Shotgun Betty Hefeweizen Ale
Lonerider Brewing Company
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- From:
- Lonerider Brewing Company
- North Carolina, United States
- Style:
- Wheat Beer - Hefeweizen
Ranked #188 - ABV:
- 5.8%
- Score:
- 83
Ranked #24,899 - Avg:
- 3.67 | pDev: 14.99%
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Mar 26, 2022
- Added:
- Jan 16, 2009
- Wants:
- 15
- Gots:
- 139
SCORE
83
Good
83
Good
Notes:
Shotgun Betty is a sexy, tough cowgirl who is always armed and dangerous. Don’t be fooled by her good looks, she will have you for an appetizer! That’s why we picked her to represent our Hefeweizen. Shotgun Betty is a wheat beer with rich, banana-clove nose and refreshing dry finish. Sound good? Try one. But beware, once Betty gets a hold of you there is no escape.
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Ratings by The_Kriek_Freak:
4.06/5 rDev +10.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
by The_Kriek_Freak from Pennsylvania
Sep 02, 2018
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
by The_Kriek_Freak from Pennsylvania
Sep 02, 2018
More User Ratings:
3.5 by BeegaBoGiga on Mar 26, 2022
3.95 by clm9 from North Carolina on Jan 29, 2022
3.11/5 rDev -15.3%
look: 3.25 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.25
by Deano_53 from New York
It was fair. Not a lot of the traditional Hefe flavors
Nov 25, 2021
look: 3.25 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.25
by Deano_53 from New York
It was fair. Not a lot of the traditional Hefe flavors
Nov 25, 2021
3.87/5 rDev +5.4%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
by jlindros from Massachusetts
Can at black pelicans
Hazy pale pale color, light head
Nose light doughy wheat, citrus, banana, fair phenol spices clove and pepper
Taste sweet wheat and doughy creamy malt, light bitter herbal hops, light citrus and banana, fair clove and spices, dry finish
Mouth is med bod, med frothy carb
Overall not bad, lighter on the style but decent
Jun 27, 2021
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
by jlindros from Massachusetts
Can at black pelicans
Hazy pale pale color, light head
Nose light doughy wheat, citrus, banana, fair phenol spices clove and pepper
Taste sweet wheat and doughy creamy malt, light bitter herbal hops, light citrus and banana, fair clove and spices, dry finish
Mouth is med bod, med frothy carb
Overall not bad, lighter on the style but decent
Jun 27, 2021
3.71/5 rDev +1.1%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
by hman43 from North Carolina
Look: It pours yellow and clear with a white head. Head retention is good.
Smell: There are some doughy aromas with some clove and very low banana.
Taste: The flavors are of doughy wheat with medium clove. There is very low banana. There is a bit of spice as well.
Feel: It has a medium light body with a clove and spice after taste.
Overall, a refreshing beer.
Oct 17, 2020
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
by hman43 from North Carolina
Look: It pours yellow and clear with a white head. Head retention is good.
Smell: There are some doughy aromas with some clove and very low banana.
Taste: The flavors are of doughy wheat with medium clove. There is very low banana. There is a bit of spice as well.
Feel: It has a medium light body with a clove and spice after taste.
Overall, a refreshing beer.
Oct 17, 2020
3.81 by lsudduth from Ohio on Jul 04, 2020
3.74/5 rDev +1.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
by Singlefinpin from North Carolina
Poured from a can into a clear beer mug.
Looks hazy orange yellow, White head that dropped quickly.
Smells slightly malty and fruity.
Tastes bready, sweet, banana.
Mouth feel, creamy, dry finish.
Overall, good example of a Hefe, but, wheat isn't one of my favorites, so no, I probably wouldn't order again.
Jan 03, 2020
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
by Singlefinpin from North Carolina
Poured from a can into a clear beer mug.
Looks hazy orange yellow, White head that dropped quickly.
Smells slightly malty and fruity.
Tastes bready, sweet, banana.
Mouth feel, creamy, dry finish.
Overall, good example of a Hefe, but, wheat isn't one of my favorites, so no, I probably wouldn't order again.
Jan 03, 2020
4 by lccrunchy from Pennsylvania on Dec 28, 2019
4.02/5 rDev +9.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
by kevintaraross from Maryland
On draft at Bar Louis in Raleigh.
Nice hazey looking Hefe with one finger foam and a quickly dispensing head with semi-OK fingers.
It doesn’t have a light wheaty mouth feel BUT a good Fall-Time-ish full mouth feel....if that makes sense.
Faint clove smell.
All in all: great tasting locally made American Hefe!
Sep 06, 2019
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
by kevintaraross from Maryland
On draft at Bar Louis in Raleigh.
Nice hazey looking Hefe with one finger foam and a quickly dispensing head with semi-OK fingers.
It doesn’t have a light wheaty mouth feel BUT a good Fall-Time-ish full mouth feel....if that makes sense.
