Rogue Half-E-Weizen (MoM Hefeweizen)

12/23/05: Bottle.
Light citrus aroma with some wheat. Cloudy yellow body. Some lacing. Flavors of wheat, citrus, and some hops. Also noted is some pepper and cinnamon. Bitter finish.

Pours a hazy golden yellow. Aroams of bread, fruit and spices. Flavors of orange, spice and some hints of citrus hop.

Pours hazy golden with a soapy white head. Aroma of apple, grapefruit, yeast. Flavor is very fruity and sweet; raspberries, sugar, green apples, with a hint of apple skin bitterness. Mouth feel is smooth, and a tad thicker than most other wheats I’ve tried. Sorta coats the tongue. Finishes pretty dang clean, with just a hit of hop. Tasty. I’m not going to start trading my Bavarian witbier’s in for it, but still pretty good. Actually, the more substantial body makes this feel a little better in these cold winter months, so maybe it can be a winter wheat for some.

Pale golden colour and a creamy off-white head. Light pale malt and a hint of coriander citrus. Light-bodied, a bit of sweetness in the middle. Dry bready finish. I couldn’t pull out any ginger, nor any real hop character.

A huge head topping a slightly orangey body. Cloudy. Strong aroma of wheat malt, and some simple syrup notes. Some spice , mild. Citric (warning, WARNING) and floral hop notes. Yet I was pleasantly surprised. This was not a traditional wheat beer in any sense, but the spices and hopping were at a low level that allowed them to integrate instead of overwhelming the thick, sweet, wheaty, yeasty, bready body. A strongly flavored beer that manages to be nice to drink.

Clear gold. Dense, billowing, rocky, off white head raises an inch above the glass. Wheat and corriander with subtle malt and hops-aroma. Same flavor with some ginger creeping in. Light body, perfectly carbonated, refreshing. Clean finish. Great wheat beer.

Bottle, very cloudy upon pouring. There are a lot of complex flavors and spices present, but this is not one of my favorite rogue beers.

I was really expecting a fruity beer, but if I wouldn’t have know what it was I would’ve said it was an I.P.A., very hoppy with pine and grapefruit, kinda dissapointing.