 mabel (1619), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Aug 21, 2008 [1589-20080816] 750mL bottle. Wheatie light floral soap aroma has a fresh perfume quality to it. Hazy, light yellow white body with quick foamy white bubbles. Fizzy wheat and zippy lime zest flavour is nice and fresh. Light body is smooth. Quite enjoyable, refreshing.
(@ Cole’s IPA Festival; Buffalo, NY; c/o swoopjones)
BigBeer45 (462), Troy, Michigan, USA
Aug 20, 2008 Bottle, pours a hazy-cloudy yellow gold, effervescent and gives a foamy white head, leaves some nice lacing on the sides of the glass, when first opened, there were aromas of sweet bananas that remind me of the bananas that came in the jars of Gerber Baby Food, pencil shavings? Lemon citrus, very faint smoke phenols, white pepper, lemon and orange skin fragrances emerge as the beer warms, faint charred wood and smoke, some orange sweetness, woody, has the signature JP sourness with flavors of bananas, wheat, lemon juice citrus and pale malt, mouth feel is light, dry and creamy on the palate, an interesting drink.
Beershine (1207), Miami Beach, Florida, USA
Aug 20, 2008 At Vero. Batch 315/316. Pale canary yellow, hazy. Pedio, fresh grain, herbal. Soft mouthfeel. Grainy, super-refreshing. Lots of lemon peel, citrus juice. Juicy. Good sour/sweet balance. Too bad it can’t be in my fridge always.
djtimeless (40), Alabama, USA
Aug 19, 2008 Pours out strange light apple juice gold with light to no white head. Taste is sweet fruity with mild oaky funk. Its Weizen like, but not to wheaty. Very drinkable. Almost to thin. Still another tasty Bam from JP.
CharlesDarwin (1376), State College, Pennsylvania, USA
Aug 19, 2008 750mL Bottle. A soft pillowy nose of clove-cotton, mild JP oak-funk, and salted peaches. Airy. Pours a very unique pale, pale gold, lightly opaque and with a big rocky white head above. Fuming carbonation. Flavor is tart, acidic and ripe. Interesting. A bit of lactic sourness settles in amongst a bit of floral spice. A bit of green heirloom tomato acid shine through. More complexity than I had expected, but more confusion. Aside from a lactic tang, that comes across wheaty and a higher than average spice profile, this doesn’t really seem all that Hefe. I mean, this is amazingly fresh and drinkable. Puckery dry, with nice clean lactic sourness, but the Weizen character isn’t there. Delicious, nonetheless. Thanks much Sean!
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