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Mendocino Summer Ale

Mendocino Summer Ale

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A Belgian White (Witbier) brewed by
Olde Saratoga Brewing (Mendocino Brewing Co.)

Saratoga Springs, New York USA

bottled
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1663.05/5.03.05/5.0Summer4.8%55 Tumbler, Weizen P  Stats

Commercial Description:
This Select Special Edition Summer Ale is an unfiltered and refreshingly smooth white ale. It is brewed with malted barley and unmalted wheat. This wheat ale features a blend of spices. A hint of orange peel and a twist of lemon makes this ale a thirst quenching experience you will savor!

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 nearbeer (1202), Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/517/20
May 30, 2007    Updated: Jun 10, 2007
Bottle; typical murky, watered-down lemonade look with a small head. Aroma is estery wheat and yeast, juicy fruit gum, and some subtle spices. Thank God the taste is the same! Body is a nice light-medium. This is a great Belgian Wit; not too much of the dry, tart citrus flavor or watered-down sweetness that makes me hate most American wheats. NIce carbonation tingle on the front and smooth afterwards. Excellent wit that tastes like a good, fresh draft Hoegaarden. Bottled Hoegaarden only wishes it could be this good when shipped across the Atlantic! This one and the winter stout seasonal are by far the best Mendocino brews I have sampled, and the only ones I would purchase again.


 jredmond (597), New Jersey, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/105/57/105/518/20
Jun 5, 2008  
12 oz bottle from Stateline Liquors MD/DE. Pours a very cloudy light yellow body with small white head. Nose is orange and lemon peel but also something slightly offensive. The taste is really good, great representation of the style.
Earlier Rating: 6/24/2007 Total Score: 4
12 oz bottle. Great belgian wit to enjoy on a nice hot summer day. Taste of orange and lemon, with some hops as well. Could see the yeast floating around inside the bottle.


 Floback (241), N-town, Florida, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/59/104/517/20
Jul 3, 2008  
12 ounce bottle from Total Wine. Pours one fingernail of white head with a solid, hazy-golden body and tight webs of lacing. Aromas include cream-of-wheat and subtle citrus. Flavors are rich with spices like coriander, cinnamon, and orange peel. Zesty and yeasty; slightly sour with a tart, dry finish. Thin/medium body and medium/high carbonation. This is a tasty and refreshing witbier. Very good. After trying a bottle, I will surely be returning for a six-pack.


 beerbomb (172), New Jersey, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/104/516/20
May 6, 2007    Updated: Nov 7, 2007
One of the most opaque pours I’ve seen from a wheat beer...light yellow with small creamy head. Aroma is spicy, doughy yeast and wheat with some acidic lemon poking through. Flavor is a tad light but has strong spicy wheat and yeast with a citric lemon twinge. For my money, this is a very solid drinkable wit. re-rate-this is really pretty good stuff. very spicy and citrusy but works well-doesnt have a fake flavor like some others. full musty yeasty wheaty prescence-smooth creamy mouthfeel and palate **this beer is extremely underrated - found it for 18.99/case and does not get old - very enjoyable wheat beer with no cloying characteristics - hope they make it next year!


 sloth (1511), Ceciltucky, Co., Maryland, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/105/58/104/514/20
May 30, 2005  
Large white head, big bubbles popping letting the head drop back slowly to a thin sheet on top. Laceing is fair. Good looking hazy gold colored brew with the white backing. Appealing citrusy nose, coriander, inviting spiceyness. Light body, gently spritzy. Lightly toasty malts are balanced well with the spice and citrus flavors making for an easy quaff. Finish is dry, spicey and lightly malty. Well done! I do enjoy a good wit!




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