2.8 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Draft sampler at Broad Ripple. Hazy yellow with a thin head. Has a bit hefe than an American wheat ought to have. A touch of banana and clove, but just a touch. Still, a very suitable summer beer, served without a lemon, thank you.
3.1 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Had this on tap at the brewpub but was in town for a wedding with a lot of family and didn’t take good tasting notes beyond the numbers.
2.7 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 11/20
Objectively speaking:
A basic weizen with little yeast character and almost no head.
I like:
Pleasant lemon zest notes make it a fine lemonade.
I dislike:
Headless weizen? Also quite clear and almost shiny for an unfiltered ale. Overly tart to me. The coriander flavours clash a bit with the acidity. Very thin.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
On tap @ the Brew pub: Pours a hazy gold with a white head. Aroma, wheat, some fruits, and some spices. Flavor, light lemony notes, some wheat, spices, and doughy notes. Solid brew.
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Draft at brewpub. Cloudy orange color with an average rocky white head that diminished slowly. Moderate complex banana citrus wheat aroma. Light to medium body. Medium sweet flavor with a sweet spicy finish of moderate duration.
Earlier Rating: 8/19/2005 Total Score: 2.7
Sampler draft at Broad Ripple. Hazy golden with a medium head that diminished quickly. Medium malt and wheat aroma. Medium body with smooth wheat texture. Well balanced flavor of citrus, wheat and malt with a medium sweet finish.
2.6 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 3/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Depends on what you like in wheat beer. This is the deliberately unoffensive American style (ie., no phenolic aromas, flavors ), but it is fresh, I guess. Even a true hefeweizen reminiscent of Schneider or Hacker would be out of place in an incredible British brewpub such as this, but it would be really GOOD beer nonetheless.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
From a growler filled two hours earlier, by John Hill, owner of the Broad Ripple Brew Pub. Cloudy yellow with a small head. Sour malt aroma as well as some sweetness in the nose. The flavor is of yeast, wheat, light malts and citrus flavors. Average finish.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
(sample @ brewery) a hazy yellow/white beer with a decent head and little lace. no german banana/clove in the nose-all toasty wheatiness. flavor is very light and crisp, with a mild bubblegum note in the finish (a little yeast charecter?). easy to drink, though not particularly exciting.
1.9 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 3/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 6/20
Draft sample. This beer formed a small sized white head with fine-small sized bubbles that mostly diminished. The body was hazy and uncarbonated with a yellow hue. The nose was light malt, light hops and some fruit esters. The flavor was flat, bland, boring and lacks character. The mouthfeel was smooth with a watery and thin texture. This was a light bodied beer with excellent lacing.
2.5 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 10/20
From a sampler: This beer pours a hazy dark yellow color with a medium thick and foamy white head. The aroma is somewhat wheaty with a touch of hops. No real lacing to speak of. Kind of thin body, with a smooth and mild character. It's really not all that wheaty and the finish was on the bland side. Not one of their better attempts.
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