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Empyrean Better World Belgian-Style Wheat Ale

Score
4448
OVERALLStyle
Serve in Tumbler, Weizen

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RATINGS: 21   MEAN: 3.04/5.0   WEIGHTED AVG: 2.97   SEASONAL: Summer   EST. CALORIES: 129   ABV: 4.3%
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COMMERCIAL DESCRIPTION
A balance of sweet, tart-citrus and crisp flavors- brewed with chamomile flowers and orange peel for relaxed refreshment.


2.8
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 8/20
Smurf2055 (396) - Seattle, Washington, USA - DEC 20, 2011
Thanks to Adam in Nebraska. Pours blond with a three fingers white head. Smells of wheat and straw. Weird taste. It’s great drinking, but sour going down. It’s weird, and not entirely pleasant.

3.1
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 12/20
jcwattsrugger (9047) - Florida and, New Jersey, USA - NOV 11, 2011
12oz bottle-pours a foamy white head with hazy yellow color. Aroma is fruit, light malt/hay, yeast. Taste is fruit hops, light/medium malt/hay, nutmeg.

3.1
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 12/20
wlajwl (1797) - Quad Cities, Iowa, USA - OCT 21, 2011
Not an exceptional Belgian White due to the slight sourness and off-flavor, but drinkable enough.

2.8
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 10/20
beaz1591 (90) - Omaha, Nebraska, USA - SEP 17, 2011
Holy cow you can really smell and taste the chamomile in this one. Not what I expected but that’s not a bad thing.

3.5
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 15/20
Swalden28 (2657) - McKinney, Texas, USA - JUL 19, 2011
12 oz bottle. Pours a cloudy orange with white fizzy head. Aroma of citrus, wheat, bready and subtle herbel Flavor us much the same with a pleasant tartness. Mouthfeel is light-medium body, soft, with fizzy carbonation. Overall, interesting brew.

2.7
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 10/20
troyc (2014) - Oklahoma, USA - JUL 18, 2011
[Tap] Part of a sampler at Lazlo’s in Omaha. Pours a hazy straw color with a small cap of white head. The nose is of clove, wheat malts and mild vanilla. Taste is mainly of cereal grains, wheat, lemongrass and herbs. Thin body. The aftertaste is a tad sour. Drinkable.

1.4
   AROMA 3/10   APPEARANCE 2/5   TASTE 3/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 3/20
OD40oz (714) - Box Elder, South Dakota, USA - JAN 8, 2011
Picked up a sixer of this for $2.99. Looking back, I probably still overpaid. It had a taste that resembled a belgian white, but it had a very sickening sour aftertaste. I’ll stick with Hoegaarden or Blue Moon when I want a begian white.

3.2
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 12/20
madvike (1477) - Middleton, Wisconsin, USA - NOV 19, 2010
Bottle shared by nuplastikk...thanks Greg! - Pours hazy amber with a small white head. Light, fresh and wheaty with a touch of lemon. Taste is wheat with a bit of lemon, but a decent amount of medicinal tinge on the finish. Real aspirin like, though crisp. Light and a bit of carbonation. Refreshing.

3.6
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 15/20
nuplastikk (2613) - Madison, Wisconsin, USA - OCT 12, 2010
12oz bottle. Hazy orange-tan color. Thin white head. Sweet aroma, mellow herbal touch. The chamomile really be considered a Wit in my opinion, this is more along the lines of the new school American Spiced Saisons. Mellow, medium bodied. Not overbearing spice-wise, quite well-balanced. Some orange citrus tones, wheaty, doughy body. Pretty good.

3.4
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 15/20
Maddog (348) - Kettering, Ohio, USA - JUL 22, 2009
Had on draft at the brewery in Lincoln, NE. Did not expect much and frankly, got an average to above avg. wheat. The pour was cloudy with flavors of spice and some fruity citrus with traces of banana. Very clean and refreshing and easy to quaff, but not much in the way of Belgian yeast flavors that I so love in a white. If your in the neighborhood, and the Haymarket in Lincoln is a great place to hang out, then stop in, the place is more of a restaurant with decent beers than a brewpub.


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