New Belgium Brewing Company Sunshine

Sunshine

 

New Belgium Brewing Company in Fort Collins, Colorado, United States 🇺🇸

  Wheat Ale Rotating Out of Production
Score
6.05
ABV: 4.8% IBU: 14 Ticks: 68
Wheat Beer

Sunshine Wheat combines the refreshing flavors of a Belgian-style witbier with the easy drinkability of an American wheat. This sun-hued ale blends soft, bready malts with a burst of citrus courtesy of orange peel and coriander; a light dose of bittering hops wraps up each sip with a refreshingly clean finish.

Knock back a Sunshine and cheers to the great outdoors.
 

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5.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5
Bottle. Clear, gold color. Small white head. Aroma straw, weak and watery. Taste, didn’t detect much orange peel or coriander, was not impressed with this beer.
Tried from Bottle on 21 Mar 2025 at 06:54

9/10
Well that is quite tasty.
Tried on 13 Dec 2024 at 16:58

5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 3 Texture 6 Overall 6
From Jun 2007

Purchased at Liquor Shed in Casper.

This pours from 12oz bottle(best by 10 Aug 07) a clear light gold with a good head of foam that shrinks quickly to some islands in the middle of my glass. Good lacing though..

The smell is fruity first, of wheat second. I get a lot of orange in the nose.

The taste has orange and other citrus flavour up front followed by some wheat and coriander. Put them all together and well...it doesn't seem to work for me at all. I can't say much more than that other than I won't be buying this again and the other 5 bottles of it that I have will be tough to finish.
Tried from Bottle on 25 Oct 2017 at 09:36

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6
Draft. Clear yellow color white head. Aroma of peppery citrus. Taste is lightly tart lightly spiced. OK.
Tried from Draft on 01 Jun 2017 at 07:42

5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 4 Overall 5
Draught at St. Augustine’s, Vancouver
Hazy pale blond color. Dry simple beer, hardly any wheat, hardly any character.
Not bad, just boring.
Tried on 01 Sep 2016 at 12:32

5.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 4 Overall 5.5
On tap at St. Augustine's, pours a hazy blonde with a small white head. Aroma brings out dry wheat and not much else. Flavour brings out soft whispy wheat and light spiciness of some sort. Soft and easy-drinking. Decent.
Tried from Draft on 23 Aug 2016 at 11:27

6.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Draft - Light orange peel and wheat. Clear gold with a rich white head. Nice orange notes, soft what and a p,easing finish. Easy drinking and nice.
Tried from Draft on 09 Jun 2016 at 13:28

7.3/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
12 ounce can into pint glass, best before 8/7/2016. Pours lightly hazy golden straw color with a 1-2 finger dense and fluffy white head with good retention, that reduces to a small cap that lingers. Light spotty soapy lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Aromas of lemon, orange peel, pear, apple, coriander, pepper, clove, light banana, wheat, cracker, herbal, grass, and yeast earthiness. Nice and pleasnat aromas with good balance of pale malt, spices, and fruity/earthy yeast notes; with solid strength. Taste of lemon, orange peel, pear, apple, coriander, pepper, clove, light banana, wheat, cracker, herbal, grass, and yeast earthiness. Light herbal/spicy bitterness on the finish; with lingering notes of lemon, orange peel, coriander, pepper, clove, wheat, cracker, and herbal/grassy earthiness on the finish for a short bit. Nice robustness and balance of pale malt, spices, and fruity/earthy yeast flavors; with a great malt/bitter/spice balance and zero cloying flavors after the finish. Light-moderate dryness. Medium carbonation and light-medium body; with a very smooth, fairly crisp, and lightly creamy/grainy/sticky mouthfeel that is nice. Alcohol is very well hidden with zero warming present after the finish as expected of 4.8%. Overall this is a good pale wheat ale style. All around good robustness and balance of pale malt, spices, and fruity/earthy yeast flavors; and very smooth, crisp, and refreshing to drink. A nicely enjoyable offering.
Tried from Can on 21 Apr 2016 at 21:03

5.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Draught, smallish head, light hazy deepish yellow color, spicey and light orange aroma, with a hint of wheat, citrusy wheaty flavor. ;ight to medium bitterness with a sour hint. Drinkable but a little muted and not too interesting.
Tried on 26 Oct 2015 at 03:02

6.2/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
4 oz pour on draft at ChurchKey for the New Belgium Pre-Tour de Fat Party. Clear straw yellow with off-white head. Aromas of wheat, floral, malt. Tastes of wheat, corn, malt. Light body with a dry finish.
Tried from Draft on 28 May 2015 at 20:47