Lightning Brewery
Microbrewery in Poway, California, United States 🇺🇸
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8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Refrigerated brown bomber poured into a weizen glass. Pours cloudy light orange with large deep golden hightlights with huge fluffy head which has staying power. Well carbonated, medium body, and estery aroma. Taste is rich esters, tart, and clove. Really good hefe.
Tried
on 21 May 2013
at 18:10
8/10
Tried
on 19 May 2013
at 22:12
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle. Pours a hazy pale amber color with a small off-white head. Has a fruity piney hoppy aroma. Fruity malty hoppy grapefruit flavor. Has a fruity malty grapefruit finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 May 2013
at 01:55
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle courtesy of StefanSD. Tart lactic lemon and bready yeast aroma. Cloudy yellow with a small white head, poured very carefully due to the inch of heavy, chunky yeast sediment in the bottom of the bottle. Sweet lemon and bready yeasty wheat, light spice flavor with just a bare hint of tartness. Light body, moderate carbonation. Overall, not especially Berliner Weisse in style, but still pleasant and refreshing.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Apr 2013
at 15:56
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle. Pours a slightly hazy golden color with a white head. Has a fruity malty grainy corny aroma. Sweetish malty grainy corny flavor with weak hoppy hints. Has a sweetish malty grainy finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Apr 2013
at 08:01
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Pint at some North Hollywood restaurant. Poured a vibrant hazy orange color with a white head. Aroma was bready notes, yeast character, banana, sweet malts. Bready notes, some banana, spice character and a touch of malts. Pretty enjoyable.
Tried
on 13 Apr 2013
at 19:58
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
On tap. Orange hued pour with an off white head. Aromas of papaya, orange, resin mild malt, alcohol, pretty sweet. Flavors are sweet and boozy. Lots of alcohol, dry, harsh ester, resiny earthy and pine hops. Medium carbonation. Warming.
Tried
from Draft
on 29 Mar 2013
at 13:34
5.9/10
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Appearance 2
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 6.5
Whole lemon, coriander underneath. Milky yellow, thin head. Dry, and lightly tart lemon flavor. Less coriander and more tartness, but far from being a berliner weiss. Much more like an unspiced or lightly spiced wit. Carbonation seems artificial. Nice but not very authentic.
Tried
on 21 Oct 2012
at 15:27
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
On tap. Pours with a clear bronze hued body with a small off-white head. Aromas are fruity, molasses, dried fruits, dates, caramel, toffee. Rich smelling. Vanilla custard. Low isoamyl acetate. Flavors are sweet, banana bread, vanilla. Soft but noticeable bitterness. Fruity esters and some maple notes. Thicker bodied, slightly syrupy. Low carbonation with a well hidden ABV.
Tried
from Draft
on 07 Oct 2012
at 14:37
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
Bomber from Beverages 4 Less in Santee, CA. Pours hazy orange amber with a creamy off-white head. Aroma seems primarily resin over roasted malt. Puts some tang in the nostrils. Med body. It’s very, very fruity. It’s very bitter. Definitely resin following the fruit. Tropical fruit too. Not so sure about citrus. Suspect Nelson tho. There might be some heat, but with the bitter it’s hard to differentiate the two aspects. Head does a little ring lacing. This is not a harsh burning NW beer, but it comes out with about the same impact. Very hoppy. Very bitter. Very, very tasty.
Tried
on 27 Sep 2012
at 16:39