Alexander Keiths Blonde Summer Wheat

Formerly brewed at Oland Brewery (AB-InBev)
Style: Wheat Ale
Halifax, Canada

A much better effort than their flagship IPA. Fuller bodied, with a very slight wheat flavour and aroma. Not bang on for the style, but at least its an effort.

Hint of wheat, some malt in the nose, hazy golden, small white head. Faint wheat taste, good mouth feel, nice bitterness, light bodied, mild wheat aftertaste. Average, but for these guys that's something!

Slight amber-tinted blond. Slightly fruity, leafy, currant aroma. OK body given where it comes from. Sweetish. Refreshingly wet finish (no, I'm not being facetious). Low carbonation helps this out a lot. Not really worth seeking out, but another drinkable Keith's seasonal and ol' Alexander might slow down his grave-spinning.

Slightly hazy gold colour with a mostly diminishing white head. Faint aroma of apple and honey. Touches of apple flavour, maybe a bit of honey and coriander, but not enough to get the beer beyond bland. Watery finish.

(Draught) At Patty Bolands in Ottawa. Thin head and somewhat flat, light amber body. Bizarre but enjoyable. Bitter flavour and finish. Average... A step up for this macro-swillery...

I didn't expect this of a Keiths... Mildly enjoyable when a bar is full of other unenjoyable beers. Yellow slight haze. Nice creamy head that lasted a long time. Malty aroma slight malty taste. Noticable wheat.

Yellowish with little carbonation. Actually kind of nice lacing. Aroma has some maltishness, but nothing too much. I think my glass was too full, and I couldn't do a swirl. Taste is somewhat bitter at the start, the finish is kind of empty, but the aftertaste comes back with a little of the bitterness. Maybe that's the wheat? Upon re-reading the product description, that's actually the Cascade hops, which I didn't recognize in a macro-Canuck beer. I didn't get much wheat until I had filled my gob with fries and gravy, then took a sip. (This was after finishing my rating). I think that the viscous grad student bar gravy covered up the right tastebuds so I got some of that wheat taste you'd expect. All in all, a beer that tries harder than most Canadian macros, and perhaps succeeds.