Sweetwater WeetPA

Brewed by Sweetwater Brewing Company
Style: American Pale Ale
Atlanta, Georgia USA

Serve in Lager glass, Shaker

Pours a hazy golden yellow color with a white head. Aroma is wheat, some clove, grassy, some fruit, and a hint of banana. Flavor is banana, clove, wheat, some fruit, grassy, and a bitter slightly spicy finish.

On cask at the brewery. Pours a hazy golden with a small collection of big bubbles on the top which recede quickly leaving no lacing. The aroma has a massive pine hop kick from the simcoe dry hopping. There is a bit of bready malt in the back along with some fruity hops. The taste is very mild with an initial hop kick up front that gives way to a pretty bland backbone of bready malts. The finish is dry and slightly bitter. The mouthfeel is fairly dead with no carbonation to speak. Very slick. I was not too impressed with this cask despite a decent aroma from the dry hopping. OK but nothing to stand out.

Date: January 07, 2009
Mode: Firkin
Source: Brewery
Appearance: hazy orange, scant head with frothy edges
Aroma: sweet fruity orange aroma with a light peppery character
Flavor: sweet malt flavor, lots of citrus hops, light lingering bitterness
Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 5/10; Flavor: 5/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 11/20
Rating: 2.8/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: *4