Miami Weiss
Great Lakes Brewery

Miami WeissMiami Weiss
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From:
Great Lakes Brewery
 
Ontario, Canada
Style:
American Pale Wheat Beer
Ranked #29
ABV:
4.5%
Score:
87
Ranked #15,973
Avg:
3.89 | pDev: 8.23%
Reviews:
50
Ratings:
90
Status:
Active
Rated:
Oct 16, 2023
Added:
Apr 19, 2010
Wants:
  23
Gots:
  2
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Reviewed by taxandbeerguy from Canada (ON)

3.94/5  rDev +1.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Review from notes. LCBO purchase for around $3.50 CDN. I was certain I had reviewed this years ago, but apparently I never have. Correcting a long overdue error. 473 ml can served cold into a pint glass.

Appearance - Hazy bright golden color with a couple fingers of head. Good retention and a sparse stream of lacing.

Smell - Bready but then with a wholebunch of hops added, some earthiness and not what I was expecting. Fairly intense aroma for a lower ABV wheat beer.

Taste - Fairly bitter with some leafy hops shining through, elements of orange peel and grapefruit with a solid wheat based backing. Very nice balance between those two.

Mouthfeel - Clean and crisp, lots of carbonation, easy to drink and quite refreshing. More refreshing than most wheat beers.

Overall - The extra hopping makes this stand out as Miami Weiss is truly a cross-breed between a pale ale and a wheat beer. Great model and very well worth a tipple or two. Again, I can't believe I hadn't reviewed this until now.
Oct 16, 2023
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Rated by Pmicdee from Canada (ON)

3.98/5  rDev +2.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
Aug 30 2023
Aug 31, 2023
 
Rated: 3.75 by GoHabsGo from Canada (ON)

Aug 06, 2022
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Reviewed by InspectorHound from Canada (ON)

3.78/5  rDev -2.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.75
LooK: Pours a hazy pale orange with a 1 1/3 finger densely bubbled bright white head. The head pulls back to a 1/4 finger head at 5 minutes.

Smell: Mandarins are the dominant smell, with some pineapple in the background. Light spring floral notes.

Taste: Starts a little chalky with dry white toast on the front end. Tropical citrus flavours dominant from the mid sip till the end. The flavours are very sweet and candy like, image a bag of fruit flavoured skittles.. Yes it tastes lemony or orangey, but not exactly like a lemon or an orange if you get my drift. Slightly bitter at the end as the hops predominate the finish.

Feel: LIght to light medium bodied. Well carbonated. The flavour palate plays on the front and sides of your tongue more than on the palate or back of the tongue. Someone prickly through the middle to the finish.

Given the name most people would initially expect this to be a weiss, but don't let the pun fool ya, it's clearly labelled as a hoppy white pale ale. So pay attention to the writting on the label, and not just the name and don't buy this expecting it to be something it ain't. It earns a clear B.
Jul 23, 2022
 
Rated: 3.49 by CRObighit2 from Canada (ON)

Jul 23, 2022
 
Rated: 3.87 by Simon212 from Canada (ON)

Jun 12, 2022
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Reviewed by eberesford from Canada (ON)

4/5  rDev +2.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
As the brewery admits it’s not really a vice. It is a pale ale packed with fruity hops. It pours slightly Misty with a moderate head settles quickly. The flavours and the rumours are dominated by citrus especially, unexpectedly, tangerines.
Aug 16, 2020
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Reviewed by TheHammer from Canada (ON)

3.33/5  rDev -14.4%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 3.25
Appearance: Poured with a finger of head that laced well but didn't stick around. The body is semi-cloudy yellow showing a low carbonation.

Smell: Powerful lemon zest and other various citrus fruits with a shortbread background and certainly Grapefruit hops and a small pine splash. Didn't need warming to bring out its potency, but it appeared to bring out the hops more and more.

Taste: Starts with that powerful lemon and shortbread, almost like a lemon cookie, but then remembers it is a pale ale and turns to as a powerful hard water twang gets accented with pine and grapefruit hops. While I don't mind the flavors themselves independently, it doesn't seem like they should be mashed together like this.

