Sierra Nevada Wheat Beer
It's the first 70-degree day here in Michigan, time for a lighter beer! Pours a slightly hazy light golden color. Forms a meringue-like white head off the pour, which gradually receeds to the head halo. Leaves a nice amount of lacing, too, always a plus in my book. Smell is soft and kind of like a damp, unused closet. Musty, I guess. Taste is pretty light, and kind of chalky. The wheat is evident but not all that impressive. Finish has a fleeting glance of hops, again not very impressive. Mouthfeel is thin but sharp at the end, almost like tannic acid. Weird, and not all that great. Ice-cold, and if it was 90 out, this probably wouldn't be too bad. But nothing I'll seek out again. I figured SN would hop the hell out of this like all their other stuff, at least they didn't do that. Hell, they didn't do much of anything with this one. I guess it might have a value as a stepping-stone beer to convert a macro-drinker, but that's about it. I'm moving on and not looking back. But hell, it's the first time SN has disappointed me, so that's good.