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Wheat Beer
Durango Brewing
- From:
- Durango Brewing
- Colorado, United States
- Style:
- American Pale Wheat Beer
- ABV:
- 5.3%
- Score:
- 71
- Avg:
- 2.82 | pDev: 19.15%
- Reviews:
- 17
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Oct 26, 2016
- Added:
- Jun 22, 2002
- Wants:
- 1
- Gots:
- 2
No description / notes.
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Reviewed by matjack85 from Illinois
2.19/5 rDev -22.3%
look: 1.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2 | feel: 3 | overall: 2
2.19/5 rDev -22.3%
look: 1.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2 | feel: 3 | overall: 2
I got this as part of a build-your-own six pack for $9.99 at the Binny's store in Bloomingdale, IL. 12oz brown bottle with no freshness date.
The beer poured a cloudy pear yellow color with a quick rising fizzy white head that receded as quickly as it rose. Within 15 seconds there wasn't even a rim of foam left on top. It also left no lacing whatsoever.
The beer had a slightly sweet smell to it along with a touch of wheat.
I don't know what's giving it that slight sugary taste, it's sort of like hard candy sugar rather than malt, but I don't mind it. What I do mind is the unpleasant mineral water taste to this beer. It ruins everything. The wheat flavor is low for a wheat beer, and at just 12 IBU's, the hops are practically non-existant.
Medium bodied with moderate carbonation.
A forgettable wheat beer.
Dec 18, 2012The beer poured a cloudy pear yellow color with a quick rising fizzy white head that receded as quickly as it rose. Within 15 seconds there wasn't even a rim of foam left on top. It also left no lacing whatsoever.
The beer had a slightly sweet smell to it along with a touch of wheat.
I don't know what's giving it that slight sugary taste, it's sort of like hard candy sugar rather than malt, but I don't mind it. What I do mind is the unpleasant mineral water taste to this beer. It ruins everything. The wheat flavor is low for a wheat beer, and at just 12 IBU's, the hops are practically non-existant.
Medium bodied with moderate carbonation.
A forgettable wheat beer.
Reviewed by scruffwhor from Illinois
2.61/5 rDev -7.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.5
2.61/5 rDev -7.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.5
Lots of tiny sediment particles on the bottom of my glass and suspended. The color is a pale yet hazey pilsner yellow, corn, hay, sunshine. Bubbling looks pretty steady. Two finger head after the pour and pretty thick film of foam that maintains for almost all twelve ounces.
There's a faint citrus note mixed in with the old banana powder toasted wheat powder aromas.
Powdery dry bananas from the yeast, but just faintly. Then some light toasted barley and wheat malt. Dry, and a little skunky tasting maybe.
Dry palate is nice, but doesn't make up enough for the flavor.
Dec 07, 2012There's a faint citrus note mixed in with the old banana powder toasted wheat powder aromas.
Powdery dry bananas from the yeast, but just faintly. Then some light toasted barley and wheat malt. Dry, and a little skunky tasting maybe.
Dry palate is nice, but doesn't make up enough for the flavor.
Reviewed by Jason from Massachusetts
3.08/5 rDev +9.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3
3.08/5 rDev +9.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3
12oz brown bottle with no freshness date.
LOOK: Lightly hazed pale golden, decent lacing
SMELL: Bready, yeast, grainy, white chocolate, floral, faint lemongrass
TASTE: Crisp, medium body, bready, mineral, wild flowers, grainy, nutty yeast, muted hops, yeasty finish
A no-frills wheat beer here and it shows, nothing much to it ... it actually asks for a slice of citrus to liven up the party.
Jan 03, 2012LOOK: Lightly hazed pale golden, decent lacing
SMELL: Bready, yeast, grainy, white chocolate, floral, faint lemongrass
TASTE: Crisp, medium body, bready, mineral, wild flowers, grainy, nutty yeast, muted hops, yeasty finish
A no-frills wheat beer here and it shows, nothing much to it ... it actually asks for a slice of citrus to liven up the party.
Reviewed by Jugs_McGhee from Colorado
2.08/5 rDev -26.2%
look: 2.5 | smell: 2 | taste: 2 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2
2.08/5 rDev -26.2%
look: 2.5 | smell: 2 | taste: 2 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2
Brown glass bottle with standard pressure cap served into a Brown Palace mini-hefeweissbier glass in high altitude Castle Rock, Colorado. Reviewed live.
A: Pours a two finger head of slight cream, decent thickness, and average retention. Colour is a hazy yellow-copper.
Sm: Smells undesirable, with a feet-like funk not akin to bretts or any other acceptable funkiness. Unlike the aromas of good wheat beers. Smells wrong for the style. A light strength aroma.
T: A simple wheat beer with pathetic attempts at funk intruding. Poor for a wheat beer. What were they thinking? No complexity or subtlety. Just wheat and bad funk. Did they use bread yeast from Walmart?
Mf: Smooth and wet. Not really suitable for the flavours.
Dr: Is this amateur hour? A sad attempt at a wheat beer. Won't have it again. Ever.
D
Jan 02, 2012A: Pours a two finger head of slight cream, decent thickness, and average retention. Colour is a hazy yellow-copper.
Sm: Smells undesirable, with a feet-like funk not akin to bretts or any other acceptable funkiness. Unlike the aromas of good wheat beers. Smells wrong for the style. A light strength aroma.
T: A simple wheat beer with pathetic attempts at funk intruding. Poor for a wheat beer. What were they thinking? No complexity or subtlety. Just wheat and bad funk. Did they use bread yeast from Walmart?
Mf: Smooth and wet. Not really suitable for the flavours.
Dr: Is this amateur hour? A sad attempt at a wheat beer. Won't have it again. Ever.
D
Reviewed by blakelive784 from Colorado
1.83/5 rDev -35.1%
look: 2.5 | smell: 2 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 2 | overall: 2
1.83/5 rDev -35.1%
look: 2.5 | smell: 2 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 2 | overall: 2
12 fl oz bottle served in a weizen glass, reviewed live:
A - Pours a hazy yellow/golden color with a thin, 1 finger head. Retention is surprisingly decent.
S - The yeast gives funky off nots that I'm not having. It's got spicy and citrus notes, other than, there's not a whole lot else going on.
T - Yeast dominates the palate. It's bready, plain and entirely wrong for a wheat. There are light spicy and citric notes. It's bland, uninspired and just bad all together. Just plain wrong.
M - Too wet, not carbonated well, and light.
D - Don't even bother looking at this one. It's built poorly, bland, plain, terrible and just bad.
Jan 02, 2012A - Pours a hazy yellow/golden color with a thin, 1 finger head. Retention is surprisingly decent.
S - The yeast gives funky off nots that I'm not having. It's got spicy and citrus notes, other than, there's not a whole lot else going on.
T - Yeast dominates the palate. It's bready, plain and entirely wrong for a wheat. There are light spicy and citric notes. It's bland, uninspired and just bad all together. Just plain wrong.
M - Too wet, not carbonated well, and light.
D - Don't even bother looking at this one. It's built poorly, bland, plain, terrible and just bad.
Wheat Beer from Durango Brewing
Beer rating:
71 out of
100 with
33 ratings
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