Faint clove smell.
All in all: great tasting locally made American Hefe!
Sep 06, 2019
4.03/5 rDev +9.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
by vette2006c5r from Minnesota
Pours a clearer golden color, little long lasting head. Big clove and banana aroma. Taste is full of clover and banana. Good body and feel. Overall a very soild hefe.
Jul 21, 2019
look: 3.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
by vette2006c5r from Minnesota
Pours a clearer golden color, little long lasting head. Big clove and banana aroma. Taste is full of clover and banana. Good body and feel. Overall a very soild hefe.
Jul 21, 2019
4.89/5 rDev +33.2%
look: 4.75 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.75
by Sgt_1991 from Georgia
Had this beer while working in downtown Charleston SC. Very good American hefe. Banana and clove are present on the nose and taste. Nice tick foamy tan head. Mouthfeel is medium with a dry finish that leaves you wanting more. Very pleased with this 2/$3 16oz.
Jun 21, 2019
look: 4.75 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.75
by Sgt_1991 from Georgia
Had this beer while working in downtown Charleston SC. Very good American hefe. Banana and clove are present on the nose and taste. Nice tick foamy tan head. Mouthfeel is medium with a dry finish that leaves you wanting more. Very pleased with this 2/$3 16oz.
Jun 21, 2019
4.19 by sirzekel from Georgia on Jun 09, 2019
3.37/5 rDev -8.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
by Buckeye55 from North Carolina
Poured into a hand washed weizen glass. Poured an orangy-brown color with a quickly disappearing head. A light dry taste that follows through to the aftertaste. Mouth feel is ok, just nothing special. Would rate a most likely no on the Would I Like to Sit Down with a 12 Pack of this beer scale
Mar 15, 2019
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
by Buckeye55 from North Carolina
Poured into a hand washed weizen glass. Poured an orangy-brown color with a quickly disappearing head. A light dry taste that follows through to the aftertaste. Mouth feel is ok, just nothing special. Would rate a most likely no on the Would I Like to Sit Down with a 12 Pack of this beer scale
Mar 15, 2019
4.43/5 rDev +20.7%
look: 5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
by Hike from Maryland
Fantastic flavor and very smooth. Excellent wheat beer.
Jan 20, 2019
look: 5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
by Hike from Maryland
Fantastic flavor and very smooth. Excellent wheat beer.
Jan 20, 2019
2.14/5 rDev -41.7%
look: 3 | smell: 2 | taste: 1.75 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 2.5
by Maxeroni33 from Texas
Thiis is banana.
Jan 12, 2019
look: 3 | smell: 2 | taste: 1.75 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 2.5
by Maxeroni33 from Texas
Thiis is banana.
Jan 12, 2019
1.85/5 rDev -49.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 1 | feel: 2 | overall: 1
by Yum-Porter from North Carolina
Terrible taste. Don't try it or buy it.
Jan 05, 2019
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 1 | feel: 2 | overall: 1
by Yum-Porter from North Carolina
Terrible taste. Don't try it or buy it.
Jan 05, 2019
4.5/5 rDev +22.6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
by mj24053 from North Carolina
My favorite American hefeweizen. Tastes the most like the German ones of any American hefe I've had. Maybe this style is just harder to do? This one is excellent though. Not too light, not like one of the banana tastings wheats.
Jan 02, 2019
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
by mj24053 from North Carolina
My favorite American hefeweizen. Tastes the most like the German ones of any American hefe I've had. Maybe this style is just harder to do? This one is excellent though. Not too light, not like one of the banana tastings wheats.
Jan 02, 2019
3.77 by animal69 from Louisiana on Dec 25, 2018
4.04 by carrcolind from District of Columbia on Oct 27, 2018
3.31/5 rDev -9.8%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
by psycHOPathy from Georgia
Hazy orange-brown body, not much head
Bright and yeasty, tangy, banana, wheat, ester
Ester, banana, orange peel, alcohol
Dry and tingly feel
It's okay. It isn't very flavorful
Oct 13, 2018
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
by psycHOPathy from Georgia
Hazy orange-brown body, not much head
Bright and yeasty, tangy, banana, wheat, ester
Ester, banana, orange peel, alcohol
Dry and tingly feel
It's okay. It isn't very flavorful
Oct 13, 2018
3.78/5 rDev +3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
by JayQue from Virginia
Had a can at the Tale of the Whale Restaurant on the causeway between Nags Head and Manteo NC. Captured the style well: Nice size white head, better than average retention and some lacing, straw yellow color. Bananas/bubblegum, yeast and lemon and cloves in the aroma and flavor. Mouthfeel is light, a little astringent with the yeast and spicing playing out nicely on the tongue. This isn't Paulaner's, but it is still pretty good!!!
