Shock Top Belgian White

Brewed by Anheuser-Busch InBev
Style: Belgian White (Witbier)
St. Louis, Missouri USA

12oz sample bottle. Hazy golden hue, with a white head. Spicy, citrus nose. Mildly zesty. Strong citrus and corriander flavor. Good initial flavor but it is short lived and watery. Nothing special. No big surprise!

Bottle: Fuzzy pale golden with a moderate white head. Aroma is citrus candy with some pale lager maltiness. Sort of musty. Flavor is fruity with citrus and orange. Some maltiness and grassey notes. Barley a hint of spice. Rather bland.

Peppermint/Nutmeg spice in the nose that is pretty faint. Hazy yellow body. Same color as Bud, but hazy. Thin layer of white head; no lace. Light bodied. Reminds me of Leinie’s hefe. Decent flavor, but no spices. Tastes a little like lemon despite the fact that it was served with a slice of orange. After I rated it, I put the orange into the beer in hopes that it would help boost the flavor. Not really.

on tap Pours out a hazy straw color topped with a small white head. Aroma of light orange and a touch of yeast. Tast of a little spice and yeast. Just so so.

Pours a two-finger white head that fades slowly to a thin layer leaving some lace. Cloudy pale amber color. Orange/lemon nose. Light carbonation and light bodied. Flavor is like unsweetened orange/lemonade. Good lawnmower beer. 12oz bottle dated 24FEB2007, $1.49 from Case N’Keg Laconia, NH.

Poured hazy yellow with a fat and foamy head. Nose of lemon, coriander, and hops. Description must be out-of-date because this came in a 12 oz bottle. Mouthfeel decent, and flavors good. Dry finish. So it looks like AB can actually make a decent brew.

Pretty nasty stuff. I would like to try it out of a bottle, since the beer’s deficiency may be due to dirty tap lines. If so, a re-rate will be forthcoming. But on to the beer at hand. An aroma of dirty dish water, soapy with a funny sewer smell. Very light fruity notes in the flavor. Nearly indistinguishable that it’s anything specific. Just really not much to this beer. I had to refrain from breathing in the aroma while drinking this beer. Never a good sign. Bad beer.

Draft at Greenleafe cafe. Very cloudy light yellow with small white head. Bandaid, medicinal, orange fruit aroma (a bit funky actually). Almost tastes infected. Carbonic bite. Tastes of sweet lemons and a bit grassy. Not enjoyable. Bubblegum finish. originial rating 1.8 Second tasting at Colonial Downs was not as bad.