West Coast Wheat
Raccoon River Brewing Company
- From:
- Raccoon River Brewing Company
- Iowa, United States
- Style:
- American Pale Wheat Beer
- ABV:
- 6%
- Score:
- +7 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.5 | pDev: 3.14%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 3
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Jul 15, 2008
- Added:
- Jun 18, 2004
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
NO SCORE
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This is a light bodied, light amber colored, nicely hopped wheat beer. It has a sweet palate from a fairly heavy dose of crystal malt. The hops are 100% Cascade.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by BretSikkink from Mexico
3.65/5 rDev +4.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5
3.65/5 rDev +4.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5
Orange-amber in color, relatively clear. White head is briefly a couple of fingers but settles to about an inch. Decent retention. The color and clear body are alarming.
Hoppy, lemon-zest and possible orange peel nose. No input from the malt; no wheat sweetness detectable here.
Possibly the hoppiest wheat beer I've ever had; even Gumballhead has more traditional esters. West Coast-style, citric and sharp hopping. It doesn't taste poorly, just not to style. Light mouthfeel, slightly sticky in the finish.
Strangely off-balanced, wheat is not appreciable. Good hop delivery system, but not my favorite.
Jul 15, 2008Hoppy, lemon-zest and possible orange peel nose. No input from the malt; no wheat sweetness detectable here.
Possibly the hoppiest wheat beer I've ever had; even Gumballhead has more traditional esters. West Coast-style, citric and sharp hopping. It doesn't taste poorly, just not to style. Light mouthfeel, slightly sticky in the finish.
Strangely off-balanced, wheat is not appreciable. Good hop delivery system, but not my favorite.
Reviewed by BuckeyeNation from Iowa
3.38/5 rDev -3.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.38/5 rDev -3.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Filtered tangerine-amber, more the former than the latter. The bone white cap was a very brief reverse cascader (as if from a nitro tap), quickly settled down to a fat one finger and stayed at that thickness for the duration. A ragged half ring on the oppsite side of the glass was the extent of the lace display. The beer resembled a pale ale more than a hefe weizen.
Thanks to Raccoon River's website, I know that West Coast Wheat is single-hopped with Cascade. I'm not sure I could have figured that out on my own. It was weakly lemon zesty, and, again, was more APA-like than anything else.
This beer is not a hefe weizen. It doesn't look, smell or taste like one. For starters, banana and clove esters were nowhere to be found. I'll grudgingly accept American pale wheat ale since I'm sure the grain bill contains wheat. And the verdict is... American pale ale without a doubt.
The finish was on the brief side and was slightly sticky. Since the mouthfeel was no bigger than light-medium, there wasn't a great deal of flavor linger goin' on. I would have liked more bubbles, but there were enough to keep things moving smartly along.
As soon as this review is finished, I'm going to request a style change to American Pale Wheat Ale. I'll accede to the brewer's wishes and keep it in the wheat ale family, but as far as I'm concerned, WCW is an underhopped APA that happens to use some amount of wheat malt. Whatever it is, it doesn't get more than a stifled yawn from me.
Sep 25, 2005Thanks to Raccoon River's website, I know that West Coast Wheat is single-hopped with Cascade. I'm not sure I could have figured that out on my own. It was weakly lemon zesty, and, again, was more APA-like than anything else.
This beer is not a hefe weizen. It doesn't look, smell or taste like one. For starters, banana and clove esters were nowhere to be found. I'll grudgingly accept American pale wheat ale since I'm sure the grain bill contains wheat. And the verdict is... American pale ale without a doubt.
The finish was on the brief side and was slightly sticky. Since the mouthfeel was no bigger than light-medium, there wasn't a great deal of flavor linger goin' on. I would have liked more bubbles, but there were enough to keep things moving smartly along.
As soon as this review is finished, I'm going to request a style change to American Pale Wheat Ale. I'll accede to the brewer's wishes and keep it in the wheat ale family, but as far as I'm concerned, WCW is an underhopped APA that happens to use some amount of wheat malt. Whatever it is, it doesn't get more than a stifled yawn from me.
Reviewed by brewQ from Missouri
3.48/5 rDev -0.6%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5
3.48/5 rDev -0.6%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5
Nice gold to orange color, came off the tap a bit flat. (Seems to be true with many wheat brews ... ).
An interesting smell- apricot perhaps? Full flavored without being overpowering. Not sure I could drink several but one was refreshing.
This brew fits the customers here well. Many are new to craft beer and want something just a little different.
Jun 18, 2004An interesting smell- apricot perhaps? Full flavored without being overpowering. Not sure I could drink several but one was refreshing.
This brew fits the customers here well. Many are new to craft beer and want something just a little different.
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