Backwater Wingdam Wheat

Brewed by Wellington’s Backwater Brewing
Style: German Hefeweizen
Winona, Minnesota USA

Serve in Weizen

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This is NOT a hefeweizen. They claim it is a Koelsch. It is a watery wheat beer.

On tap at the brewpub. The body was hazy pale yellow with a white head. The aroma was leamons and black pepper spice with some biscuti. The taste was black pepper spice with some lemon peel zest. A nice clean finish.

A heavy carbonated yellow beer with nice lacing and a hazy light honey color. Orange citrus on the nose. Smooth crisp finish. Not a lot of yeast in the body.

On tap at the Backwater Brewing (Actually it is more like a bowling alley with a brewpub added). Pours a hazy golden pale yellow brew with a fast dissolving white head. Very good glass lacing. Aroma has citrus orange peel, a touch of banana, and a faint wheat/grain malt. Taste is highly carbonated and lacking the yeast I am used to in wheat beers. Good balance finish and lightly sweet. This beer tastes more like a kölsch than a hefeweizen without the yeast.

Pours a hazy straw gold with an inch of white foam. Good lacing, no aroma to speak of. Tastes of light dry wheat, with a hint of lemon, and a tangy hop bitterness. Light body, smooth carbonation. An ’intro-to-beer’ variety that is nothing to get excited about, but is obviously well made and decent enough for what it is.

The first of the sampler at the brewery and actually their best drop. Appears a hazed pale yellow with a faint aroma of straw/hay and a little fruit. Tartness overwhelmes the taste and it finishes with a mostly wheat taste and a fresh, slightly sharp bitterness. Body is a little too fizzy and light with a rough carb/grainy feel. Okay summer quencher with enough edge to give it some interest.

On tap at the Brewpub. Pale yellow with no head. Big bubbles. Bread-like aroma. Maybe alfalfa. Good rich flavor. Interesting buttery finish (slight diacyl?). A thick beer. Definitely the best offering by this brewer.