Arcadia Whitsun

Brewed by Arcadia Brewing Company
Style: Wheat Ale
Battle Creek, Michigan USA

Serve in Shaker, Weizen

Bottle: Average, but very drinkable wheat ale. Pours orange with a slight wheat and citrus aroma. Medium body. Wheat and malt flavor.

[tap @ Capones, 6/14/08]
Reading the commercial description and comparing what I got are two different things. On tap it poured a rich, orange red color with a slightly off white head. Aroma was tart and citrusy with strong notes of orange peel. Medium flavor body with noticeable flavors of orange peel and some very trace honey flavors. Crisp hop finish. No real wheat qualities that I could detect.

12oz bottle. Was expecting a white ale of sorts...not the case. Pours a deep cloud brownish-orange color. Creamy mouthfeel, with some amber malt coming through. The honey gives it slight mead-like qualities. Drinkable and enjoyable, but I don’t really pick up much wheat at all, probably because the honey covers up some of those subtleties. I really began to enjoy this beer more towards the end.

Poors a dark orange color, quite clear. Medium white head, passes quickly. Smells like fruity summer wheat beer (read: Oberon). Fruity and malty taste, quick bitter finish, and then it dissipates. Very dry, but quite drinkable.

Pour was full amber, white head, ok lacing. The aroma was like an orangey American wheat. Flavor followed suit, could have been called an orange wheat ale. Finish was amply hopped, a strong bitter finish, malt depth (and sweetness) also present. An interesting brew, kudos for originality (I was expecting a wit out of ignorance and probably because of the name).

Aroma of wheat, yeast, over ripe fruit, and a little skunk. Orange hazy brown hue with an average sized white head that mostly diminished. Below average in every category.

A nice dry ale, with notes of apple and spices against a well carbonated base.

Bottle. Murky honey brown. Small white head. Sweet light fruit and Orange peel dominate taste and scent. very drinkable due to the lack of wheat.