Prickly Pear Wheat
John Harvard's Brewery & Ale House

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From:
John Harvard's Brewery & Ale House
 
Massachusetts, United States
Style:
Fruit and Field Beer
ABV:
5%
Score:
+9 ratings needed
Avg:
3 | pDev: 0%
Ratings:
1 | reviews: 1
Status:
Retired
Rated:
Dec 17, 2005
Added:
Dec 17, 2005
Wants:
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Gots:
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Reviewed by hopsaplenty from District of Columbia

3/5  rDev 0%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
The prickly pear wheat is brewed with fresh picked prickly pears. The menu says "magentalicious" and the pint glass arrives filled with a bright pink/magenta beer. Almost no head, and what there is vanishes quickly, leaving almost no lacing. The smell is mildly sweet, but not of a typical wheat beer, but rather of dry fruit. The prickly pear come through in the finish, at the very last minute, and lend a dry, sweet quality to the beer. Hints of cherry as well. None of the typical wheat beer flavors. This is a light bodied, gently carbonated, beer, and if you can get past the shockingly bright color, you will be rewarded with a unique beer.
Dec 17, 2005