pours a hazy orange color with a thin creamy white head. Decent head retention. Aroma of citrus, caramel and wheat. The taste is wheat, citrus, earth and a hoppy finish. Medium bodied, high carbonation, quite refreshing. Really hit the spot.
Tried
from Draft
on 06 Jul 2012
at 18:49
6.5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Draft Coudy yellow color, scant head. Aroma of spiced orange peel. Taste is very bitter orange.
Tried
from Draft
on 14 Jun 2012
at 16:46
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Draft at Brewery last weekend. Poured a golden color with a slight haze, and a medium-small white head. Aroma was honey, with a touch of spice and grains. Flavor was sweet honey, floral notes, with a slight tart bitterness.
Tried
from Draft
on 07 Jun 2012
at 11:52