Anderson Valley Summer Solstice

Brewed by Anderson Valley Brewing Company
Style: Wheat Ale
Boonville, California USA

Serve in Shaker, Weizen

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Draft @ AVBC, Boonville, CA. Rating #3000. Pours a pale yellow color with a small white head. Has a wheat malty slightly spicy aroma with some hints of citrus. Sweetish wheat malty flavor wit hsome yeasty hints and some hints of citrus. Has a sweetish wheat malty finish with a crisp aftertaste with hints of citrus.

12oz bottle-pours a retaining tight white head and yellow color. Aroma is wheat/bready. Taste is wheat/bready, some grassy hops. Some sweetness at the end. Easy. Soft carbonation.

Something of a floral, noble hop aroma. Amber tinged gold color with a respectable white head. Thin to medium bodied. Moderate carbonation. Dusty wheat for start, along with a very slight bit of lemon. Finish is sort of wheat, tartness and enough bitter to work it out. Overall it’s a very light and clean beer.

Bottle from Bello Vino. Poured hazy yellow with an average frothy white head that diminished slowly and produced good lacing. Moderate sweet wheat and spice aroma. Medium body. Moderate sweet citrus and spicy flavor with a smooth light sweet finish of short duration.My expectations where met.

Draft. Hazy brownish amber color, small tan head, delicate lacing. Aroma of caramel bubblegum. Taste is similar. Not bad.

Bomber poured a hazy gold with a lasting white head. Aromas of wheat and yeast. Palate was light bodied and crisp. Flavors of wheat and light citrus with a crisp clean finish. Easy drinking, but boring!

Can. Pours clear amber with a small, frothy off-white head, short retention with light lacing. Aroma is spicy wheat malt, light lemon notes, and light earthy hops. Flavor is malt forward with light hops and bitterness, lemon notes and a sweet finish. Light body and medium carbonation.

Can. Pours with a clear copper hued body with a lasting off-white head. Aromas are lightly metallic, light spice, caramel, malty, sweet, corn, wheat, grainy. Low ester, minimal hop. Flavors are grainy, light spice, strong vanilla, straw, wheat. Pretty clean except for the spice. Low ester. Lively carbonation, medium dry, thinner body.

A very nice American pale wheat, with purposeful understated hops and orange citrus taste. This went well with a long leisurly summer record heat lunch, light colour still significant head and citrus hoppy aroma.

Bottle thanks to 5000: Pours a transparent bright golden with a stringy-lacing white head. Aroma of smooth mildly sweet wheat and a touch of hops. Starts with decent body and light wheaty sweetness along with a mild bittering hop balance before a smooth finish. Pretty drinkable, just not much going on here.