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07 May 2012
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White Oak (The Bruery)

11.5 ABV
Purchased at Pangaea Two Brews Café ($9.50/pour) and served in tulip glasses.

His Notes:

This offering from The Bruery is a 50/50 blend of their tasty Belgian gold Mischief and a bourbon barrel-aged wheatwine.  White Oak pours a hazy honey yellow with a minimal marshmallow sauce head, and it smells of pineapple, melon, vanilla, and wheat.  There is caramel sweetness on the first swallow, and the bourbon flavors are expertly blended with the tropical and grainy flavor of the Belgian ale, thanks largely to the use of a lighter wheatwine instead of an obliterating barleywine.  Like all Bruery beers, this is a model of full flavors in perfect balance, with the vanilla-wood bourbon taste and double-digit ABV only coming through on the finish.

  4.5 Toasts

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20 Jan 2012

Readers’ Reserve – Lemongrass Wheat Ale (Widmer Brothers’ Reserve)

9% ABV
Purchased at Total Wine and More ($9.49/22 oz. bottle) and poured into wine glasses. 

His Notes:

This Widmer Brothers’ Reserve limited release pours a cloudy orange with a very minimal white head, and the beer does not appear to be heavily carbonated.  Fermented fragrances dominate the nose, including sour grapes, slight citrus, and worn wood, along with the corn syrup aroma of fruity gelatin candy.  Its’ taste is almost cider-like, not particularly carbonated or hoppy, with the juicy lemongrass flavor finally coming through in the watery aftertaste.  The lemon/wheat combination coming from Widmer Brothers can’t help but recall their American Hefeweizen, but this is a grassier, more taste-neutral take on that influential and well-traveled brew.

  3 Toasts

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  3 Toasts

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