Lubiere (24459) reviewed Twisted Pretzel Wheat from Shock Top Beers 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
A lightly hazed dark amber ale with a thin white head. In aroma, loads of buttery popcorn, light berries, weird. In mouth, a sweet fruity malt with light buttery notes, boring but not offensive. On tap at Local Tavern, Terminal F, PHL.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
I liked this one much more than I expected. +++ Sampled from a 12 oz brown bottle this beer poured a dark brown color with orange highlights and a large foamy beige head that left decent lacing. The aroma was bread, pretzel and salt. The flavor was malty, dryish and somewhat bitter with bread crust and pretzel notes. Medium length finish. Pretzel notes increase as it warms. Medium body. Decent.
superspak (10160) reviewed Pumpkin Wheat from Shock Top Beers 10 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
12 ounce bottle into pint glass, bottled on 9/28/2015. Pours hazy deep orange/copper color with a 1-2 finger fairly dense off white head with good retention, that reduces to a thin cap that lingers. Light spotty soapy lacing clings on the glass, with a good amount of streaming carbonation retaining the cap. Aromas of pumpkin, cinnamon, nutmeg, clove, coriander, orange peel, pear, apple, pepper, wheat, biscuit, herbal, and yeast earthiness. Nice and pleasant aromas with good balance and complexity of fruity/earthy yeast, pumpkin/spices, and bready malt notes; with good strength. Taste of pumpkin, cinnamon, nutmeg, clove, coriander, orange peel, pear, apple, pepper, wheat, biscuit, herbal, and yeast earthiness. Light herbal bitterness/yeast spiciness on the finish; with lingering notes of pumpkin, cinnamon, nutmeg, clove, wheat,biscuit, and herbal/yeast earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Good robustness and complexity of fruity/earthy yeast, pumpkin/spices, and bready malt flavors; with a nice malt/yeast/spiciness balance and zero cloying flavors after the finish. Medium carbonation and body; with a very smooth, moderately creamy/bready, and slightly sticky mouthfeel that is good. Alcohol is very well hidden with zero warming present after the finish as expected of 5.1%. Overall this is a good pumpkin witbier style. All around good robustness, complexity, and balance of fruity/earthy yeast, pumpkin/spices, and bready malt flavors; and very smooth and easy to drink. A nicely enjoyable offering.
Boutip (9769) reviewed Honeycrisp Apple Wheat from Shock Top Beers 10 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 3 | Flavor - 3 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 3
Bottle: Poured a super light yellow color ale with a small bubbly head with limited retention. Aroma of fake apple notes with sweet notes. Taste is also dominated by fake green apple notes with some adjunct notes. Body is light with OK carbonation. Quite terrible with no real wheat notes.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Single bottle from Albertson in Vegas. Pours a very slight hazed amber colour with a yellowish cap, average retention and not much lacing. Wow... it does smell like pretzels ! The taste is not as close, but pretty interesting nonetheless. Still wheat but with some hops in the finish. Not syrupy like most Shock Top. Quite a nice exploit.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 2 | Overall - 4
12 oz bottle poured. I bought this beer because I thought it sounded like a horrible idea for a beer and wanted to be proven wrong. I love pretzels, but on the side. Pours a dark muddy brown color with a thin foam head. Heavy grainy malt aroma and flavor, and comes off as a bit salty. Pretzel cracker finish that is less than refreshing to me. Offputting flavor throughout. Rough one for me.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Refrigerated 12 oz. brown bottle poured into a glass. Clear medium brown with medium/small white head. Aroma is salty pretzel, medium body, well carbonation, and good small-bubble lacing. Taste is dark malt, esters, salt, and some butter. Smells pretty close to a pretzel and doesn’t taste completely unlike a pretzel. I would have guessed a dunkleweizen. Expectations were low, so this is pretty good and a nice surprise.
patrickctenchi (4987) reviewed Belgian White from Shock Top Beers 10 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 3 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4
Bottle: Hazed, golden-yellow with a thin, foamy white head. Slightly bready, orange aroma. Taste is watery orange malt, grainy.....sort of orange soda-ish....pretty dull. Gets a little peppery after a while, but not enough to give it any real zest..... Weak.
Rennat42 (5616) reviewed Twisted Pretzel Wheat from Shock Top Beers 10 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Draft. A- Pretzels, bread, dough, slightly salty. A- Brown color, hazy liquid, off white head. T- Bread, subtle salt, malty, wheat. P- Light body, average texture, average carbonation, soft finish. O- This is definitely a novelty and admittedly one I have wanted to try. I must say, it’s worth trying. It literally smells like a pretzel. Doesn’t quite translate into the taste, and maybe that’s a good thing but it really wasn’t bad. I wouldn’t buy a full six pack or their sampler just to get it but if I can find a single of it I wouldn’t hesitate to grab it for fun.
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Bottle: Pours clear, very deep brown-amber with a really large beige head. The aroma is the high point of this one.....spot on, fresh, pretzel.... Taste is less pretzel-y..... though it’s still there....sweet wheat malt, caramel, toasted bread....salted butter.... I’ll say this, it delivers what it’s name promises....and it’s pretty tasty..... A really nice AB product........I really enjoyed it....well done.