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Shock Top Spiced Banana Wheat
Anheuser-Busch
- From:
- Anheuser-Busch
- Missouri, United States
- Style:
- Fruit and Field Beer
- ABV:
- 5.5%
- Score:
- 72
- Avg:
- 3.04 | pDev: 23.68%
- Reviews:
- 23
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- May 17, 2018
- Added:
- Aug 11, 2014
- Wants:
- 14
- Gots:
- 55
No description / notes.
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Ratings by lucky_rodent:
Rated by lucky_rodent from Illinois
2.91/5 rDev -4.3%
look: 2.75 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 2.75
Sep 01, 2015
2.91/5 rDev -4.3%
look: 2.75 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 2.75
Sep 01, 2015
More User Ratings:
Reviewed by Hunter from Arizona
1.79/5 rDev -41.1%
look: 2 | smell: 3 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 1 | overall: 1.25
1.79/5 rDev -41.1%
look: 2 | smell: 3 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 1 | overall: 1.25
Got a single bottle of this in one of Safeway's mix and match sixers. Glad I didn't get more of this.
Look: Cloudy golden ale, no head, no tracing
Smell: Light notes of banana, cinnamon, vanilla
Taste: Nearly nothing. Some note of banana, very light wheat, no hops. Juice a banana, mix that with a Budweiser, and essentially this is what you get.
Feel: So thin as to be insubstantial. Watery and bland.
Overall: Do not waste your palate or your money.
Oct 16, 2015Look: Cloudy golden ale, no head, no tracing
Smell: Light notes of banana, cinnamon, vanilla
Taste: Nearly nothing. Some note of banana, very light wheat, no hops. Juice a banana, mix that with a Budweiser, and essentially this is what you get.
Feel: So thin as to be insubstantial. Watery and bland.
Overall: Do not waste your palate or your money.
Reviewed by Libeertarian from Montana
3.25/5 rDev +6.9%
look: 4 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.25
3.25/5 rDev +6.9%
look: 4 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.25
Very opaque amber, with small amount of some sort of chunks clinging to one side of glass. Large, but quickly dissipating lemon-white (banana-white?) head. In bottle, smells not like rotting banana, but like fake banana and just general rot. That said, I'm not even complaining, just describing. In glass, something familiar and strange, but I'm not sure if I'd call it unpleasant. Can't quite figure it out, unfortunately. Some specific big name candy perhaps? I still don't think that's right. Could be influenced by the spices in it as well, but still I hesitate. Oh well. Vaguely reminiscent of bananas and candy is what I'll put down for aroma. And the taste is more of the same. Except now I amy be onto something. Reminds me more of a number of pumpkin (spice) ales I've had than anything much to do with bananas, only far less intense, and perhaps more tart. And yet, the banana, whether real or fake, can not be denied, and at least there's not really a rot component. Over-ripe maybe, but not outright rot. Medium feel, sudsy, and smooth. Flavor oddity aside, I'm actually not inclined to call this just another try-hard beer. Definitely not my favorite, and yet it has grown on me.
Oct 12, 2015Reviewed by Jelitikasez from Missouri
4.29/5 rDev +41.1%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
4.29/5 rDev +41.1%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
Being a porter and stout fan, I was pleasantly surprised by how much I like this. Took a swig out of the bottle, then had to run and get a glass so I could more fully enjoy the sweet, round, slightly spicy scent. Not outright banana, just enough softly sweet notes to nicely juxtapose the beery tang. A pretty autumn orange, too.
Sep 30, 2015Reviewed by BigDaddyWarbuxx from Iowa
3.94/5 rDev +29.6%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.94/5 rDev +29.6%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
If taken for what it really is and not considering the brand, this isn't that bad of a fruit beer. Pretty close to what you get from Well's Banana Bread Beer.
Sep 28, 2015
Shock Top Spiced Banana Wheat from Anheuser-Busch
Beer rating:
72 out of
100 with
106 ratings
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