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Windjammer Wheat Ale
Thimble Island Brewing Company
- From:
- Thimble Island Brewing Company
- Connecticut, United States
- Style:
- American Pale Wheat Beer
- ABV:
- 4.75%
- Score:
- 83
- Avg:
- 3.49 | pDev: 24.07%
- Reviews:
- 4
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Jun 27, 2019
- Added:
- Jun 28, 2014
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 1
No description / notes.
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Reviewed by lic217 from Connecticut
4.12/5 rDev +18.1%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.12/5 rDev +18.1%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Look: Orange/yellowish color, slightly hazy, lots of lacing, head fades fast
Smell: Wheat and clove
Taste: Wheaty/bready, some clove, some fruity esters, light citrus, well balanced sweet, dry, and bitter.
Feel: Full mouthfeel for style, prickly carbonation
Overall: A solid brew, with a lot of flavor for its low ABV
Jul 02, 2017Smell: Wheat and clove
Taste: Wheaty/bready, some clove, some fruity esters, light citrus, well balanced sweet, dry, and bitter.
Feel: Full mouthfeel for style, prickly carbonation
Overall: A solid brew, with a lot of flavor for its low ABV
Reviewed by tigg924 from Massachusetts
3.57/5 rDev +2.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
3.57/5 rDev +2.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
Pours clear, gold in color with one inch head. Taste is wheat, light banana, and coriander. Sweet, medium bodied, and high carbonation. Clean, above average, and tasty. Nothing I would go out of my way for but nothing to pass over either. Nice summer beer.
Aug 24, 2016Reviewed by BranfordBound from Connecticut
3.43/5 rDev -1.7%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.43/5 rDev -1.7%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Had at the brewery today, the second day it's been tapped. Pours a straw color, very hazy, with a white head that sticks around. Smells of some wheat tang and yeast. Starts pretty sweet, going into those yeast flavors and a subtle hint of spice. Finishes with a bit of sourness and a touch bitter. It's pretty clingy on the mouth. Overall a decent but unremarkable APWA.
Sep 25, 2015Rated by Jtpa007 from Connecticut
1.24/5 rDev -64.5%
look: 2.5 | smell: 1 | taste: 1 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 1
1.24/5 rDev -64.5%
look: 2.5 | smell: 1 | taste: 1 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 1
My wife and I both had this and agreed it tasted and had a nose of pickle juice. I had it on draft at the brewery, would not recommend.
Jan 03, 2015Reviewed by sulldaddy from Connecticut
3.6/5 rDev +3.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
3.6/5 rDev +3.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
The beer pours a slightly hazy gold color with a frothy bleached white head of 3 cm even with a gentle pour into my snifter.
Aroma is some wheat twang, a little light fruit and some slight spicyness. The aroma is light and sort of mild overall, but seems appropriate for the style.
First sip reveals a light body with crisp texture and fine spacious carbonation.
Flavor is a bit of grainy and husky malt followed by some wheaty twang, and a bit of sweet spiciness. I get a little bit of earthy or maybe spicy hop bite on the finish, which is also very dry on my palate.
The beer is very easy to drink and while the nose nor flavor are overly robust, what it has is pleasant and enjoyable. This is a pretty good beer for a hot day and I find myself finishing this growler pretty quickly on this June evening.
Could be a good pool or beach beer, just have to worry about the glass container. Otherwise worth a shot.
Jun 28, 2014Aroma is some wheat twang, a little light fruit and some slight spicyness. The aroma is light and sort of mild overall, but seems appropriate for the style.
First sip reveals a light body with crisp texture and fine spacious carbonation.
Flavor is a bit of grainy and husky malt followed by some wheaty twang, and a bit of sweet spiciness. I get a little bit of earthy or maybe spicy hop bite on the finish, which is also very dry on my palate.
The beer is very easy to drink and while the nose nor flavor are overly robust, what it has is pleasant and enjoyable. This is a pretty good beer for a hot day and I find myself finishing this growler pretty quickly on this June evening.
Could be a good pool or beach beer, just have to worry about the glass container. Otherwise worth a shot.
Windjammer Wheat Ale from Thimble Island Brewing Company
Beer rating:
83 out of
100 with
14 ratings
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