Shock Top Honey Bourbon Cask Wheat
Anheuser-Busch

Shock Top Honey Bourbon Cask WheatShock Top Honey Bourbon Cask Wheat
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From:
Anheuser-Busch
 
Missouri, United States
Style:
Witbier
ABV:
5.5%
Score:
55
Avg:
2.25 | pDev: 38.67%
Reviews:
116
Ratings:
504
Status:
Retired
Rated:
Dec 07, 2019
Added:
Mar 05, 2014
Wants:
  18
Gots:
  170
This Belgian-Style unfiltered wheat ale is brewed with honey, caramel malt, and aged on bourbon cask staves for the perfect balance of flavor and refreshment all year round.
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Ratings by jricharc:
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Rated by jricharc from Virginia

2.5/5  rDev +11.1%

Aug 08, 2014
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Rated: 2.75 by MJSFS from Florida

Dec 07, 2019
 
Rated: 3.75 by benros222 from Kansas

Apr 01, 2018
 
Rated: 2.25 by BEER88 from North Carolina

Mar 25, 2018
 
Rated: 3.5 by 1971bernat from Virginia

Dec 28, 2017
 
Rated: 2.22 by SMH_NWI from Texas

Mar 03, 2017
 
Rated: 2.13 by cliff1066 from Virginia

Feb 07, 2017
 
Rated: 2.5 by BrewskiBrandon from Missouri

Oct 15, 2016
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Reviewed by Pegasus from Texas

2.1/5  rDev -6.7%
look: 2 | smell: 2 | taste: 2 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.25
Appearance: Dark golden in color, with a bit of haze. A small, fine-beaded head soon fades to a dusting of foam on the surface, A thin, unbroken ring circles the glass wall. There is some suspended sediment, unusual in an Anheuser-Busch product.

Aroma: A massive wave of honey and vanilla presents, seeming almost overpowering. The effect is somewhat like that of a potpourri. When this passes, there is a fairly strong bourbon note, and some hints of wood. In all, the aroma is strange, not one I would associate with beer.

Taste: The taste begins with strong notes of honey and bourbon. As the taste progresses, conventional malt flavors appear, offering a white bread note. There is also an odd orange note in the middle of the taste, sort of like an orange Jolly Rancher hard candy; this mercifully passes. Finishes with a lingering honey and bourbon flavor that rolls on and on.

Mouth feel: Smooth and full with low, soft carbonation.

Drinkability/notes: Different is the best way I can describe this, a bit too strange for my taste, it seems too far removed from my idea of beer. Thankfully, I only have one bottle of this.

Presentation: Packaged in a twelve-ounce brown glass long-neck bottle with a twist-off crown, served in a New Belgium Brewing chalice.
Sep 05, 2016
 
Rated: 1.5 by Jeremiah_Nelson from California

Aug 21, 2016
 
Rated: 2.43 by jbf190 from West Virginia

Jul 23, 2016
 
Rated: 4.69 by sheena1892

Jun 29, 2016
 
Rated: 1.55 by StoutAtTheDevil from Alabama

Apr 04, 2016
 
Rated: 2.84 by Florida_Hop_Head from Florida

Mar 04, 2016
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Reviewed by woodychandler from Pennsylvania

3.03/5  rDev +34.7%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3
Just as he is pulling beers out of the box that I gave him just as he headed southward for the winter, I am continuing to drink through all of the bottles that my local, in-person trader, tone77, dropped off for me. Amongst my Bottle Backlog, how do I know that this is one of his & not some single that I picked up along the way? I will drink anything, but the only time that my money & I part ways for Shock Top is a) if I am at a bar & it is the only new option or b) it is in a CAN. Neither applies here.

From the bottle: "Ale brewed with honey and spices, aged on bourbon cask staves, with natural flavor."

Being that it is a Wheat Ale/Witbier, it should exude a cloudiness, so inverted the unopened bottle just to ensure that everything was in suspension before its opening. Speaking of which, I am guessing that it is a screw-top bottle, which means no Pop!ping of the cap. Sure enough. Nothing holds my disdain like a screw-top bottle, so I retaliated with a heavy-handed pour, producing two fingers of fizzy, tawny head that quickly fizzled its way out of existence. Color was a cloudy Amber to Deep Amber/Light Copper (SRM = > 9, < 13). Nose had a honey-vanilla quality along with a metallic twang. Mouthfeel was medium-to-full, not quite creamy, but certainly highly carbonated. The taste was very sweet and mainly like vanilla ice cream, although I could get flavors of honey in there also. Finish was sweet, cloyingly so, like I was drinking dessert. I could perhaps see this as a dessert beer, but to just drink one on its own (like right now) would be too much for me. I'd be willing to revisit this if they put it in a CAN, but for now, one is plenty.
Feb 12, 2016
 
Rated: 2.99 by WickedBeer from Alabama

Feb 07, 2016
 
Rated: 2.25 by Iamjeff6 from Virginia

Dec 10, 2015
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Reviewed by Mike_Aguirre from Mexico

2.38/5  rDev +5.8%
look: 4 | smell: 2.25 | taste: 2.25 | feel: 3 | overall: 2
This doesn´t taste as a witbier at all. Pours light amber with a very mild white foam head. Aroma is of wood and sweet malts. Taste is strange, medicine-like and some wood. I didn´t like this beer at all.
Nov 08, 2015
 
Rated: 4.89 by Eden222 from Pennsylvania

Oct 15, 2015
 
Rated: 1.5 by nuebs from South Dakota

Oct 05, 2015
Shock Top Honey Bourbon Cask Wheat from Anheuser-Busch
Beer rating: 55 out of 100 with 504 ratings