Sun Crusher
Revolution Brewing Company in Chicago, Illinois, United States 🇺🇸
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Score
6.83
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A crushable ale to celebrate the end of winter and rejoice the coming of warm weather! This Hoppy Wheat Ale is brewed with Apollo and Amarillo hops, with a dry-hop blend of Crystal, Amarillo, and Mosaic, resulting in a mellow bitterness and pronounced flowery and citrus aromas.
Flaked Oats with a malt blend of 2-row, Red Wheat, and Carapils, create a light golden color and a smooth silky mouthfeel in this brew.
Flaked Oats with a malt blend of 2-row, Red Wheat, and Carapils, create a light golden color and a smooth silky mouthfeel in this brew.
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7/10
Tried
on 13 Apr 2018
at 23:47
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
can - Slightly hazy light gold pour. Aroma is citrus hops and wheat. Flavor is similar with mild to moderately bitter hops and spice, a light body, and a fairly crisp, refreshing finish.
Tried
from Can
on 19 Dec 2017
at 20:06
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Sample during the "Biennial Space Tasting!" on 08/20/2017. Hazy golden color with a medium thin white head that evaporates steadily to a film. Short strings of lacing. Tropical fruit, wheat and malt in the nose. Light-bodied with flavors of citrus, floral wheat and malt. The finish is fruity and wheaty. Decent overall.
Tried
on 24 Sep 2017
at 21:45
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Can from Half Time. Pours unclear golden with a thin, fizzy head and no lace. Clean hoppy aroma, some light, fruity notes, a bit of spice, yeast, and straw. Clean and drinkable. Lots of carbonation. Crisp, dry, quick finish. Not the most exciting beer, but a nice, easy crusher.
Tried
from Can
on 10 May 2017
at 20:19
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
12oz bottle. Americans Wheats are an odd creature, and probably not an easy one to understand from a newb perspective. This one is a lot hoppier than a traditional one of course, employing some new school hop varietals. The Red Wheat fleshes it out some and gives it some depth. Enjoyable, respectable offering.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 May 2017
at 22:28
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
12 ounce can into pint glass, canned on 4/3/2017. Pours lightly hazy/cloudy pale golden/yellow color with a 1-2 finger fairly dense and fluffy white head with good retention, that reduces to a small cap that lingers. Light spotty lacing clings down the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Aromas of grapefruit, tangerine, peach, apricot, pineapple, passion fruit, papaya, mango, lemon zest, orange peel, light pepper/pine, wheat, cracker, light honey, herbal, and floral/grassy earthiness. Nice and pleasant aromas with good balance and complexity of citrus/tropical hops and moderate pale malt notes; with solid strength. Taste of big grapefruit, tangerine, peach, apricot, pineapple, passion fruit, papaya, mango, lemon zest, orange peel, light pepper/pine, wheat, cracker, light honey, herbal, and floral/grassy earthiness. Light-moderate pine/citrus peel/grassy/spicy bitterness on the finish. Lingering notes of grapefruit, tangerine, peach, apricot, pineapple, passion fruit, papaya, mango, lemon/orange peel, pepper, pine, wheat, cracker, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness on the finish for a while. Great complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/tropical hops and moderate pale malt flavors; with a great malt/bitterness balance, and zero lingering hop astringency after the finish. Light-moderate dryness from lingering bitterness, increasing through the glass. Medium carbonation and light-medium body; with a very smooth, moderately crisp, and creamy/grainy/sticky balanced mouthfeel that is great. Zero warming alcohol as expected of 5.3%. Overall this is a very nice hoppy wheat ale. All around nice complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/tropical hops and moderate pale malt flavors; very smooth, crisp, and refreshing to drink with the balanced bitterness. Tastes more like a standard American pale ale than a wheat beer; but I expected it given the brewery. Bright/juicy hops with balanced malt flavors. A really delicious offering.
Tried
from Can
on 22 Apr 2017
at 18:42