Santa Cruz Mountain Wilder Wheat

Brewed by Santa Cruz Mountain Brewing
Style: Wheat Ale
Santa Cruz, California USA

Serve in Shaker, Weizen

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On tap at the brewpub. Hazy straw yellow with a fizzy white head that doesn’t care to stick around very long. Aroma is faint, but tart citrus and a bit of wheat ester sweetness are detectable. Flavor is sweet but a touch acidic. More lemon than banana, some spice. Sort of mealy and thin-bodied. Pretty weak.

Bottle courtesy Jah Noth - Thanks! Opaque yellow pour...small white head that disappears quickly. Aroma is very bland...not much other than some wheat and a bit of orange. Flavor is similarly bland...has some orange and a splash of spice, but is otherwise completely unremarkable. Concur with a few others that there is a funk in here that just doesn’t belong. This is the 2nd or third organic beer I’ve tried, and so far, none have been impressive in the least!

UPDATED: OCT 15, 2008 Bomber from BevMo. Hazy light yellow in color. Somewhat sour grainy aroma. Grainy wheat flavors. A little bit of a citric quality as well. Not very good.

Bottle from Holiday Wine. Let me make this short and simple since this beer was as boring as a glass fo water. Appears as a glowing off white yellow with fizzy small heading. Aroma is soapy and tart with a small squeeze of citrus. The flavor is bland and has no real stand out characters other than grain malt and grassy sour hops.

Pours cloudy yellow with a short-lived bubbly white head. Vanilla, wheat, and green apples in the nose. Taste is unremarkable. More vanilla, metallic wheat, and some sort of funkiness that just does not belong. The bottle claims that this beer won an some sort of beer contest. I can only imagine the crap the judges had to drink if this is the beer that won. Avoid.

Nearly clear yellow, moderate to large head with good lacing and retention. Aroma is light vanilla, some wheaty funk, pale malts. Light bodied, very drinkable, light tartness, moderate carbonation. Decentish...

UPDATED: NOV 7, 2009
Date: March 15, 2008
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting, Cellar Party
Appearance: hazy yellow, fine white head, drippy white lace
Aroma: light sweet fruity aroma with a touch of musty wheat tartness
Flavor: sweet malt flavor, fair amount of tartness (wheat or infection?)
Aroma: 5/10; Appearance: 6/10; Flavor: 4/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 7/20
Rating: 2.2/5.0
Drinkability: 5/10
Score: *+/4

22oz bottle. Pours clear, bright yellow. Aroma of lemon zest, bread dough. Fizzy mouth feel. Sour flavor. Yeasty flavors linger on the palate.

Appearance: Pours a clear, light yellow body with a small, quickly dispersing white head. Smell: Mild aroma of grain, lemon, and yeast. It certainly doesn’t lead you to suspect what’s really in the flavor. Taste: Suspiciously high level of tartness, like from a glass of questionably old apple juice. Punch of acidity. Hint of cereal grains and lemon. Tart finish with just a touch of bitterness. Mouthfeel: Light-bodied. Mild carbonation. Drinkability: You never get much wheat in here, be it the aroma, taste, or mouthfeel. So, no thanks, I just can’t say I was too wild about the Wilder Wheat.

Pours a hazy pale yellow color with a white head. Aroma is pear, green apple, and some grain. Flavor is pear, green apple, grain, and a light herbal bitter finish