Deadman Creek Cranberry Wheat Ale
Yukon Brewing in Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada 🇨🇦
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5.63
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Deadman Creek is an unusual name, we know! Of course, cranberries in beer is a little odd too and being different is what we’re really all about. With an explosion of lime lagers now out on the market, the big boys have proved what we’ve been saying all along “flavour is good!”
We take an already damn fine wheat ale and add cranberries during fermentation. Then, with lots of tangy yeast flavour interacting with the tart cranberries we choose to leave it unfiltered and then put it in bottles or kegs for your enjoyment. We decided early in the year that such a unique beer deserved some cool packaging so we tracked down former Yukoner turned Northern BC’er Meghan Hildebrand to create the stunning piece featured above.
To our surprise Meghan told us this was her favorite beer and she was pumped about the name we had picked. Deadman Creek, an actual creek found in the remote backcountry of the Yukon is an ode to the crazy spirits that built the north and were adventurous enough to settle this frontier.
So Deadman Creek, Cranberry Wheat is hitting the shelves now and we suggest you grab a Deadman!
We take an already damn fine wheat ale and add cranberries during fermentation. Then, with lots of tangy yeast flavour interacting with the tart cranberries we choose to leave it unfiltered and then put it in bottles or kegs for your enjoyment. We decided early in the year that such a unique beer deserved some cool packaging so we tracked down former Yukoner turned Northern BC’er Meghan Hildebrand to create the stunning piece featured above.
To our surprise Meghan told us this was her favorite beer and she was pumped about the name we had picked. Deadman Creek, an actual creek found in the remote backcountry of the Yukon is an ode to the crazy spirits that built the north and were adventurous enough to settle this frontier.
So Deadman Creek, Cranberry Wheat is hitting the shelves now and we suggest you grab a Deadman!
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6.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
From a 12 oz bottle purchased at the brewery. Pours a clear gold with an off white head. Light fruity nose. Flavors of bread and a hint of berries. Crisp finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Jul 2016
at 11:26
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 6
I had several samples at the brewery.
The appearance was a nice slightly hazy golden color that didn’t have any head or lacing.
The smell had a faint combined cranberry and wheat with no expected grainy kick that I sometimes get in these types of beers.
The taste was pretty much the same.
On the palate, this one sat fairly light and sessionable. There’s no kick from the wheat or tang from the cranberry.
Overall, I would say this would be a solid Summer choice for the hotter days but since I don’t live in the Yukon I don’t know how hot it gets there on the hotter days. Still, very worthy of coming back to.
The appearance was a nice slightly hazy golden color that didn’t have any head or lacing.
The smell had a faint combined cranberry and wheat with no expected grainy kick that I sometimes get in these types of beers.
The taste was pretty much the same.
On the palate, this one sat fairly light and sessionable. There’s no kick from the wheat or tang from the cranberry.
Overall, I would say this would be a solid Summer choice for the hotter days but since I don’t live in the Yukon I don’t know how hot it gets there on the hotter days. Still, very worthy of coming back to.
Tried
on 07 Sep 2014
at 19:27
5.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
341 ml bottle. Pours a hazy pinkish-orange colour with a small, short lived off-white head. Aroma of wheat, yeast and light cranberry. Sweet flavour with malt, wheat, yeast and a dry, mild cranberry finish. Light body, thin texture and soft carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 May 2014
at 14:31
5.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
Drank from the bottle, sadly, as glassware was sorely lacking in my Yellowknife hotel. Has decent carbonation, okay brighter body. Soft, soft cranberry aroma with some maltiness. Flavour is just a hint of fruitiness with a beery malt back end and a dry finish. Drinkable, but everything about this brew needs more "oomph".
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Jun 2013
at 17:21
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Sample, draught, drank on site on August 2 2008; eye: copper, no effervescence, clear, white head that disappears completely; nose: fruity, light acidity, malt; mouth: thin, fruity (cranberry), light caramel, somewhat confusing fruity finale, grainy, light acidity, medium body, average carbonation; overall: ok FRANÇAIS Échantillon, en fût, bue sur place le 2 août 2008; oeil : cuivrée, pas d’effervescence, claire, mousse blanche qui disparaît complètement; nez : fruitée, légère acidité, léger fruité, malt; bouche : mince, fruitée (canneberge), léger caramel, finale fruitée un peu déroutante, granuleuse, légère acidité, corps moyen, carbonatation moyenne; en résumé : ok
Tried
from Can
on 14 Aug 2008
at 18:16
4.6/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 2
Overall 5.5
Hazy gold,white head.Light cranberry nose.Rather bland, with just a hint of fruit, which you couldn’t detect as cranberries
Tried
on 21 Oct 2005
at 21:50
3.4/10
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Appearance 2
Aroma 3
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 3.5
Butt-ugly murky dun colour. Instantly dissipating head. Slightly phenolic aroma with light hints of fruit. Tart body, thin, with dusty yeastiness. Not a whole lot going on, sadly.
Tried
on 04 Sep 2005
at 03:31
4.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 5
Hazy golden amber color. Thick white head, tart nose of cranberries and wheat. Malty mouth, slightly tart, that continues with the cranberries and wheat theme. Dry finish. Not one of thier better beers.
Tried
on 28 Jul 2005
at 22:21