Woody Wheat

s: wheat - bread - fruity candy a: hazy copper body - thick pure white head t: wheat - mellow fruits - soft sugars p: yeast - hay - cream o: rich & easy - curacao - floral 12 ounce can - Beverage Warehouse: Royal Oak, Michigan - 10-November-2023 - US$1,99 - canned: 03-September-2021! - sampled: 10-November-2023, a few hours later

Draft sample. The vanilla and orange are interesting. Drinking a entire pint could be way too sweet. I say that after drinking all day SOOOOO…. Hard to say. Bit just wasn’t feeling it.

Floral linalool, wheat malt, and straw aroma. Cloudy golden yellow with small head. Moderately sweet linalool, wheat malt, and mildly bitter grass flavor. Okay body.

12 ounce bottle into pint glass, bottled on 5/18/2017. Pours very hazy golden orange color with a 1 finger dense white head with good retention, that reduces to a small cap that lingers. Light spotty soapy lacing cling on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation retaining the cap. Aromas of vanilla, orange peel, lemon, pear, apple, wheat, cracker, and biscuit; with lighter notes of honey, pepper, clove, banana, bubblegum, and herbal/yeast earthiness. Nice and pleasant aromas with good balance and complexity of fruity/earthy yeast, spices, and pale malt notes; with solid strength. Taste of big vanilla, orange peel, lemon, pear, apple, wheat, cracker, and biscuit; with lighter notes of honey, pepper, clove, banana, bubblegum, and herbal/yeast earthiness. Light-moderate herbal bitterness and yeast spiciness on the finish. Lingering notes of vanilla, orange peel, lemon, pear, apple, wheat, cracker, biscuit, honey, pepper, clove, and herbal/yeast earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Very nice complexity, robustness, and balance of fruity/earthy yeast, spices, and pale malt flavors; with a great malt/bitter/spiciness balance, and zero cloying/astringent flavors after the finish. Slight dryness from bitter/spiciness, lightly increasing through the glass. Medium carbonation and body; with a very smooth, moderately bready/grainy/creamy, and lightly sticky balanced mouthfeel that is great. Zero warming alcohol as expected of 5.2%. Overall this is a very nice spiced pale wheat ale style. All around nice complexity, robustness, and balance of fruity/earthy yeast, spices, and pale malt flavors; very smooth and refreshing to drink. A lot of vanilla presence as advertised; with nice yeast, orange peel, and malt balance. Very flavorful for the ABV. Had more yeast character than I expected for the style. A very enjoyable offering.