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Island Wheat
Capital Brewery
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- From:
- Capital Brewery
- Wisconsin, United States
- Style:
- American Pale Wheat Beer
Ranked #205 - ABV:
- 4.2%
- Score:
- 77
Ranked #27,101 - Avg:
- 3.37 | pDev: 13.95%
- Reviews:
- 105
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- May 10, 2022
- Added:
- Sep 06, 2005
- Wants:
- 4
- Gots:
- 24
An American wheat style beer, meaning a beer with a mild and approachable personality. The wheat from Wisconsin's Washington Island provides the silky smooth finish.
13 IBU
13 IBU
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Ratings by MattyG85:
Reviewed by MattyG85 from Minnesota
3.83/5 rDev +13.6%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
3.83/5 rDev +13.6%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
Poured from 12 oz. bottle into a Sam Adams "Perfect Pint" glass.
Appearance: Pours a very cloudy pale golden yellow with some orange. Lots of rising bubbles and a big four finger white head with good retention. Leaves lots of creamy lacing around the glass.
Smell: Aroma of wheat malts with some light spicing. Wheat grains and pale malts with lots of yeast. Hints of biscuit and crackers. Hints of citrus orange and lemon zest. Also a good scent of coriander and a slight hint of pepper. Very forward with the yeast and wheat.
Taste: Taste is crisp, wheat and yeast driven, and somewhat tart with the citrus. Starts with the wheat grains and sweet malts. Notes of yeast, biscuit,, cereal grains, and crackers. Then comes the citrus with notes of tart lemon juice and orange. On the sweeter side with no real noticeable bitterness except for some tartness. Crisp and decent.
Mouthfeel: Light bodied with a fairly high level of carbonation. Crisp, tingly, and tart.
Overall: A pretty decent take on the wheat ale style. Some nice citrus character. Nice summer option.
Sep 19, 2012Appearance: Pours a very cloudy pale golden yellow with some orange. Lots of rising bubbles and a big four finger white head with good retention. Leaves lots of creamy lacing around the glass.
Smell: Aroma of wheat malts with some light spicing. Wheat grains and pale malts with lots of yeast. Hints of biscuit and crackers. Hints of citrus orange and lemon zest. Also a good scent of coriander and a slight hint of pepper. Very forward with the yeast and wheat.
Taste: Taste is crisp, wheat and yeast driven, and somewhat tart with the citrus. Starts with the wheat grains and sweet malts. Notes of yeast, biscuit,, cereal grains, and crackers. Then comes the citrus with notes of tart lemon juice and orange. On the sweeter side with no real noticeable bitterness except for some tartness. Crisp and decent.
Mouthfeel: Light bodied with a fairly high level of carbonation. Crisp, tingly, and tart.
Overall: A pretty decent take on the wheat ale style. Some nice citrus character. Nice summer option.
More User Ratings:
Reviewed by vainosuomi from Virginia
2.87/5 rDev -14.8%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 3
2.87/5 rDev -14.8%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 3
Look: Pale, somewhat cloudy amber. Medium, off white head, dissipates quickly
Smell: Sweet yeast, banana, bit of citrus
Taste: Sweet and crisp wheaty grain, zesty citrus, and hints of that banana yeast
Feel: Light to medium bodied, a little watery, moderate carbonation
The flavors don't seem fully developed. The fruitiness and sweet grains flavors are good, but it doesn't have much of a backbone. Clean and refreshing, though. You can certainly do worse.
Jun 04, 2016Smell: Sweet yeast, banana, bit of citrus
Taste: Sweet and crisp wheaty grain, zesty citrus, and hints of that banana yeast
Feel: Light to medium bodied, a little watery, moderate carbonation
The flavors don't seem fully developed. The fruitiness and sweet grains flavors are good, but it doesn't have much of a backbone. Clean and refreshing, though. You can certainly do worse.
Reviewed by StonedTrippin from Colorado
3.48/5 rDev +3.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
3.48/5 rDev +3.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
not a real impressive beer here, unless of course the goal in making it was to craft the most crushable beer out there. super low abv, really thin body, and not too much carbonation that it cant be chugged one after the next. they call it unfiltered, but its not real cloudy, less "wheaty" looking than expected, quite watery yellow color to it, some bubbles, no head after a few seconds, it all fizzes away. it smells and tastes alright, i get the wheat malt, its relatively dry, and there is enough bittering hops in it to balance without making a statement. there is a hint of yeast flavor to this, almost english and sort of out of place, but i kind of like that aspect. overall a pretty bland beer that finishes with a little metallic tickle, but nothing way off. a little creamy residue left on the tongue, maybe from the yeast, and a belly no more full than it was when the first sip was taken. i think this is by far my least favorite of the few i have had from these guys so far. nothing standout about it, but not offensive in any way. a summer slammer and nothing more.
Mar 16, 2016
Island Wheat from Capital Brewery
Beer rating:
77 out of
100 with
271 ratings
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