Shiner Weisse 'N' Easy
Spoetzl Brewery

 

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The color is light brown and there’s a fingernail of off white on top. The aroma is of dewberries, which smell like raspberries, blackberries, and blueberries. I’m tasting dewberries, which are like lemon and lime along with pale wheat. The body is a bit thin and watery.

 

12oz can purchased off the shelf as a single from as part of a mix-a-six pack for $2. Best by date of 7/15/22, so we are about three and half weeks past that.

Look: Pours a nice, almost clear amber color with a finger and half of off-white, fluffy head. The head receded to a very thin layer.

Smell: Strong, up front aroma of raspberry syrup. The smell reminds me of this old bottle of raspberry syrup that used to be in my parents' house that as kids we would occasionally pour on top of pancakes or waffles. I can't really smell much else; perhaps a bit of malt and a touch of spice. It also kind of smells like raspberry/blackberry hard candy. Smells more like a soda than a beer, honestly.

Taste: While it smells more like a soda than a beer, it actually tastes more like a beer than a soda. It's a bit watery and lacking flavor. Notes of dark berries - kind of tastes like a cross between a raspberry and a blueberry. Along with a very mild, slightly bitter finish that has some crispness to it.

Feel: Decently carbonated with a thin mouthfeel and slightly prickly, fizzy carbonation.

Overall: Not bad, but not so good either. It's okay given that it's a 4.0% ABV, 95 calorie, 2.9g carb, 0g sugar beer. Honestly, I would rather save the calories and drink a seltzer or spindrift instead of using my "beer calories" on something like this. I would prefer to put those 95 calories towards a more flavorful option. I never knew what a dewberry was before, so by buying this beer I learned something!

 

 

 

Nice sweet berry taste.

 

 

 

12 oz. bottle poured into Imperial pint glass
Look: Cloudy amber color, 2-finger head, heavy carbonation, head dissolves fast, no lacing
Smell: Malty with berry notes
Taste: Medium bitterness, fruity but not oversweet, wheat flavor is there, dry finish
Feel: Mild carbonation, not heavy on palate, a little watery
Overall: Fruity and mild complexity. Something different from usual fare.

 

Poured from the bottle into a wheat ale glass.

Faint hinting purple and pink body color, coming towards a light copper orange. Head creation is minimal, slightly hued pink but mostly off white and just over a finger in height. Doesn't stick around much, and leaves a good solid collar and thin puck though.

Neat aroma. Heavy on berry fruit, somewhat candy like but in a nice way. Hints of penny candy sweetness, and some nice fruited compote like berry mix, even a touch of lemon barely squeaks in. Fruit flavor dominates much of the nose, not much to discern from the malt character as the fruit is large.

Palate sticks to basics. Nice fruity berry tastes, with an almost candy wrapper like flavor. Mellow finish, flirts with a little bit of spritzy carbonation and feel but luckily doesn't go overboard. Faint hint of chewy depth, but goes not unexpectedly, for an almost session like mouthfeel and touch.

This is a pretty solid fruity quencher, and true to form, nice and easy.

 

 

Drinking this at home.
Poured from a bottle into a pint glass.
Looks amber, orangish with a rocky foamy head that dropped quickly.
Smells lightly crackery, berry, grape.
Taste follows the nose nicely, more blueberry.
Mouth feel is medium light for the style with good carbonation.
Overall refreshing, I'd love to see this in a slightly maltier beer, it would be good at a cookout.
I might drink again.
Cheers!

 

very enjoyable light beer - nice weiss flavor great for a summer beer