Cigar City Tropical Heatwave Wheat Ale

Brewed by Cigar City Brewing
Style: Wheat Ale
Tampa, Florida USA

Serve in Shaker, Weizen

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Bottle thanks to GodOfThunder on free beer week. Poured a cloudy orange yellow with larger white head and nice retention. Aromas of citrus, wheat, banana. Flavor is light and refreshing as hell with light orange citrus, wheat and some banana. Very sessionable beer and nice.

Bottle. Murky yellow orange color, massive thick creamy white ice cream cone head. Aroma of pineapple bubblegum with subtle spice. Taste is barntard, hay, sour citrus. Not bad.

Bottle at home. Traded with Hopscotch. Pours hazy yellow with a creamy white head. The aroma is a fruity bowl combined with spices and wheat. Some citrus, dusty malt, peach and light mango. The flavour is exotic fruit, wheat and some caramel. Nice one! Thanks Eric!

Bottle with James, Andrew and Maggi. Pours a nice hazy yellow. Vegetable nose with some spice. Upfront flavor is nice. Quenching.

Bottle shared with Andrew, Dallas and Maggi. Pours a hazy golden body with thick white head. Aroma is wheat, something slightly artifical, lemon, and spice. Mouthfeel is medium to thin, somewhat refreshing, a bit plain with notes of lemon, zest, other citrus fruit, wheat, yeast, root vegetables.

Pours cloudy straw color with off white head. Aromas of wheat and citrus (lemon mostly). Tart citrus and wheat flavors. Light and refreshing with crisp carbonation.

Thanks to drabmuh. Served in a SAVOR wine glass. Pours a clear straw yellow with a thin white head and some spots of lacing. Thin cap. The nose carried some light grain and a touch of stone fruit. Flavor is very grainy with some tannins in there. Far too tannic. Light body. Crisp. Just okay.

750 ml courtesy of a recent trade with askofficerfriendly. Thanks, Greg! 76th CCB Rating.. Pretty impressive for not being in the state since I was 10 years old. Pours a lively well carbonated straw yellow hue. Touches of glowing gold and orange string. Well hazed body with a big cakey white bright head atop. Cakes well, sticks around, laces well. Aromas are wheaty, offering lemon rind, citrusy fruit and mellow fruity hops, a firm apple and wheaty ester punch. Dry and crisp flaked wheat, cereal grains, and bread. Touches of mandarin orange, gentle pineapple, and some gentle banana. Initial is lighter bodied, a touch of girth bringing a firm bitterness for the beer up front. Dry hoppy feel offers a lot of grass, gentle kisses of citrus hops, earth, and that wild nature like New Zealand feel. Grass and florals, quite dry up front and sticking in the middle. Some touches of flaked wheat, mellow apple and lemons kick. Quite dry as we get into the backend. Firm soapy, floral, and grassy hopping with touches of flaked wheat, dry with a kick of soap, dandelions, and mellow touches of fruit and lemons. American Wheat with a firm, even strong, hoppy bitterness, more earthy overall with flashes of lemons that work with some gentle estery touches of fruit, lemons, and bready cereal grains. Fairly clean, pronounced bitterness, yet still fairly drinkable. It’s a solid representation of the style, even above average for me.. But the hop profile could use more complexity and a more vibrant American variety that preaches more citrus and strengthens the nose as opposed to the more bracing and less inviting variety of New Zealand they used.. a hop that has a place but probably not in a more refreshing style like this. A good beer, nonetheless.

Funky citrus notes, wheaty with a nice bready malt. Golden hazy. Fairly enjoyable.

Bottle thanks to Bigmmartin. Aroma is yeasty. Notes of citrus and sweet malts. Palate is crisp and fuller bodied than expected. Flavor is sweet and acidic.