Smuttynose Wheat Wine

Bomber from 2007, aged 2 years. Pours a clear, deep, red amber hue with a small, smooth head of ivory foam. Settling quickly to a thin film with a tight ring around the edge, the head leaves behind some dense, sugary sheeting that breaks apart into wet lacing spots. For a two year old brew, the aroma shows a healthy dose of fruity, citrusy hops atop a malt bed of moderately toasted caramel, wheat grain, berries, and golden raisins. Flavors show even more hop substance, notes of bitter orange peel and spicy, wild grasses balancing out the sweet caramel and fruity wheat malt within. Rum raisin and perhaps a bit of fig shine through nicely, along with glints of dark winter spices. The palate is hefty, weighed down a bit by all the sugary malts and showing quite a bitof alcoholic bite. Bitterness intensifies on the long finish, with just a touch of oxidation showing at this point in time. Overall, it’s a fine example of a hoppy, fruity American wheat wine. I’m glad I let this one sit for a while, as it almost certainly would have proven too harsh when young.

Botte. 25.4 oz. Pours hazy amber with a thin, white head. Aroma of sweet malts, citrus, grapes, and hints of vanilla. Full body with a thick, heavy finish. Very good barley wine.

Deep, dark amber in color. Nuttiness jumps out on the nose immediately. Nutmeg also and wheat bread. Alcohol is prevalent on the palette. Sweet deep dark toasted wheat flavors. Molasses dark sweetness. Rich but smooth. Alcohol imbalance balance brings down the rating of otherwise a pretty damn good beer.

Pours a clear amber with beige head. Aroma of booze, caramel, banana, brown sugar. Taste like a milky way soaked in alcohol.

Bomber sampled at Butters’ 1500 / MmmcKay’s 200 tasting. Pours a clear red with ring of white head. Nose of a foodlion brand toasted cherry poptart. Boozy, rummy, fruity, molassis flavors with a lingering hop bitterness on the tail. Good and resiny. More like a BW than any other wheat wine I’ve had.

Pours a fading ring of beige head with a copper-ruby body. Aromas of caramel, butter, dark bread. Flavors of caramel, little resin, wheat bread. Finish has some bitterness. This puppy’s full of alcohol, sticky icky, and powerfully hopped.

Draft at Ebenezer’s. Pours an orangey-amber with creamy head. Super fruity hops in the nose, much like Hvedegoop. Booze comes through, resin and mango, caramel. On taste, big bitterness holds up the immensely sweet and fruity beer. Defintely thick mouthfeel and creamy. Finishes surprisingly dry. Very warm and very good. Fantastic.

smelled like i just mowed my lawn, only a little sweeter. color was a light amber, nice and cloudy. flavors were very sweet, bubble gum, apple, and banana. smooth and syurpy mouthfeel where the hops just sneak in a little bit at the very end.