Shock Top Honey Bourbon Cask Wheat | Anheuser-Busch
Brewed by:
Anheuser-Busch
Missouri, United States
anheuser-busch.com
Style: Witbier
Alcohol by volume (ABV): 5.50%
Availability: Year-round
Notes / Commercial Description:
This Belgian-Style unfiltered wheat ale is brewed with honey, caramel malt, and aged on bourbon cask staves for the perfect balance of flavor and refreshment all year round.
Added by illeagle05 on 03-05-2014
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Ratings: 503 | Reviews: 117
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1/5 rDev -55.6%
Hmmm, how do I put this? Oh yeah DO NOT DRINK THIS SHITE! I get it most will say "What did you expect from a major brewer" but the bigs do make a consistent product and there’s a lot to be said for that. But this is grotesque. From the strong acridy urine smell and color (like someone who hasn’t properly hydrated in a while) to the disgusting spice notes that violate your taste buds this is completely undrinkable; it’s just...blechh! Seriously, did they dump everything from the spice rack in here? I swear it’s like I bit into matted rotting lavender and heather turf from someone’s garden; followed by the cloying vanilla sweetness of cream soda. And how come I can't rate this a zero? It's coming up 1? I poured this down the drain and even the sink gurgled in disgust at this crap. Man, where's the kerosene and a blowtorch I need to rinse my mouth.
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Hmmm, how do I put this? Oh yeah DO NOT DRINK THIS SHITE! I get it most will say "What did you expect from a major brewer" but the bigs do make a consistent product and there’s a lot to be said for that. But this is grotesque. From the strong acridy urine smell and color (like someone who hasn’t properly hydrated in a while) to the disgusting spice notes that violate your taste buds this is completely undrinkable; it’s just...blechh! Seriously, did they dump everything from the spice rack in here? I swear it’s like I bit into matted rotting lavender and heather turf from someone’s garden; followed by the cloying vanilla sweetness of cream soda. And how come I can't rate this a zero? It's coming up 1? I poured this down the drain and even the sink gurgled in disgust at this crap. Man, where's the kerosene and a blowtorch I need to rinse my mouth.
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3.82/5 rDev +69.8%
look: 3 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 4
The Honey Bourbon, in my opinion has a great honey taste, and is an easy beer to drink, I would have no complaints having another one.
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look: 3 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 4
The Honey Bourbon, in my opinion has a great honey taste, and is an easy beer to drink, I would have no complaints having another one.
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1.26/5 rDev -44%
look: 2 | smell: 1.5 | taste: 1 | feel: 1.75 | overall: 1
This tastes like fake honey and bourbon flavoring, not aged on casks. Personally, the combination of the two tastes like vomit. Total drain pour. I wouldn't waste your money.
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look: 2 | smell: 1.5 | taste: 1 | feel: 1.75 | overall: 1
This tastes like fake honey and bourbon flavoring, not aged on casks. Personally, the combination of the two tastes like vomit. Total drain pour. I wouldn't waste your money.
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4.77/5 rDev +112%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.75
People are just jealous. It's better than their own brew. It tastes, looks, smells, and feels like the title suggests it should. Honey Bourbon Cask Wheat Ale. The "fake honey" flavor these idiot jealous reviewers made were actually tasting a natural flavor. They are idiots.
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look: 4.75 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.75
People are just jealous. It's better than their own brew. It tastes, looks, smells, and feels like the title suggests it should. Honey Bourbon Cask Wheat Ale. The "fake honey" flavor these idiot jealous reviewers made were actually tasting a natural flavor. They are idiots.
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3.3/5 rDev +46.7%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
Type: 12-oz. bottle
Glass: Pint mug
From: Albertsons in Alpine, Calif.
Price: $10.99 for a variety 12-pack
Purchased: Dec. 3, 2014
Consumed: Dec. 3, 2014
Misc.: Bottled on Oct. 8, 2014
Poured a honey, orange, hazy color with 1-to-2 fingers of off-white head that dissipated rather quickly. Some bubbles coming up on the sides of the glass, but not crazy. Minimal wet lacing on the sides all the way down. Minimal retention. (Sight - 3.00)
Took a step back on the first smell. Definitely different. Got caramel, honey, brown sugar, marshmallow, crayon, molasses, oaky wood, light vanilla, light chocolate and leathery spices. Intriguing. (Smell - 3.50)
Taste wasn’t as good as the nose, but still different. Caramel syrup, toffee, thick honey, marshmallow, brown sugar, light molasses, caramel vanilla sundae, cereal milk, leathery wood, carpet (I know) and light cocoa. (Taste - 3.25)
Light-to-medium body. Thin texture. Soft carbonation. Abrupt, creamy finish. (Feel - 3.25)
This was a different beer that’s for sure and I like that Anheuser-Busch would try something like this. Like all of their craft beer attempts, it will be underrated. I think this was decent for the style and above average for the brewery. (Overall - 3.25)
3.30 | 76 | B-
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look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
Type: 12-oz. bottle
Glass: Pint mug
From: Albertsons in Alpine, Calif.
