4.3 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 18/20
One of the first really warm and sunny days this spring in Michigan make me reach for the Whitsun. Whitsun is gold to copper in color and hazy. Peaches and wheat aromas are present along with a faint honey sweetness. Honey wheat and a light citrusy sweet taste. This one goes down so easy, it is very refreshing and highly drinakable. Low carbonation with a medium body. A great seasonal that I love to enjoy with some barbecued chicken in the summer.
3.1 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Pours a golden/amber color with an off-white head. Aroma is of wheat, citrus, sweet malts, and a little hint of lemon. Flavor is much better then the aroma with lemon, spices, citrus, sweet malts, wheat, floral hops, and yeast. Much better then the nose leads. A decent wheat beer minus the aroma.
3.3 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
LIght grain malt aroma. Orange color with large chunks of sediment. Carbonation foams out of the bottle for a long time. I’ve had other arcadia beers with this over carbonation problem, keeps me on my toes. Light sweet malt taste with little on the finish.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
tap at the brewpub - Pours hazy golden with a medium sized head. It has a wheat and citrus aroma. The flavor has very ample citrus notes playing around in sweet malts. It’s medium bodied, lively, and very easy to drink. Very good.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
UPDATED: SEP 2, 2007 bottle from Horrocks, Battle Creek MI. Copper with a cauliflower head. First pour, despite a gentle hand, gave me nothing but head. Took ages to die. Loads of honey and cider apples in the nose with orange and floral notes. Sweet on top, spicy beneath. Taste follows suit. Spicy pumpkin, sweet candied orange and apricot. Finish is dry and salty. Very moreish.
2.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 10/20
good warm weather beer. take this one to the beach with you. it is a nice golden beer with a caramel flavor
1.9 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 3/10 PALATE 1/5 OVERALL 6/20
UPDATED: MAY 6, 2007 Arcadia Whitsun. Sweet perfumy aroma out of this 12 oz brown bottle. I’ve had arcadia hopmouth and it was as the style expected. I am very excited because this is rated as a wheat, one of my favorite styles. When I bought it I saw whitsun and thought it may be wheat related. Nice layer of something on the bottle, things are looking up. Cider colored with a cloudiness typical of wheats. Yes hints of sweet smell in there. A little bitter initially for a wheat IMO. Also a little syrupy it seems the thistle honey makes this apparent. This really has something different about it, it must be sampled to fully discover its personality. Not as good as shiner hefe, SA hefe or lienie honey weiss. This almost has the characteristic of some strong ale I’ve tasted. Finish is too gooey for me. Will pass on this if it comes round again, not what I think of as a wheatie. However, I like this better than hopmouth. I’ve tasted pale lagers that are more wheatlike than this.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Pours hazy golden with an overcarbonated wispy beige head. Pour this carefully or you may end up with yeast chunks in your beer. Aroma of citrus, spicy yeast, chamomile, and wheat. Taste is orange peel, chamomile, and spicy yeast. Mouthfeel is medium bodied with moderate carbonation. This is more like a witbier than the typical, soul-less American Wheat. Enjoyable, but the bottle seemed a bit old and the recipe is a bit overspiced.
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