Barley Island Flat Belly Wheat (Flat Top)

Brewed by Barley Island Brewing
Style: Wheat Ale
Noblesville, Indiana USA

Serve in Shaker, Weizen

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A sub-par beer at best with a taste that screams "meh." Not complex, or true to a wheat style, or even a good variation. Super cheap, but I still can’t say it’s a good value.

Hazy gold with a solid off-white head. Lemon and wheat scent. Heavily spiced wheat flavour and citrus, peppery feel. Slightly clingy, bitter aftertaste....and more pepper. Not great, a bit annoying.

At first I thought I must have bungled the pour, and after talking to other people, apparently its foamalicious. The taste is slightly rotten bananas.

Pours a cloudy orange with a creamy half-centimeter head that barely replenishes itself with an almost nonexistent carbonation. Strong lemon citrus aroma with wheat malt. Spicy flavor, slightly skunky and followed with a metallic tang and astringent flavor. Irritating to the palate and unpleasant. edit: was seriously debating doing a half-bottle drain pour, but stuck with it - immediately rewarded with a good headache. :(

Poured from a 12 oz bottle. Hazy yellow in color with a thin head with very little lacing. Wheaty aroma with hits of citrus. Sweet with a slightly bitter finish.

12oz bottle from the Sahara Mart in Bloomington, IN. Pours a cloudy, golden colored body with a finger-width, frothy, white head that dissipates quickly and leaves a moderate lacing. Aroma is somewhat grainy wheats with some light citrus and straw. Flavor is a bit better. More of a citrus aspect with some almost tart lemons, a sweeter wheat, and a light straw. Finishes with a touch of tartness from the citrusy lemons and a very light straw bitterness. Somewhat dry with a medium length aftertaste following a light, smooth, clean body and light carbonation. Overall, a decent wheat beer. Definitely refreshing and easy drinking, but nothing special. This would be okay on a blazing hot day.

Tasted 8/11/10. Sampler from the Brewpub. Hazy with a golden hue. Aromas of citrus and cereal grains. Mild and light bodied. Simple and straight forward. The finish is a mix of sweet wheaty malts and mild pepper.

Bottle. Pours a hazy yellow color with a small white head. Has a fruity wheat malty aroma with hints of citrus. Fruity wheat malty citrus flavor. Has a sweetish wheat malty finish with hints of citrus.

On tap at the brewpub (Indianapolis, IN). Pours a hazy yellow color with a light white head. Aroma is sweet and floral with notes of banana, honey, clove, bread, yeast, light candy sugar. Flavor is sweet and floral with notes of banana, yeast, bread, spice, honey, light grainy notes. Light to medium body with a pleasing sweet floral finish.

Murky bad yellow with a medium white head. Aroma of lemon, yeast, bready malt, sweet malt, mildly perfumed. Taste of lemon, wheat, sweet malt, honey and mild spicy yeast. Unobtrusive and average.