Rogue Half-E-Weizen (MoM Hefeweizen)

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

650ml Bottle: Aroma of pepper and saaz hops. Pretty faint scent. Poured golden orange in color with a medium-sized white head that mostly diminished. Very cloudy. Lots of particles and some sediment. Opaque. Taste is a little sweet and a little sour. Tastes lemony, with a hint of hops. Tastes of soap. I can’t taste the coriander or ginger they claim is in this beer. Light body. Thin, watery texture. Soft carbonation. Sour, lemony finish is a bit astringent. Overall, very disappointing.

Cloudy orange, big bubbles. A lot more hops in the aroma and much less wheat. Maybe some citrus and a bit of malt. Flavor is also closer to a pale ale, not much wheaty-ness (is that why it’s only half a weizen?). A bit thin but oily with a decent bittersweet finish.

Not very memorable as a wheat beer- good though. Had it traditional style in a wheat glass and a wedge of lemon. Nice and cloudy, as a good wheat should be.Overall impression positive, but unremarkable.

Skunk. Poured very hazy and chunky. Aroma was stink ass skunk. Flavor somewhat skunk, but mostly tart and sweet.

Pours a nice golden color with a white frothy head that thinned out to a small lacing on top.Lots of carbonation.Bubbles rising rapidly from the bottom.A nice refreshing flavor of malts with a small spicy bite.A dry hoppy finish.

Rating this as an American Wheat, certainly not a traditional Wit or Hefe (esp. w/ these hop levels), although it all poured into my 0.5L hefeweizen glass after letting the head settle a little. Poured a cloudy murky orangey amber color with a very decent initial white head for an Am Wheat, although not fluffy and pillowy like a Wit. The aroma was wheat, coriander, oranges, a touch of ginger only noticeable after warming up a bit. The flavor was orangey, coriander, wheat, significant hop bitterness for the style, although quite nice. The ginger was hardly detectable, which is the way I like my ginger. In fact, this might be the best beer I’ve ever had w/ any bit of ginger in it. Mouthfeel was amply bodied (unfiltered texture very nice), citrusy, semi-clean finish. Refreshing. One of my more liked Rogue spins on a style.

Poured a dark gold color. Aroma was of musky feet. Taste was bland with citrus hints. Aroma got worse as is warmed.

Bottle. Pours like most American wheats: thin, bubbly and little head. Aroma is doughy hops with ricey malt, resembling more of a watered down Pilsner than a wheat. Flavor is watery honey with a slight finish of ginger, although the latter might not be detectable had I not read the description provided here. Watery mouthfeel. A bit bland, but it is strangely refreshing. I’d buy more of this for a party, I s’pose.