Lightning Brewery
Microbrewery in Poway, California, United States 🇺🇸
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5.3/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bomber courtesy of Pete (non-RB) and to some extent GT2. Pours very hazy pale yellowish golden with a huge frothy white head that slowly dissipates while leaving lots of trace on the glass. Smell is slightly sweet, tiny sour and very phenolic with banana bread, lemon juice, plums, grapes, damp cellar, soda water, sheet metal, cloves, dry soil, white paper and plums. Taste is tiny sweet, slightly sour, fruity and phenolic with banana, lemon juice, mouldy bread, minerals, crackers, dry soil, cloves, green grapes, plums and hints of buttery wood. Mouthfeel is crisp, slightly dry, tiny tart and light bodied. Finish is slightly sour with banana bread, cloves, lemon juice, dry soil, sheet metal, buttery wood and hints of lemon zest and white pepper. Not what I expected and a disappointment considering the few Berliner Weisse I’ve tried so far.
Tried
on 14 Sep 2012
at 13:00
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bomber. Pastel yellow with a low head. Weizen-like nose, some lemon, clove, banana. Tangy flavor, lemon, a touch of yogurt, light sourness. Quite weizen like. Lacks much Berliner character—just a bit.
Tried
on 29 Aug 2012
at 17:17
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Draft @ Stone Brewing World Bistro and Gardens, Escondido, CA. Pours a hazy orange color with a small white head. Has a fruity wheat malty banana aroma. Sweetish wheat malty spicy banana flavor. Has a sweetish wheat malty banana finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 23 Aug 2012
at 06:55
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 7
Bottle at the Funky 8, Brooklyn, NYC. A bit too sweet and heavy to be a good saison. Some syrupy citrus and robust spice. Just not very refreshing. So so overall.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Aug 2012
at 01:53
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bomber from Bine & Vine. Pours hazy gold with a white head. Aroma of citrus and clove. Med body. Chewy carb. Flavor is very banana and clove. It’s clean and fresh. Finishes on a clove note. Quite tasty hefe.
Tried
on 19 Aug 2012
at 18:43
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bomber from Fred at Beverages 4 Less in Santee, CA. Pours hazy dishwater gold with a very temporary white head. Aroma is only the mildest hint of sweatsox. Otherwise kind of hefe. It’s sour. Tho not very. It’s kind of like a hefe went sour without losing the banana. Still, it is sour, and all the way into the finish. Think it fits the style, and is refreshingly tasty.
Tried
on 07 Aug 2012
at 16:57
4.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
Bottle. High fill, massive yeast cake at the bottom of the bottle. Surprised this passed on their packaging line. Pours with a murky, near milky, yeasty yellow hued body. White head, good retention. Aromas immediate of isoamyl acetate, mild 4vg (clove), phenolic, bready/grainy/wheat malt, smells strongly like a poorly made hefe. Lots of apple esters, minimal lactic character. Strongly yeasty nose. Flavors are grainy, straw, chalky (strong), yeasty, greek yogurt, not much tartness beyond yogurt levels (next to none). Watery. Extremely yeast. Sharp ester character. Abrupt finish.Amateurish. Fuller carbonation, thin, watery, sharp.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Aug 2012
at 21:49
7.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle. Cloudy and milky yellow color, small but thick white head, solid lacing - a classic Berliner weisse appearance. Aroma pf dusty lemon, raw sourdough bread. Taste is softly sour lemon bread and subtle white pepper. Very nice. Could use a tad more brett character, but very nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Jul 2012
at 15:01
6.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
CBC on tap-pours yellow with a white head and trailing lace. Aroma is spice-pepper/lemon. Taste is floral/spice hop bitter, light malt. Lingering bitter.
Tried
from Draft
on 22 May 2012
at 09:49
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Draft @ some pizza place in San Diego. Pours cloudy pale golden color with white head. Aromas of banana and clove with some yeast. Sweet banana and clove flavors with dough and slight tartness. Medium body with soft carbonation.
Tried
from Draft
on 12 May 2012
at 07:33