Casta Triguera (Wheat Ale)
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5.5%abv. BB SEP 06, served lightly chilled in a 300ml weizen glass.

A: dark straw to pale golden hue, coming with a white foamy head dissipating slowly; the carbonation is lively but not overdone.
S: an exotic sweet aroma of sugar-cane juice and "Marmite" upfront, backed by a sour-sweet prune and yeast-drink like overtone as in some witbier, plus an underlying grainy note of wheat(?, I suppose). The sweetness is a bit overpowering. As I haven't tried this style, I presume the nose is alright?
T: very fizzy mouthfeel upfront, gradually a semi-sweet, wheat-ish and corn-ish grainy flavour prevails, leaving a faintly sour-sweet fruitiness at the back and a watery finish. No bitterness, no yeastiness, no complexity...
M&D: the loosely-formed carbonation just falls apart on the tongue; very light-bodied, which doesn't help the weak flavour at all... I can't understand this beer, if it's not past its prime. It's too watery and off-balance to me. I only wish other "wheat ales" would taste better, otherwise there's no need to "invent" this style.

This is my first Mexican beer, apart from the tasteless Corona, which can hardly be called beer. I must say I was not disappointed, this can compete with any American or Belgian wheat ale anytime!

It pours a murky orange, yellow color with a thin head.
Smell of fresh green apples, wheat off course and tart. A good beer for sniffing!
Taste was fresh with the obvious grainy, wheat taste, some nutmeg or something spicy and citrus. Aftertaste was dry and fruity. No herbs added.
I detected a slight oxidation of the beer, so when the beer would have been fresher it would make a nice summer beer.

Interesting label. Interesting beer. Toasty malts and a restrained yeast character give this a unique character.

It pours a clear, very dark straw - almost tan - color. The frothy white head holds fairly well, then drops to a thin (but full) surface covering that leaves tiny spots of lace about the glass.

The nose is malty with notes of wheat and lightly toasty bread, as well as some candy, yeasty spice, and a hint of orange; and the flavor follows almost exactly. It finishes dry and refreshing with a delicate smear of citrus on the tongue. That, coupled with its light body and delicately zesty carbonation leave it remarkably refreshing, almost like a glass of cold water with a twist of lemon. Interesting!

01/07/06- Purchased at Sun Devil Liquors in Mesa, AZ.

Presentation- 12oz bottle with no freshness info. Poured into a chalice type glass.

Appearance- Darker yellow almost amber colored pour. Small, yet creamy white head. Maybe 1/4 inch. Medium lacing.

Smell- Fruity, maybe orange or tangerine. Spices as well. Yeasty, as supposed to be.

Taste- Orange flavoring, maybe a touch of lemon peel. Peppery and other spices as well. Nice malty base.

Mouthfeel- Medium carbonation. Mild hop bitterness.

Drinkability- Damn quaffable. Was thirsy and this was the perfect choice to go to. Crisp and tasty. Wishing I bought more than a bottle to try.

little better in my preferences over franziskaner heffe weisse; similar in taste, like dissolvent; green leaves, flower of hops; balanced, round affluent flavor, little body, something sweet and soft; to paladar watered down. serve in a goblet or pilsner glass; try with mexican christmas food; 88% recommended.

Pours a near clear amber colored ale, disappointing head formation.

Smell is sweet and nutty with a faint sniff of what I can only describe as rum possibly caramel sugar syrup in the alcohol vapor. I double check the rum scent and nail it, the scent of butter rum lifesavers candy. I can't separate out any wheat malt scent the other scents are masking it.

Taste is sweet with that Butter rum lifesavers flavor. Caramelized malt flavor is strong and fairly complex and shifts on the tongue. After a while the flavor becomes popcorn ball sweet buttery and corny. Interesting, not a typical wheat beer of any type it is unique.

Mouthfeel is light for a wheat beer.

Drinkability is OK. Something of a weird beer here I don't know that I would really buy this again over a good German style wheat beer.

I used to like this the best of the brewery, but I started to find more wheat beers, and this is still being good, but I think the brewery needs to upgrade this one, although, it can be its house mark, do not ge tme wrong. The smell is characteristic and the mouthfeel is very different from any other beer in the country, Nice.

Clear Yellow, white head, little lacing. Simple aroma, grain and malt. Active carbonation. Taste is ok, there is a lot of grain in here, with some malt sweetness coming behind, sometimes the grain flavor is too much. Medium/light body, i preferr my beer a little more creamy. In some sips this beer will taste like a common lager.

I put morena and dorada over triguera.

