Smuttynose Wheat Wine

Bottle at the Knoxville Spring(ish) tasting. Pours hazy bronze with a small whitish head. The aroma is grainy with some melon notes and a light smokiness. The flavor is kind of like a kabob, pork and pineapple especially. There is some tingly bitterness and a few bready malt notes, maybe a touch of orange zest. Spicy finish. Slight alcohol and fruit in the aftertaste. Warm, fuzzy mouthfeel. Interesting, especially with the meaty notes. Pretty tasty, really.

At this point, I pretty much have to trust my notes. They say coppery orange, which seems reasonable. The aroma is described as "nunpowder", which I assume I meant to say "gunpowder", which doen’t make much sense, either. At any rate, some nutty flavors, and touches of banana and clove, and uh, curry? That’s what it says in my notes, so I’m gonna take my word for ti.

Bottle - 2006, thanks to Secret Santa! Pours a copper color with a off-white head on top. Aroma is fruit, wheat, citrus, caramel, and alcohol. Flavor is citrus, vanilla, pears, and caramel. The palate starts out quite sweet and syrupy and end dry with a little bit of oxidation, not too bad though. The alcohol is not quite hidden with it showing up strong toward the end. I don’t think this could actually age very well even with the bottle conditioning, oxidation is sneeking in too early. In conclusion this beer is definitely a very longer sipper, the alcohol doesn’t make it unenjoyable but the slight oxidation takes away from the flavor.

Bottle from jah noth. Blood orange body, nary a head (a few white bubbles persist around the edges of the glass). Bready, fruity aroma, sweet and musty, and abundant alcohol. Lord have mercy, this is a boozy beer, with hot alcohol coating the throat and warming the chest. Otherwise the body is rather dry for a wheat wine, although the breads, sticky fermented fruit and brown sugar characteristics are here. I wouldn’t hesitate to drink this from a shot glass.

Hazy copper color with no head. Dry wheat aroma with a little bit of citrus hoppiness. More citrus hop in the taste and some dry malt. The wheat seemed to disappear. Not bad, but not really great.

Dark honey pour. Light white head. Light sweet nose with a lot of wheat in it. Dry initial flavor followed by a little creamy sweetness and wheat mingled with alcohol.

Nice clear dark golden caramel color, with a tiny whitish head. Nose is light and is slightly sweet with a light floral almost acytel character. Nice and creamy with very light alcohol for the 11%, but the burn is there. Nice Floral hoppiness with hints of toffe and honey. I really liked this, for what it was.

22 oz bottle via KP (thanks!). 2005 bottle. This one pours a clear amber with a small beige head. Nose is yeast and nail polish remover. Taste is hard to descibe as i have not had anything quite like it. I will say it is both sweet and hoppy, with a moderate amount of alcohol in the finish, although it is not hot, just warm. A tiny bit of oxidation/sherry going on. Syrupy mouthfeel. Full body. moderate carbonation. A bit harsh.