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Alpine Beer Company Willy

Alpine Beer Company Willy

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A Wheat Ale brewed by
Alpine Beer Company (CA)

Alpine, California USA

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373.13/5.03.12/5.04.9%88.5 Shaker, Weizen P  Stats

Commercial Description:
An American Wheat ale. More than half the malt used is incredible White Wheat know for a sweetness not found in malted barley. Slightly cloudy and easy to drink, good with a lemon slice.

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 BBB63 (3667), La Porte, Indiana, USA
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/56/103/512/20

Apr 28, 2008  
Bottle and served in weizen glass: Pours a slight hazy gold with a small lasting head and some spotty lace. The aroma has notes of bubblegum yeast phenols, wheat husks and pale musty grains, light honey and apple, and some buttery vapours. The taste is rather straight forward, yeasty, malty, wheaty. Not much citric acidity or spice in this brew, yep an American Wheat. The mouth feel is soft and chewy, chalky finish. Well not bad, not very memorable either.

 CaptainCougar (4596), Rockville, Maryland, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/104/514/20
Jun 20, 2008  
Pours a transparent bright golden with a thin, wispy-lacing white head. Aroma of sweet sugary wheat and pale malts with a touch of lightly doughy yeast. Body starts with good fullness and carbonation along with a clean sweetness and subtle bittering hop character toward the finish. Incredibly drinkable and smooth without being too dull.


 mgumby10 (1477), West Palm Beach, Florida, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/56/103/512/20
Jun 15, 2008  
Courtesy hopscotch. Pours a pretty hazy orange gold, with a medium pearly white head. The aroma was mostly of orange citrus, some tartness, with hints of sweet wheat notes. The flavor was mostly citric, lots of that orange peel, mild wheat flavors, and a touch of candy sugar. Not really your typical wheat flavors, seems more like a Belgian ale or saison to me. Not really complex or interesting at all, just fruity and a bit bland. Wasnt impressed here.


 padrefan98 (547), (San Diego) Santee, California, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/57/103/515/20
May 25, 2008  
On tap at the brewery. Flavors of some bread dough and malt. Good Wheat ale.


 blutt59 (468), Dallas, Texas, USA
2.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/55/103/512/20
May 1, 2008  
bottle, not much head for a wheat, off golden color, some banana on the nose but not much, mild wheat flavor , tailing finish




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