Carmel Wheat Beer

Brewed by Mendocino Brewing Company (United Breweries Group)
Style: Wheat Ale
Hopland, California USA

Serve in Shaker, Weizen

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Dark yellow, almost orang with nothing much to resemble a head. The aroma reminds me of fruit salad. Flavor-wise, I find little wheat or yeast, but rather a bitter apple context with a sugar malt undertow.

Crystal clear golden amber body with a super-thin white head. Aroma of light malt, caramel, cardboard and a tiny amount of coriander seed. Medium-bodied; Light malt taste with some cardboard, corn, rice and odd funky sweetness. Aftertaste shows some gross corn and malt tastes with a artificial sweetness and not much else. Overall, a pretty bad offering - the sweetness takes it over the top, but in a bad way - not good! I sampled this twelve ounce bottle purchased at Trader Joe’s in San Francisco (North Beach), California on 11-April-2008.

Weak yeastness with no head. Flat tartness till the end leaves you with a bitter aftertaste.

This beer has almost no aroma or flavor except of tart lemons.

I just didn’t enjoy this beer, I didn’t like the flavor, which was very, very, weak. Tasted flat, like wet bread. I’ve had many better than this.

Wow!!! This is one crap-ass beer! Poured a murky amber gold with no head, slammed the remainder of the bottle into the glass, fizz... head all gone. What is this soda? Damn that is one horrific stench! Smells like a cross between wet straw and a gym room. I am afraid to drink this... awck! Beyond words!

Bottle. The label says hefeweizen, and the label is wrong. Absolutely no phenolic aromas, completely clear, and no wheat character. Smells of corn and, distinctly, wet dog. I’d rate this as a bad pilsener, but the labeling shenanigans drop the already-low score.