LongShot Boysenberry Wheat
Pours hazy golden with a thick head that descends to a creamy cover. Some lacing sticks to glass, especially at the start. The smell is of fresh boysenberries. It has a background of wheat that gives an impression of being a boysenberry pie. Unfortunately, the taste does not live up to the aroma. The boysenberry is there, and some of the wheat, but rather thin. It does have something controlling the sweetness that I'll take for the hops, but it sort of dilutes the flavor. Some carbonated water in the mix does not help much, either. The taste is rather artificial (unlike the aroma). Finishes rather abruptly with a hint of metallic notes. It's farily creamy, but too much carbonated water to make it anything more than decent in the mouthfeel. Despite the aroma, which is nice and true to form, I can't say that this impressed me much. At best, it's towards the front of a line of boring fruit wheat ales. Still, too artificial and one-dimensional. Might be okay as a summer refresher, but so many are...