Mendocino Summer Ale

Brewed by Mendocino Brewing Company
Style: Belgian White (Witbier)
Hopland, California USA

Bottle poured cloudy yellow orange-looks like pinapple juice-with thin fizzy head. Aroma of bready wheat, lemon and yeast with some spice and soap. First taste was shockingly acidic but it mellowed out some after time. Still, I found it overly sour and watery, like lemonade without sugar. No balance, no real flavor character.

This pours a lively carbonation, foam, and floaties. The foam doesn’t last long and turns into a thin lacing. Fist taste is lemony citrus. It does make a nice Summer drinking beer. The orange peel is present and I keep waiting for the coriander and bananas to show up. Well, they never really did but it was still a crisp, clean and tart tasting beer. At times it resembled a fruity mixed drink.

An understatement to the WItbeir category. The malt and the coriander seems a bit to tacked on. The carbonation is too fizzy and the malts are sub par. Drinkable enough but not outstanding.

The aroma is sour and has yeast, spice, wheat, and banana. The appearance is a white tinted pale yellow with a medium foamy head. The flavor is really nice. It has all the elements from the aroma plus it’s a little sweet and has citrus. The aftertaste is malty and citrusy. The palate is thin but good for a Belgian White style. This is a nice summer beer.

Bottle. Poured a clear amber color with an average frothy white head that mostly lasted with fair lacing. Moderate sour citrus hop and banana aroma. Light to medium body with a watery texture and soft carbonation. Medium sweet flavor with a medium balanced finish of short duration.

Bottle. Musty aroma with notes of lemon, banana, bubblegum, and clove - great smell. Cloudy orange-yellow color with small head. Light musty lemon/grapefruit flavor - pretty light. A very nice witbier with some lambic/saison characteristics.

Poured from bottle. Cloudy, golden, lacing. Aroma like a lemon poppy muffin. Flavor has initial character of a belgian white, with lemon and citrus kickin in halfway thru. Maybe not the greatest as a belgian, but a very nice summer choice.

It was an OK American Wheat. Mild Orange aroma. Strong lemon flavor. Don’t think I’ll try this one again.