6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Draught pint at some swill bar in Boston, can’t remember the name, on 3/30/07
Moderately cloudy straw-gold body has a fair amount of white head that steadily fizzles to partial cover, leaving little/no lacing.
Smooth and somewhat soothing in the nose, with some perky acidity from the coriander and a strong overtone of blueberry. Dosent smell "thin" or washed-out, however and there actually seems to be some fairly strong malt(ed wheat) character here. The blueberry is a bit persistently annoying and I dont see the point to it. It seems to cheapen the aroma and disturb the dryness that the coriander tries to create. Some light vanilla and mild citric notes on the finish. No alcohol and not flawed.
The wheat washes over the palate with a solidly chewy texture and light twang. Almost a toasted note as well, followed by smooth vanilla and creamy wheat flavors. Carbonation isn’t overdone and everything seems pretty manageable, BUT for the blueberries. It’s seems cheap and disruptive to the other flavors, not adding any balance (the beer is already sweet enough), nor adding any crispness (it’s a rather cheap, sugary blueberry flavor). Interesting, but I’ll take a hoegaarden or allagash white (which can usually both be found at a bar this would be at) long before I’d take this.
Tried
from Can
on 20 Apr 2007
at 15:45