Snow Glare Hoppy Wheat Ale
Breckenridge Brewery & The Farm House

 

A good beer, and good marketing, the design is nice. For wheat beer it packs a punch in feel, but for flavor leaves a little to be desired, the only recommendation I would make is that it be marketed more as a smooth ale, than as a hoppy wheat.

 

 

12 oz bottle poured into Stella chalice.

Halfway hazy/transparent gold with a tall creamy fluffy head of 2 fingers.

This aroma is incredible. Pineapple, juicy orange, peaches, mango, and tangerines. Light pine needle. Incredible.

Flavor is much like the aroma with cereal grains, orange peel, mango, angel bread, pineapple, white grapefruit, pomelo, and slight pine needle. Lingering bitter pine and juicy mango.

Feel is creamy and juicy. Nice sap and acidity. Polite lingering resins and pine sap.

Overall -- NE IPA?? Anybody?

Incredible execution all over the place. This is as close to a legit NE IPA (outside of New England and Michigan) that I've had. I don't know what people are looking for when they taste this beer, but if you like NE IPAs, forego the Sam Adams and Bells of the world, take this one home. Ultra smooth, juicy, and incredibly balanced between the bitter and the juicy. The low ratings? I don't understand them.

From a twelve ounce brown bottle, this brew has a dense and thick brilliant whit head. The aroma has ja pine and fruit smell. Fresh and intense. The taste is semi-sweet, with fruit and a resiny hop flavor. Full in body and interesting.

12 oz. Bottle
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Poured into a Surly glass a pretty nice hazy golden orangy color, pretty nice carbonation, with a pretty nice thick/creamy one-finger off-white head, which leaves some nice sticky lacing behind. The nose is malty, hoppy, with a little citrus complex (orange, tangerine), grassy/wheaty. The taste is nice, malty, hoppy, with a nice little citrus complex (orange, tangerine), nice grassy/wheat note. Medium body, ABV is hidden nicely, with a little dry/bitter finish. Overall, a nice thirst quencher.

 

 

I was just over at the Friendly Greek Bottle Shop (FGBS) today in the "teeth" of the snowfall, but in advance of the creeping cold that is due to blanket the area. I scoured the shelves for new & different beers since I do not plan to venture out much over these next couple/few days.

From the Bottle: "Soft and Round with Bright Hop Aroma".

I Pop!ped the cap & began a slow C-Line pour into the awaiting glass. This, in turn, created a massive two-plus fingers of dense, foamy, rocky, light-tan head with decent retention that left a load of lacing in its wake. Color was an oh-so-slightly-hazy Golden-Amber (SRM = > 5, < 7). I attribute it to the addition of wheat as an adjunct as it just ain't THAT cold to be causing a chill haze. Nose had a tangy citrusiness, like lemons and Wheaties. Mmm. Mouthfeel was medium. The taste was very much like my late-Pops morning bowl of Wheaties, but with a spritzy citrusiness of lemon. Mmm. Finish was semi-dry, but eminently drinkable. It did not do much to warm me up, but it did put a smile on my face, FWIW. YMMV.

Snow Glare pours a bronze color, with a small, long lasting and lacing head. Mellow aroma, creamy and just a hint of hops. Flavors is mellow, creamy backbone, with a nice mix of hops. Good body and feel. Overall, a very nice hoppy wheat, good wheat base, and a nice mix of the hops that isn't overpowering.

No date on the bottle

A: slight haze; deep gold; 1+ finger ivory head that receded to a splotchy cap; little lacing;

S: tart lemon and sour milk;

T: a very nice tart lemon to the middle changing to sour milk through the finish; almost no bitterness;

M: light to medium bodied; moderate carbonation; lightly dry finish;

O: not sure if the bottle was old, but this wasn't enjoyable;

 

 

 

 

 

I got this off the single shelf at the Kroger near my house. It poured a slightly hazy yellow with white head that is leaving some lace. The scent had hints of lemon. The taste was nicely balanced and easy to drink with lemon hints. The mouthfeel is lighter in body with good carbonation. Overall it's a decent beer.

12oz bottle. Poured out a clear, golden orange color with a small, white head of foam. It smelled of pine, toasted caramel, wheat and citrus. Citrusy up front with some piney bitterness and a toasted caramel backbone.

From 16 ounce Prowler bought at Liquor Shed.

Pours a slightly hazy straw yellow, nice head of foam, brings the lacing.

Nose has wheat, grapefruit, more grain. No sweet notes and the hops come across as mild.

Definitely more assertive hop presence taste wise while maintaining a good healthy wheat flavour. Grains grow as time goes on but never to the point of detracting.

Medium body with medium carbonation.

Pretty good.