VI Wheat

Capped 750 from Wine & Cheese in Clayton, MO. Pours hazy dirty gold with a frothy white head. Aroma is citric, but there’s something smooth and fruity as well. Med + body - but not when the carb dissipates. Flavor is smooth light stone fruit, a bit of wheat, and a touch of citrus. I think this ale demonstrates that a wheat ale can be turned into a hop monster. One queries what this would have been had it been more barley than wheat. As time goes on, the aroma goes floral. The taste becomes simply hop. What a glorious endeavour. Makes me think of the Disney movie Ratatouille. Not everyone can make a great ale, but a great ale could be made by anyone. This is not to denigrate J-J, but simply to acknowledge that I’d never have expected this from a wheat ale.

Bottle @ Exira Beer Summit II. Hazy, a touch orangish golden appearance with a white head. Floral, light hibiscus, spicy, light coriander, light yeasty, wheat malty aroma. Tangy, lemon zesty, floral, herbal hoppy, light yeasty, wheat malty flavor with a slightly tangy finish.

Brown bottle, 75 cl, via Importations Privées Bièropholie (merci Hughes!), savoured on November 12 2011; eye: golden, clear, minimal effervescence, white head that turns into a thin sheet, light lacing; nose: floral, perfumy, light hops, light acidity, slight yeast, tangerine; mouth: floral, perfumy, acidity, slight hops, slight wheat, tangerine, slight soap gum, floral finale with presence of acidity, medium body, good carbonation, slightly bitter, lightly sweet, slick texture; overall: fine FRANÇAIS Bouteille brune, 75 cl, via Importations Privées Bièropholie (merci Hughes!), savourée le 12 novembre 2011; œil : dorée, limpide, effervescence minime, mousse blanche qui se transforme en une très mince couche, légère dentelle; nez : floral, parfumé, léger houblon, légère acidité, très léger levure, tangerine; bouche : florale, parfumée, acidité, très légère houblon, très léger blé, tangerine, très léger gomme savon, finale florale avec présence d’acidité, corps moyen, bonne carbonatation, très légèrement amère, légèrement sucrée, texture coulante; en résumé : bien

(bottle, 75cl) Hazy, yellow colour with a big and fluffy white foam. Citrus-fruity and moderately wheaty aroma with distinctive notes of grapefruit and a slightly piney touch. Mildly bitter flavour, sursprisingly slim bodied with a pleasant carbonation. Fruity wheat-character with present notes of grapefruit and resiny hops; dry-ish fruity and piney hoppy finish. A tad slim but very aromatic. 12.X.11

Bouteille: Golden, almost clear with a greenish haze, mid-sized white fluffy head, quite stable, moderate resiny-grapefruity nose, wheaty traces underneath; dryish bitter-sourish flavour, pretty light bodied; citrussy-resiny finish, followed by a slight tartness and a touch of wheat. Good.......

Bottle. Pours straw yellow with a small white head. Tart, fruity of apricot with a finish in us-hops

Bottle from Au Grain d’Orge, Crissier
Cloudy blond color; generous head. Very nice hoppy aroma, fresh, fruity, delicate, with citrus fruits and passion fruit. The mouthfeel is very dry, and the body is weak; the wheat flavor is poor (paper-like); but the hopping is good, sharp, citrusy, and manages to raise the fate of this beer. The final is also a bit weak, but fresh.
Pleasant.

A golden ale with no head. In aroma, a sweet frankincense, creamy, curacao, not bad. In mouth, a smooth incensed saison with sweet creamy mouthfeel, field honey, not bad. Bottle at Mondiale 2011, June 10 2011.

Hazy golden coloured body with a large white head. Nice full flavour of coriander seed, strong hops and a good bit of honey. Light to Medium-bodied; Strong hop flavour with a lot of honey sweetness and a very mellow coriander seed freshness. Afteraste is mellow, clean and dry if anything, but fairly mild. Overall, pretty nice - definitely great to try with only mild flavours and some interesting hop tastes for the style. I sampled this beer on draught as 25 cL from Chez Moeder Lambic Fontinas in Bruxelles, Belgium on 01-January-2011 for €3,20.