Hop Hound Amber Wheat

Brewed by Anheuser-Busch InBev
Style: Wheat Ale
St. Louis, Missouri USA

Serve in Shaker, Weizen

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Pours a golden color with a off white head. Smells of malts and a bit of hops. Taste is malty, carbonated, with a bit of a bitter finish at the end. Not bad!!!

Bottle/12oz - Pours a slightly cloudy dark amber in color with a very small white head that faded quickly. Aroma is malty and sweet with plenty of caramel... no hops present. Flavor is also malty, but I can find nothing of the "citrus" that was advertised. Not a terrible beer, but not really to my liking.

The flavors clash on this one too much. It’s too malty for my taste. I guess with a name like Hop Hound I just wasn’t expecting it to taste anything like this. I got a 6-pack on sale for $4.67. It says it’s a Spring Seasonal, so I guess they were trying to get rid of them. I don’t taste any more hops than a typical can of PBR, so I don’t know why they called it Hop Hound other than it just being a clever name. Head is very thin and disappears right away. Carbonation is okay though. This one reminds me a lot of Amberbock, which I’m not really a fan of, except this is sweeter and maltier. Pours cloudy amber.

12oz bottle at Mahar’s for $3. Appearance: looks like a marzen. Orange brown hazy body. Decent head retention. Quite a lot of lacing. Aroma: not much. Some caramel. Almost root beer like. Taste: why does this beer remind me of a lollipop!? Tastes like a root beer lollipop. Some caramel notes too. Pretty sweet but a weird tang in the finish. Then again this is an AB-inbev brew, so go figure. Mouthfeel: little thin. Little flat. Drinkability: decent Taste makes me want to drink it only in sips though. Overall: not bad for a Michelob product but isn’t what I look for in a wheat beer. They could slap a "marzen" label on it and it’d be more appropriate.

Mild malty aroma. Palate is moderate light with a hint of carbonation. The flavor is also mild, with a bit of wheat and malts, but thin enough to still be refreshing.

The C Store I stopped in on a hot Monday was out of evertyhing wheat except this and Bud Light Wheat. What have I got to lose?

Amber pour from a 12oz bottle. Mild earthy aroma. Cloudy with a bit of sedement. Flavor is truely a blend of caramel maltiness and bitter yeasty wheatiness. Not bad but sometimes the flavors clash and as I emerge a each swallow I find myself thinking how nice a true wheat would be... or a true amber... OK brew.

Bottle,thanks to Dean, amber brown pourt with off white foam, aroma is dry cardboard caramel, flavor has better caramel taste but not much hops for this

The head hangs out to the end but quickly retreats into a thin sheet. Grass, citrus rind notes over the mild wheat. Somewhat bitter, minimal sweetness. Expected this to be a little better.

ok, first off...I don’t get the name change. Sun Dog fits much better. Hop HOund makes it sound like there’s at least a little hoppiness to it. That being said, it was $10 for a case, so I didn’t give it much thought. It’s a good lawnmower beer. Pours hazy orange amber with a yellow marble effect from the yeast not evenly dispersing. Big, fluffy off-white head. nose of citrus, papaya, a little soap, and malt. flavor tastes a little like unripe watermelon, with some wheat, malt, and caramel. aftertaste is watermelon-y again, turning a bit odd as it sits. It is what it is.

Draft. Poured a hazy orangey amber with a medium white head. Not much aroma -- just a bit of sweetness and a hint of hops. Not a whole lot of flavor either: starts harshly grainy, finishes a little doughy. Medium mouthfeel. Didn’t know this was a AB product when I ordered it; will NOT be ordering it again.