Wedge Hellesbock

Brewed by Wedge Brewing Company
Style: Heller Bock
Asheville, North Carolina USA

Serve in Lager glass, Shaker, Stein

Serving: Draft at the brewery. It pours a yellow orange color. Slightly citrusy in the nose. Fruity, candy like taste. Clean finish. A little on the sweet side. Medium bodied with lower carbonation. Not half bad.

Draft @ the brewery. Pours a clear orange amber color with a small off-white head. Has a fruity malty bready grainy aroma with hints of caramel. Fruity sweetish malty bready caramel flavor. Has a sweetish malty caramel finish with some bitterness in the aftertaste.

On tap at Wedge. Faint malt aroma. Amber color thin head. Floral hop flavor, sweet, grainy malt 

Draft at brewer. Orange pour with a thin white head. Scent is bready with some fruit. Taste is sweet with a hint of corn.

Cloudy yellow-orange with minimal lacing. Medium-plus aroma smells rich and smooth-bread, grain and nuts. The palate is very well balanced with more bread dough, nuts and orchard fruits. A Really nice all-around beer.

Really fine example of the style. Lightly floral in aroma, a little sweet in taste with some surprising hop bitterness. Great for warm weather.

On tap, Barley’s, Asheville. Ornage, thin white head. Toasty, bready, grapey aroma. Flavor is winey and a bit medcinal. Some corny notes, too. Pretty sraight forward.

[November 7, 2008]
Draft at the brewery. Pours a medium gold color with a tall white head. We’ve got a grainy cereal aroma on this one. It’s malt forward with low levels of hops. The flavor reflects this, it’s crisp and light, though without any off flavors. The carbonation is average. This is a decent, straightforward lager with suggestions of white corn, a metallic twang, and cereal.