Mouthfeel: The transitioning here is terrible, you go from a sweet, nice mild wheat beer to a hoppy and mineral filled pale ale that I'm sure would do Burton-upon-Trent proud in an instant. The carbonation helps out the entire beer, but it clings quite miserably as the mixed hop and hard water aftertaste dominate and drown out the brew.

Drinkability: What you have here is a light bodied Jekyll and Hyde brew, and much like the book, sadly Hyde wins over time. That awful, phlegm inducing aftertaste really hampers my desire to drink this. It does settle down well enough, but crisp it is not.

Final Thoughts: I had a feeling this beer wasn't going to do it for me. When I first heard of it, I thought it was just a well made Wit/Hefe, but when I was told this was actually a fairly hoppy experience and not much like a regular wheat beer. I guess this is the IPA drinkers Wit, something which I don't care for. I guess this beer made me realize that wheat does not lend itself to high hops very well. Not a fan.
Oct 11, 2019
 
Rated: 3.75 by boszormeny from Canada (ON)

Nov 20, 2018
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Reviewed by JunctionCat from Canada (ON)

3.94/5  rDev +1.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Hard to find, harder to describe. Hoppy wheat beer - light body with complex yeast notes balances a decent but gentle hop bite. Great for the hot days and bbqs
Sep 03, 2018
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Reviewed by BGDrock from Canada (ON)

3.91/5  rDev +0.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
Fuzzy peach body, opaque. Full, white head.
Scents of peach, orange, clementine - fresh and sweet, vibrant.
Full but light body, medium carbonation. Mild, sweet grapefruit, some fattiness, dry bitter finish. Flavour is light in general.

It's very simple and refreshing, extremely sessionable and accessible. Non-beer drinkers might like it too, would be good for parties.
Aug 11, 2017
 
Rated: 3.99 by valianes from Canada (ON)

Mar 14, 2017
 
Rated: 3.72 by Electros from Canada (ON)

Nov 14, 2016
 
Rated: 2.75 by mattmarka1 from Minnesota

Sep 07, 2016
 
Rated: 3.88 by Cycle69 from Canada (ON)

Nov 26, 2015
 
Rated: 4.25 by hunterjames from Canada (ON)

Jul 13, 2015
 
Rated: 3.44 by BakaGaijin from Canada (ON)

Jun 16, 2015
 
Rated: 3.5 by Franck from Canada (QC)

Dec 11, 2014
 
Rated: 3.75 by TerryW from Canada (ON)

Nov 08, 2014
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Reviewed by ChrisCage from Canada (AB)

4.18/5  rDev +7.5%
A- This pours a very yeast hazy dark golden, almost light brown color! The head upon the initial pour didn't seem like it was going to amount to much, but actually reversed itself and became a smallish, yet dense and well retained, cloud of foam! There is many columns of fine looking carbonation rising to the top and the lacing is probably the weakest point of the appearance, really only sliding back into the liquid immediately. Decent looking overall!

S- There is a rich blend between sweet malts, bittering hops, and citrus fruits in the mix. The sweetness is comprised of caramel and/or molasses, while the Pacific Northwest hops used produce a fresh piney aroma. There is a citrus quality that is of fresh orange and pink grapefruit. It is long lasting overall and lingers in it's immediate airspace.

T- This follows the aroma profile closely, with a very well balanced palate. There is a subtle astringency at the back of the palate, that counters the sweet malt flavors. Again, I am detecting citric notes that cut through the heavy leafy hop flavors. There is also a yeasty smoothness that reminds me of sourdough bread....just a slight tang.

M/D- A very smooth drinking beer with a solid medium body, this would make a nice summer refresher, yet can hold itself against a medley of foods, and especially spicier fare. Its a nice melding between two of my preferred styles and I think has been done quite nicely. I would pick this up again and recommend it to all!
Nov 01, 2014
Miami Weiss from Great Lakes Brewery
Beer rating: 87 out of 100 with 90 ratings