Smuttynose Wheat Wine

22 oz bottle, 2005, from Stateline Liquors in Elkton, MD (April 2006), served at cellar temperature in a Corsendonk Christmas Ale glass. Translucent amber-liquid copper complexion, with fine yeast particulates throughout and an immobile small meringue topping....lightly alcoholic, fairly dry nose offers moderate-strength C-hop notes, wood, very dry rainsins and a modicum of sourdough....sweet, syrupy, rather medicinal body that becomes somewhat harsh and dryly bitter at the very finish, while offering up lightly sour and lactic bready traits, thick peach/apricot juice, and a trace of golden raisins....finishes thick, dried out enough to keep from being sticky/cloying, but still somewhat difficult to drink. A mixed bag, there just isn’t enough interest in the mouth....it sure do look purty, though.

22 oz. bottle, from slob - thanks Bert! Pours a slightly hazed, deep orange with little to no head. Sweet and orangey-citrus fruity malts, sweet, yeasty bread, floral hops, alcohol, getnle spice, clove and allspice, with a hoppy finish. Sweet, tart, lemon tea, bitter and astringent spices, sourdough bread, orange syrup anda bit of vanilla. Medium to full body, smooth mouth feel and nice carbonation.

Gigantic thanks for DirtyMike and Volgon for sending me a bottle of this! Nice dark coppery color with the fruity/wheat twang in the aroma. While there was some taste of alcohol, it was more on the mellow side, like it had aged a bit.

Bottle from Super Saver, Somerville, NJ. The pour was dark coppery rubyish, with a 2-finger off-white head. Nice aroma of dark fruit, hops, wheaty malt, port, and some cabernet. The palate was hefty, with well hidden alcohol, and a great fruity hoppy presence. This is a beer that I would actively seek out again, which is a rarity for me these days.

This beer has it all a beautiful color, lightly carbonated, a crisp taste with a sweet finish. Just a delicious full bodied ale.

Bottle and on tap: Hazy light orange with a fizzy head; alcohol light fruits and grains in the aroma, starts and ends sweet, older bottles taste much better as the sharp flavors mellow out a bit. Leaves a lasting orange flavor on the tongue.

This beer introduces itself with a sweet apple and wheat aroma. It is a cinnamon colored solution that rests under a decent off-white head and has good lacing. This beer rich smooth beer flows through the mouth leaving a caramel taste on the palate. As it begins its exit the taste of apple appears with a mild hint of alcohol to accompany it.

"Poured a dark orange color with almost no head and almost no lacing. Aroma was citrusy, sticky sweet and could smell the alcohol. Flavor followed those lines didn’t really get the wheat taste i expected at all. "