Rogue Half-E-Weizen (MoM Hefeweizen)

Brewed by Rogue Ales
Style: Wheat Ale
Newport, Oregon USA

From a bottle purchased for me by my girlfriend Nancy at "Jungle Jim’s World Market" in Fairfield, Ohio - This one poured a amber-gold liquid with a tall , just off-white head of foam and a very light, sweet aroma (what... no "bananas and cloves"?). Tastewise, this is a surprisingly wimpy btew from Rogue, lacking both body and complexity.

Draft at Ginger man. A surprisingly weak offering from rogue. Wattery with too much hops not enough citrus and such.

Cloudy golden pour with a big foamy head that sticks around a while. Spice and citrus dominate the aroma, along with a bit of grain and yeast. Flavor is quite spicy as well, along with the definite grain and lemon zest. Creamy and thick on the palate, with a lasting sweet and spicy finish. Quite refreshing and good.

Pours with a three-finger thick, pale, off-white colored head. The beer is a hazy, gold color that shows more of the same, just lighter, when held up to the light. The aroma is quite spicy with notes of fresh ginger, lemon zest and some earthy coriander. The grain character, while secondary, produces aromas of sweet wheat, some grassy grain notes and perhaps a touch of cracker like malt. The aroma is more spicy than anything and is pretty clean otherwise.

Lightly tart up front, with just a touch of honey like grain sweetness that is noticeable for a flash in the middle. Flavors of ginger are the most prominent note noticeable, followed by a tart, lemon note from the coriander. The coriander also contributes a touch of herbal, slightly earthy character that lingers a bit in the finish acting not unlike a hop bitterness. This has some body to it that contributes to the ginger and coriander notes sticking to the palate a bit.

Simple in its spice character, refreshing on a hot day, but not all that interesting. Something a bit more characterful than the Pacman yeast would go a long way to making this a bit more interesting.

Purchased: Plaza Liquors, Tucson AZ

On tap@Rouge Ales and Public House. Hazy orange body with a thin off-white head. Aroma has a kind of spicy acidulous grapefruit impression, close to what might be expected from wild yeast. Flavor is fruity, a bit acidulous, spicy and malt. Fine, light, and actually incredible refreshing. Finally something different in the world of wheat.

On tap at Rogue in Portland--Poured a soapy hazy yellow body with a thick white head. Yeasty, wheaten nose with a mild citrus nose. Mediocre at best.

22oz bottle. Nice semi-cloudy, golden yellow, strong head. Taste is middling - definitely some coriander, hay, hints of citrus (not much), but I could not find the ginger. Overall, decent offering, but I would probably not buy the deuce-deuce again. There is much better stuff out there (Pyramid and Widmer are actually better).

Lightly foggy gold with a thin white head. Aroma is an interesting malt and very piney skunky hop type note. Taste is a light maltiness, citrus, light spice.