Price: $10.99 for a variety 12-pack
Purchased: Dec. 3, 2014
Consumed: Dec. 3, 2014
Misc.: Bottled on Oct. 8, 2014
Poured a honey, orange, hazy color with 1-to-2 fingers of off-white head that dissipated rather quickly. Some bubbles coming up on the sides of the glass, but not crazy. Minimal wet lacing on the sides all the way down. Minimal retention. (Sight - 3.00)
Took a step back on the first smell. Definitely different. Got caramel, honey, brown sugar, marshmallow, crayon, molasses, oaky wood, light vanilla, light chocolate and leathery spices. Intriguing. (Smell - 3.50)
Taste wasn’t as good as the nose, but still different. Caramel syrup, toffee, thick honey, marshmallow, brown sugar, light molasses, caramel vanilla sundae, cereal milk, leathery wood, carpet (I know) and light cocoa. (Taste - 3.25)
Light-to-medium body. Thin texture. Soft carbonation. Abrupt, creamy finish. (Feel - 3.25)
This was a different beer that’s for sure and I like that Anheuser-Busch would try something like this. Like all of their craft beer attempts, it will be underrated. I think this was decent for the style and above average for the brewery. (Overall - 3.25)
3.30 | 76 | B-
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1.29/5 rDev -42.7%
look: 2 | smell: 1.75 | taste: 1 | feel: 1 | overall: 1.25
wow, what a terrible tasting beer (for me, and it seems a few other folks).
the honey flavor IS artificial and for sure overpowering everything else, so I don't even need to go on.... carbonated artificial honey flavoring, that's what shock top should call this "beer". also, if Founders DID brew a beer like this, I would throw the bottle through their front window for being stupid. very bad drink, couldn't even give the other 5 bottles away. awful.
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look: 2 | smell: 1.75 | taste: 1 | feel: 1 | overall: 1.25
wow, what a terrible tasting beer (for me, and it seems a few other folks).
the honey flavor IS artificial and for sure overpowering everything else, so I don't even need to go on.... carbonated artificial honey flavoring, that's what shock top should call this "beer". also, if Founders DID brew a beer like this, I would throw the bottle through their front window for being stupid. very bad drink, couldn't even give the other 5 bottles away. awful.
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1/5 rDev -55.6%
look: 1 | smell: 1 | taste: 1 | feel: 1 | overall: 1
Horrible. The single worst thing I've ever drank. Raw sewage water would of tasted better.
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look: 1 | smell: 1 | taste: 1 | feel: 1 | overall: 1
Horrible. The single worst thing I've ever drank. Raw sewage water would of tasted better.
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2.6/5 rDev +15.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 2.25 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 2.75
look: 3.5 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 2.25 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 2.75
3.75/5 rDev +66.7%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
2.47/5 rDev +9.8%
look: 2 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 1.75 | overall: 1.75
Presentation: It was poured from a brown 12 oz bottle into a tall pilsner glass.
Appearance: It has a very thick and cloudy look with some carbonation and an orange amber color. An aggressive pour makes for a tall white soapy head which fades out quickly leaving no lacing at all.
Smell: The aroma has lots of sweet maltiness with a heavy dose of clover honey and bready notes.
Taste / Palate: It’s flavor starts off a big sweet mess. It is a very odd sweetness that somehow makes me think of sweet potatoes covered in honey and marshmallows then spiced with cardamom and cinnamon. Mid way though an odd bitterness moves in and brings a light woody oak musty note. It also brings along some dry herbal/leafy bitterness into the finnish. It’s full bodied and complex but not in a good way. The palate feels smooth, full and a little slick which makes it less drinkable.
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look: 2 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 1.75 | overall: 1.75
Presentation: It was poured from a brown 12 oz bottle into a tall pilsner glass.
Appearance: It has a very thick and cloudy look with some carbonation and an orange amber color. An aggressive pour makes for a tall white soapy head which fades out quickly leaving no lacing at all.
Smell: The aroma has lots of sweet maltiness with a heavy dose of clover honey and bready notes.
Taste / Palate: It’s flavor starts off a big sweet mess. It is a very odd sweetness that somehow makes me think of sweet potatoes covered in honey and marshmallows then spiced with cardamom and cinnamon. Mid way though an odd bitterness moves in and brings a light woody oak musty note. It also brings along some dry herbal/leafy bitterness into the finnish. It’s full bodied and complex but not in a good way. The palate feels smooth, full and a little slick which makes it less drinkable.
