Grumpy Bear Honey Wheat
The Grizzly Paw Brewing Company

Grumpy Bear Honey WheatGrumpy Bear Honey Wheat
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From:
The Grizzly Paw Brewing Company
 
Alberta, Canada
Style:
American Pale Wheat Beer
Ranked #201
ABV:
5%
Score:
78
Ranked #26,796
Avg:
3.33 | pDev: 17.42%
Reviews:
21
Ratings:
40
Status:
Active
Rated:
Jul 14, 2023
Added:
Nov 22, 2003
Wants:
  3
Gots:
  10
Made with real honey, local pale malts and wheat, this is a sweet medium bodied beer.

Wheat makes up almost 30% of the grains of this Grizzly Paw favourite.

This beer greets you with a floral nose and a well rounded body, sweet palate and smooth finish.
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Ratings by Coronaeus:
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Rated by Coronaeus from Canada (ON)

3/5  rDev -9.9%

Jun 17, 2014
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Rated by Lemoncurry from Australia

3.5/5  rDev +5.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Easy to drink, but a little light on the flavour.
Jul 14, 2023
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Reviewed by Burgz from Canada (AB)

3.12/5  rDev -6.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
355ml can poured into a standard glass mug.
Pours an amber/straw colour with very minimal head which dissipated quite quickly.
Scents of malts and general sweetness.
Tastes true to its name with tastes of honey, slight sweetness but not too sweet to be overpowering. Can also pick up some slight hops and malts and a very faint aftertaste on the back of the throat.
Aug 06, 2021
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Reviewed by Agent_86 from Canada (AB)

4.36/5  rDev +30.9%
look: 5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
This Canadian beer is made with glacier water from breathtaking Canmore in the Canadian Rocky Mountains, Alberta wheat, and laced with honey. It has a lovely golden honey colour. It is smooth and a bit sweet with no bitter after taste. I often have some in my beer fridge. I’m no beer “connoisseur“, but I do find this delicious to my amateur “palette”. Beer snobs can dis me, but I like this beer a lot!
Jul 19, 2020
 
Rated: 3.5 by rare_bird from Michigan

Dec 03, 2019
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Reviewed by mwilbur from Minnesota

3.14/5  rDev -5.7%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 3
Poured from 12 oz can into cervoise.
A: Pours a clear golden hue with 1/2 inch white head with decent retention.
S: Sweet honey, sweet caramel honey, and a hint of wheat.
T: Overly sweet honey. Hints of wheat and caramel malt.
M: Light body. Overly sweet. Slightly oily feel.
D: Extremely average. Not the best example of style.
Sep 24, 2019
 
Rated: 3.28 by Darandos from Canada (AB)

Oct 13, 2018
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Reviewed by Martin194 from Iowa

3.93/5  rDev +18%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Look: Mostly clear, gold with a big white head.

Smell: Very strong, sweet scent of honey, some yeast, bready.

Taste: A lot of grain and yeast, a bit of hops, not a whole lot of honey taste until after swallowing, then it leaves a slightly sweet aftertaste.

Feel: Normal carbonation, after swallowing it leaves a dry, sticky mouthfeel (there's the honey again).

Overall: A very solid beer in my opinion. I'm normally not a bit fan of wheats, but this is a good one.
Jul 01, 2018
 
Rated: 1.79 by R_Kole from Canada (AB)

Jun 10, 2018
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Reviewed by wowthisisactualgarbage from Canada (NU)

1.55/5  rDev -53.5%
look: 1.5 | smell: 2 | taste: 1 | feel: 1.75 | overall: 2
Absolute tourist trap beer, made for the asian tour bus masses that pass through canmore on the way to spend a day in Banff.

Pathetic excuse for a "craft" beer, tastes like Keystone mixed with Natty Light with artificial honey (read - corn syrup) added on top. You can do a lot better than this, just head to any pub in Canmore and ask for whatever they have on tap, chances are you'll enjoy your beverage a lot more.
Jan 21, 2018
 
Rated: 3.97 by Ryften from Pennsylvania

Jun 23, 2017
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Reviewed by Hat_Fulla_Beer from Canada (AB)

2.93/5  rDev -12%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.75
341ml bottle poured into tulip.

Pours a hazy golden yellow with a thin cap of white head that leaves scattered splotches of lace as it recedes.

Smells of store-bought honey buns, faint leafy hops and that's about it.

Tastes of bready wheat malt, honeyed grain and more soft green hops.

Feels light and thin. A bit watery with fizzy cabonation. Finishes off-sweet.

Verdict: Not recommended. Not that bad, but it's easy to find something better.
Apr 16, 2017
 
Rated: 3.06 by derdtheterd from Canada (AB)

Jan 04, 2017
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Rated by JPNesker from Canada (ON)

3.71/5  rDev +11.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Interesting mashup of two styles.
Dec 28, 2016
 
Rated: 4.34 by cknoch from Canada (AB)

Dec 26, 2016
 
Rated: 3.75 by joemcgrath27 from Canada (AB)

Nov 07, 2016
 
Rated: 3.09 by MilkLeg from Canada (AB)

Feb 19, 2016
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Reviewed by Oldbear42 from Canada (AB)

4.58/5  rDev +37.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
A great honey wheat beer that is sweet and smooth. One of the first craft beers I tried and it got me hooked. I've tried many of this style but I keep going back to the Grumpy Bear. It is often in my fridge.
Feb 19, 2016
 
Rated: 2.75 by TheSevenDuffs from Canada (ON)

Jan 02, 2016
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Reviewed by Bunman3 from Canada (AB)

3.46/5  rDev +3.9%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
One of the original Grizzly Paw brews. I've sampled this in many different incarnations - bottles, on tap at the pub, and growlers. Overall, there is nothing wrong with this beer. It's not much for looks, but there is a nice honey aroma that wafts up. I really like the wheat base in this beer - it is evident throughout to remind you exactly what you have in your glass. It's no Trout Slayer, but it is tasty and goes down nicely on a hot day.
Jan 31, 2015
Grumpy Bear Honey Wheat from The Grizzly Paw Brewing Company
Beer rating: 78 out of 100 with 40 ratings