Sep 11, 2018
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
by JayQue from Virginia
Had a can at the Tale of the Whale Restaurant on the causeway between Nags Head and Manteo NC. Captured the style well: Nice size white head, better than average retention and some lacing, straw yellow color. Bananas/bubblegum, yeast and lemon and cloves in the aroma and flavor. Mouthfeel is light, a little astringent with the yeast and spicing playing out nicely on the tongue. This isn't Paulaner's, but it is still pretty good!!!
Sep 11, 2018
3.73 by Brew_ski from Pennsylvania on Sep 07, 2018
4.72/5 rDev +28.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 4.5
by hottenot from North Carolina
A real nice rendition of a genuine German Hefeweizen. I spent 30 months in Giessen Germany and the White biers were always my favorite. Shotgun Betty would not seem out of place on tap in Giessen. Almost want to float a slice of lemon on top. It's that authentic.
Sep 05, 2018
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 4.5
by hottenot from North Carolina
A real nice rendition of a genuine German Hefeweizen. I spent 30 months in Giessen Germany and the White biers were always my favorite. Shotgun Betty would not seem out of place on tap in Giessen. Almost want to float a slice of lemon on top. It's that authentic.
Sep 05, 2018
3.54 by SpaethJam from New York on Aug 15, 2018
3.35 by Bryant1985 from North Carolina on Aug 14, 2018
3.56/5 rDev -3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
by dacrza1 from New Jersey
DATE: JULY 24, 2018... OCCASION: enjoying Shark Week's 30th anniversary with the fam... GLASSWARE: Erdinger weisBier weIsengard glass... pours a clear, golden body with crisp effervescence... its head fills the bulb of the glass, a three-fingered, thick, clumpy and resolute snow white froth that forms windows as lacing... rIch banana, bright bubblegum, a pinch of clove, some light fruit--apple, peach?--and tea leaves suggest a rich, full hefe... creamy and mellow, with a smoothness that paces each sip well into the throat.... no cloying here... not much in the aftertaste, but not necessarily a detriment... clean and refreshing, as advertised... banana and clove, light biscuit, and a late pass of peach, pomegranate, or mango, which makes for an even brighter profile than the average hefe.... this is clean, clear and effective--a nice summer refresher, with a swag can to boot... my first Lonerider is a solid one...
Jul 25, 2018
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
by dacrza1 from New Jersey
DATE: JULY 24, 2018... OCCASION: enjoying Shark Week's 30th anniversary with the fam... GLASSWARE: Erdinger weisBier weIsengard glass... pours a clear, golden body with crisp effervescence... its head fills the bulb of the glass, a three-fingered, thick, clumpy and resolute snow white froth that forms windows as lacing... rIch banana, bright bubblegum, a pinch of clove, some light fruit--apple, peach?--and tea leaves suggest a rich, full hefe... creamy and mellow, with a smoothness that paces each sip well into the throat.... no cloying here... not much in the aftertaste, but not necessarily a detriment... clean and refreshing, as advertised... banana and clove, light biscuit, and a late pass of peach, pomegranate, or mango, which makes for an even brighter profile than the average hefe.... this is clean, clear and effective--a nice summer refresher, with a swag can to boot... my first Lonerider is a solid one...
Jul 25, 2018
3.54 by BTexpress from Georgia on Jul 15, 2018
4 by Nalid66 from Virginia on Jul 01, 2018
3.5 by Hayley_86 from Netherlands on Jun 14, 2018
4.32 by SwellSwill1 from Kentucky on Jun 10, 2018
3.27 by Budlum from Maryland on Jun 09, 2018
3.75 by TheRock7755 from Georgia on Jun 05, 2018
4.31 by Metal_Mermaid from North Carolina on Apr 27, 2018
3.75 by LisaAnnLynch from Pennsylvania on Apr 02, 2018
3.65/5 rDev -0.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
by Guppy314 from District of Columbia
From a can, pours as a beautiful gold with a three finger white head that rapidly disbursed. Aroma of spicy banana-bread. Lots of flavors of banana, cloves, yeasty bread, sweet malt and some little bitter hops in the background. Overall, really drinkable.
Mar 21, 2018
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
by Guppy314 from District of Columbia
From a can, pours as a beautiful gold with a three finger white head that rapidly disbursed. Aroma of spicy banana-bread. Lots of flavors of banana, cloves, yeasty bread, sweet malt and some little bitter hops in the background. Overall, really drinkable.
Mar 21, 2018
2.8 by JVasky from Pennsylvania on Feb 25, 2018
4.29 by JasonLWest from Georgia on Feb 14, 2018
4.08 by AlcoholRebel81009 from Pennsylvania on Jan 25, 2018
3.75 by ADTaber from South Carolina on Jan 21, 2018
Shotgun Betty Hefeweizen Ale from Lonerider Brewing Company
Beer rating:
83 out of
100 with
508 ratings