The beer pours a hazy gold color with a thick frothy white head that slowly fades to lacing. The aroma is decent. It has a dry, yet fruity wheat malt and yeast scent. It has a light sweetness as well as a low hop aroma. The taste is decent also. It has a rich malty flavor, unlike the usual, light wheat beers. This definately has some Munich malts in there or something. It goes down smooth and finishes malty with some fruitiness and lemon zest. The mouthfeel is fine. It is a medium/full bodied beer with adequate carbonation. This is a pretty good brew. It like the aroma and taste. It's different, but in a good way.

12oz bottle purchased as a single at Villa Spirits Shoppe, Storrs, CT.

Poured into an imperial pint glass, formed a 1" eggshell head over the clear light golden brew. Head settles about half, with nice lacing. Aroma is wheat and some light fruitiness, with a hoppiness hiding in there as well. Taste follows the nose, although perhaps a bit muted on all fronts. Mouthfeel is pretty thin seeming, even for the style, but its hard to knock the drinkability, which make it particularly thirst-quenching. Not a bad brew here.

Another brew from my home town.
I aknowledge that I might be biased from this one and only microbrewery in my part of the world.


Pours a golden brew, with a nice white and short living head. Little if any lacing.

Smell is just an ale, with some ripe tropical fruit in there.

Taste is tart, somehow citric, but good.

Mouthfeel is refreshing with a dry aftertaste.

I buy this one as often as I can get it. Especially for my wife.

This Casta just didn't come through at all. Pour was a clear, actively carbonated, bright orange body with a small, offwhite head that quickly faded and left behind minimal lace. Aroma was muted, with a faint note of wheat and hops. Almost like a macro. Mouthfeel was light to medium bodied, with moderate carbonation. Taste was similar to a macro, with mild hopping and slight sweetness. Wheat was underwhelming. Overall, this was much similar to a macro. Very undistinguished. Drinkable if you're very thirsty.

Pours with a two-finger white head that fades slowly leaving some lace. Clear (unusual for a wheat) amber color. Light bodied. Nose is a slight cider. Medium carbonation. Starts sweet and crisp finishes smooth with little aftertaste. Good summer ale. $1.45 for a 12oz bottle from Vintage Cellar Blacksburg, VA.

Malt extract nose -- intensely, makes the intriguing spicy aromatics servant to images of Whoppers (TM). On the palate it is sour and brown-flavored. It reminds me of a malt syrup-laden Goudenband 2002: only blonde. I sense there are some sincere, craft instincts at work here. PH or something is a little wacky -- not sure if it is too high or low. Slick, bleach-like texture and candy aromas frame a healthy outcropping of dried apricots, cracked, raw nuts and rotton, sweet lemons.

Sure wish I could taste this "close to the source."

From a bottle in MI it takes some getting used to, I'm sure.

12 oz. bottle served chilled in a pint glass.

Appearance: Clear golden yellow topped by a huge and creamy white head. Went away to a small layer of foam and left small networks and fingers of lacing on the glass.

Smell: Very fruity esters of oranges and other citrus fruits, but predominantly orange. Light pineapple and peach aromas.

Taste: Vaguely tart and sour malts, rather sweet. Very fruity wtih oranges, peaches and apricots splashing about.

Mouthfeel: Light, crisp, and rather refreshing overall. Palate cleansing to boot.

Drinkability: Not a typical American Wheat Ale. It's more fruity and certainly doesn't need a lemon. Worth a try just to give some love to a Mexican brewery that isn't making fizzy yellow tripe.

Other: the bottle art is way cool.

I try not to get too hung up on whether a beer exactly fits a style, but it is a useful reference to how well the brewer pulled off whatever it was they tried to achieve. Here, it was hard to tell exactly what Casta was aiming for. Initally, this wheat was very muted and soft, like a Hoegaarden in the Belgian-style. Then a touch of fruity yeast crept in, calling to mind a more German hefeweizen style. This faded away toward the finish, and crisped up a bit, in what I think of as the "American wheat" style. Nicely crafted, for what it was, but it never could settle on a uniform personality. Not as rich as a wit, not as full as a hefe, and not as crisp as a pale wheat. In sum, it was okay.

Poured from a tall, thin 12 oz bottle, it's bright gold with a fairly thick white head. The smell is citric, with a bit of candy-like sweetness in the background. Unfortunately, the sweetness comes to forefront in the taste, and little else backs it up. It's almost soda-like in its sweetness. With the combination of relatively high price and many others of the same style that are better, I probably won't revisit this one.

Slightly hazy pale straw beer with low but persistant head. Complex fruity aroma with wheat and sweet malt. The fruit aroma that comes to mind is pineapple. The flavor is crisp, with a fruity (again pineapple), slightly sweet begining which leads to a light, but not too dry finish. The body is not quite medium, more of a medium light and the beer is effervescent on the palate. Also in the finish is an ever so slight sour note that is quite refreshing. Oddly enough after a few seconds you can feel an alcohol warmth from the beer.