Hop Hound Amber Wheat
Anheuser-Busch InBev USA in St. Louis, Missouri, United States 🇺🇸
Wheat Ale Regular|
Score
5.25
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Hop Hound Amber Wheat is an unfiltered amber wheat ale with a slight caramel sweetness and refreshing citrus note. Formerly known as Sun Dog Amber Wheat.
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4.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4
Bottle. Gold/orange pour with a frothy, white head. Mild aroma of sweet orange, lemon, caramel, wheaty grain. The flavor is lightly to moderately sweet and lightly bitter. It finishes lightly sweet and lightly bitter. Medium body with a watery texture. Lively carbonation. Hops? The Hop Hound must be a chihuahaua. Overall, a too sweet, imbalanced ale, mostly forgettable, but with little to offend the target mass market.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Jul 2009
at 12:30
4.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 3.5
I thought this might be hoppy! Poured a copper color, somewhat like iced tea, with a good foamy head. Aroma just hinted at hops, as did the flavor which was otherwise very light, mildly malty sweet but crisp with a light and quick finish that hinted at some hop bitterness. Very easy drinker with a good clean profile, bordering on watery.
Tried
on 27 Apr 2009
at 17:37
5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 4
Sample at 69 Taps in Akron. The beer is a cloudy amber-orange color with a thin off-white head that burns away quickly. Stringy lacing. Grainy malt and caramel aroma with a touch of wheat. Light, clean body with a nondescript wheat and malt flavor. The finish is sweet and malty with a short wheaty aftertaste. Below average overall.
Tried
from Draft
on 03 Apr 2009
at 01:38
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
on tap @Philly BeerFest III–pours an off white head and cloudy gold color. Aroma is clove/banana, wheat/light malt. Taste is not up to aroma, clove/banana, wheat/light malt-sweet.
Earlier Rating: 6/14/2008 Total Score: 3.1
12 oz bottle-pours a foamy off white head and orange/copper color. Aroma is lightly roasted wheat/grain, some sweet fruit. Taste is nice, lightly roasted wheat/grain, some sweet fruit, some/faint hops bite. Mild carbonation. Smooth, decent warm weather wheat beer. Thanks to Joe-jwc215 for sharing.
Earlier Rating: 6/14/2008 Total Score: 3.1
12 oz bottle-pours a foamy off white head and orange/copper color. Aroma is lightly roasted wheat/grain, some sweet fruit. Taste is nice, lightly roasted wheat/grain, some sweet fruit, some/faint hops bite. Mild carbonation. Smooth, decent warm weather wheat beer. Thanks to Joe-jwc215 for sharing.
Tried
from Draft
on 25 Mar 2009
at 06:27
4.1/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 2
Overall 5.5
Free 4oz sample from a tasting at Seigels. Pours a light amber orange with a small off-white head that fades quickly. Aroma of wheat, light dust, and light hops. Taste is very wheaty for what I was told was an amber ale. Decent caramel and a few hops. My main complaint was how absolutely bland this stuff was. Over carbonated.
Tried
on 20 Mar 2009
at 21:59
5.9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Sampled from a 12 oz brown bottle this beer poured a cloudy orange-amber color with a huge orange-white head. The aroma was light fruity hops. The flavor was tangy, lightly fruity and a bit sweet with a touch of orange and sour malts underneath. The finish was short cardboard and faint fruit. Eh.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Mar 2009
at 20:47
3.6/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 4
Flavor 3
Texture 4
Overall 3.5
Location: Got this from some grocery store or out of someone's fridge, where I got it is no more memorable then the beer.
Overall Impression: Sound like a broken record, but another attempt at a specialty beer from Bud that just lacks anything to make it special
Overall Impression: Sound like a broken record, but another attempt at a specialty beer from Bud that just lacks anything to make it special
Tried
on 17 Mar 2009
at 21:56
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle. Pours a cloudy copper with a medium white frothy head that diminishes quickly. The aroma is a wheat and floral. Decent spotting lacing on the glass. The taste is a sweet malt with citrus and caramel. A decent amber from AB.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Feb 2009
at 23:37
5.8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 6
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 5
Hop hound S6L5F3T4O12: Impressive gunk on bottom pouring experience. Cloudy orange yellow. Good creamy carbonation texture. Initially, taste is mildly rude; malty and a little alky-ish feel. Finish is OK for a amber wheat. Interesting combination of styles.
Tried
on 08 Feb 2009
at 09:51