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2.84/5 rDev +26.2%
look: 2.75 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.75
look: 2.75 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.75
2.16/5 rDev -4%
look: 3 | smell: 2 | taste: 2 | feel: 3 | overall: 2
Really creepy faux honey flavor, and l did not taste any bourbon cask flavor at all. Although I drank an entire bottle in hopes of "acquiring a taste" for it since it was "something different" for me, I would never drink this again. This seems to be an epic attempt to cover many flavor profiles to please many, but it probably pleased not a single soul. Sorry, but this is a total bust for me.
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look: 3 | smell: 2 | taste: 2 | feel: 3 | overall: 2
Really creepy faux honey flavor, and l did not taste any bourbon cask flavor at all. Although I drank an entire bottle in hopes of "acquiring a taste" for it since it was "something different" for me, I would never drink this again. This seems to be an epic attempt to cover many flavor profiles to please many, but it probably pleased not a single soul. Sorry, but this is a total bust for me.
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1.94/5 rDev -13.8%
look: 2.75 | smell: 1.75 | taste: 1.75 | feel: 3 | overall: 1.75
12oz brown bottle with a freshness date.
Not much of a head, decent lacing. Hazy light amber hue. Odd perfume-like nose, cloying with faux booziness. Flavor is pretty much the same ... odd perfume-like flavor. Honey? I guess. Bourbon Cask flavor ... sure but it seems really force and yet again, odd. Belgian inspired wheat? No way. Some of the masses will fall for this one but in the end this is an outright failed attempt to be "crafty".
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look: 2.75 | smell: 1.75 | taste: 1.75 | feel: 3 | overall: 1.75
12oz brown bottle with a freshness date.
Not much of a head, decent lacing. Hazy light amber hue. Odd perfume-like nose, cloying with faux booziness. Flavor is pretty much the same ... odd perfume-like flavor. Honey? I guess. Bourbon Cask flavor ... sure but it seems really force and yet again, odd. Belgian inspired wheat? No way. Some of the masses will fall for this one but in the end this is an outright failed attempt to be "crafty".
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1.12/5 rDev -50.2%
look: 3 | smell: 1 | taste: 1 | feel: 1 | overall: 1
Smells like honey and burnt wood tastes like Burnt wood thick in feel and actually made me vomit haha
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look: 3 | smell: 1 | taste: 1 | feel: 1 | overall: 1
Smells like honey and burnt wood tastes like Burnt wood thick in feel and actually made me vomit haha
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1.87/5 rDev -16.9%
look: 3.75 | smell: 2.25 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 1.5 | overall: 1.75
Look Shock Top and Honey Bourbon Cask Wheat have all bad connotations. Starting with their first Bourbon cask winter ale. This looks nice though a deep honey golden orange glazed hue with a bright white head forming thick, fine speckled lacing left behind.
Aroma has honey nut cheerio grain notes, with big perceived sweetness and hints of oak barrel offerings there's nothing that makes me scream bourbon. A bit of orange peel is detected with those creamy characteristics.
The first sip is a cloying honey oak note that lingers with the honey notes just dripping down each layer of every sip it's horrible. Horrible artificial bourbon barrel notes in this honey drenched wheat ale it's an abomination of a beer.
Mouthfeel is cloying in every aspect if this beer doesn't induce the gag reflux something is wrong with your palate, honest to god...it numbs your tongue with alcohol notes and citrus peel while the honey gets caught in the back of the throat nearly inducing you to want to vomiting.
Overall, this beer is a drain pour from the second you start sipping until the end, AB would have to pay me money to give any positive review notes on this beer a completely hideous beer experience that the big boys can keep for themselves.
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look: 3.75 | smell: 2.25 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 1.5 | overall: 1.75
Look Shock Top and Honey Bourbon Cask Wheat have all bad connotations. Starting with their first Bourbon cask winter ale. This looks nice though a deep honey golden orange glazed hue with a bright white head forming thick, fine speckled lacing left behind.
Aroma has honey nut cheerio grain notes, with big perceived sweetness and hints of oak barrel offerings there's nothing that makes me scream bourbon. A bit of orange peel is detected with those creamy characteristics.
The first sip is a cloying honey oak note that lingers with the honey notes just dripping down each layer of every sip it's horrible. Horrible artificial bourbon barrel notes in this honey drenched wheat ale it's an abomination of a beer.
Mouthfeel is cloying in every aspect if this beer doesn't induce the gag reflux something is wrong with your palate, honest to god...it numbs your tongue with alcohol notes and citrus peel while the honey gets caught in the back of the throat nearly inducing you to want to vomiting.
Overall, this beer is a drain pour from the second you start sipping until the end, AB would have to pay me money to give any positive review notes on this beer a completely hideous beer experience that the big boys can keep for themselves.
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1.68/5 rDev -25.3%
look: 3 | smell: 1.25 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 2 | overall: 2
look: 3 | smell: 1.25 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 2 | overall: 2
Shock Top Honey Bourbon Cask Wheat from Anheuser-Busch
Beer rating:
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503 ratings
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