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Bootleggers Wildfire Wheat

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4619
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RATINGS: 19   MEAN: 3.09/5.0   WEIGHTED AVG: 3.01   SEASONAL: Summer   EST. CALORIES: 150   ABV: 5%
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COMMERCIAL DESCRIPTION
A true Southern California original, this smoked wheat ale pays homage to our own California tradition of yearly wild fires. This unique medium bodied wheat ale is slightly fruity with a pleasant hint of smokey goodness. Give this refreshing, yet flavorful seasonal ale a try and we’re sure you’ll think it’s a fitting beer for our hot summers.


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3.7
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 16/20
daknole (7193) - Scottsdale, Arizona, USA - AUG 6, 2012
Orange pour, white head. Aroma has some cloves, gum, banana, wheat and smoke. A cool smelling beer and the flavor is pretty good too. Wheaty and smokey. A neat combination.

3.1
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
anders37 (12664) - Malmö, SWEDEN - AUG 5, 2012
Draft @ the brewery. Pours a hazy orange color with a white head. Has a wheat malty smoky aroma. Fruity wheat malty smoky caramel flavor. Has a sweetish wheat malty smoky caramel finish.

3.1
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
KyotoLefty (4719) - Kyoto, JAPAN - JUL 20, 2012
Draught at the brewery. Hazy orange color with a fine head. Smokey nose with dirty weizen character, a bit of clove. Flavor also somewhat smokey, but not a full-on smoke, and undistinguished weizen flavors. Not at all terrible, but it doesn’t do either the smoke or the wiezen right.

3
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 12/20
yespr (25929) - Copenhagen O, DENMARK - JUL 20, 2012
From tap at the brewery. Pours hazy orange with a small, creamy, dense and off white head. Aroma is light phenolic, smoked. Fruity and light estery. Bitter and dry into a light estery and smoked finish.

3.8
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 16/20
Damico (1913) - Royersford, Pennsylvania, USA - JUL 9, 2012
Pours cloudy amber with an orange hue. It smells like a wheat field just set on fire, early smoke stages, bit wheat potent base in the nose. There are big wheat flavors, not over bready, and slightly sweet. The body is medium but the flavor doesn’t bring the smoke as the aroma did.

3.1
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
Peacehammer (480) - California, USA - JUL 8, 2012
hazy orange. Taste has a nice wheat feel and consistency, with a hint of smokiness. An enjoyable beer

3.1
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 12/20
ADfan (476) - Orange County, California, USA - JUN 13, 2012
Poured on tap at Bootleggers it has a hazy dark yellow color in the glass. The aroma is banana’s and some straw. Flavor has a little bitterness with some earth and mild citrus. Not a bad beer.

3.1
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 12/20
Blairgus (1749) - California, USA - MAR 8, 2012
8 mar 2012, tap at the brewery. Orange, cloudy, steady bubbles. Banana yeastiness and a faint smoked sausage aroma. Med/thin body and moderately fizzy. Orange juice and smoked sausage. Nice enough.

2.8
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 11/20
RedSox2004 (977) - Pacific Palisades, California, USA - AUG 26, 2011
Deep orange like a setting sun, smallish off-white head. Grain-like sweetness, notes of corn, and a touch of smoke. Wheat taste comes on strong, with little of the smokiness coming through. Light body, high carbonation, sweet finish.

1.4
   AROMA 2/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 2/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 3/20
thome50 (571) - Boringville aka Irvine, California, USA - JUN 5, 2011
On draft at the brewery. 2011 release. The beer pours an almost neon orange with a modest white head. The color is very much in line with the name. The aroma is completely smoked hot dogs. After trying to get over that smell which lingered on and on I tasted and was once again hit square in the face with hot dogs. I could taste some of the wheat that was there but the smokey hot dog taste and smell were too over powering. The mouth feel was decent for a hef but other than that this beer had no redeeming qualities and I had to drain pour the rest.


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