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Shock Top Belgian White
Anheuser-Busch
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- From:
- Anheuser-Busch
- Missouri, United States
- Style:
- Witbier
Ranked #314 - ABV:
- 5.2%
- Score:
- 69
Ranked #30,091 - Avg:
- 2.95 | pDev: 23.39%
- Reviews:
- 953
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Monday at 12:38 AM
- Added:
- Mar 11, 2006
- Wants:
- 61
- Gots:
- 1,195
SCORE
69
Poor
69
Poor
Notes:
Originally known as Spring Heat Spiced Wheat
We’ve shaken up traditional tastes by brewing a spiced Belgian-style wheat ale with real orange, lemon and lime peels,and then added a little coriander spice to the mix. This uniquely-crafted and award-winning ale is unfiltered to create a brew that is naturally cloudy with a light golden color and a smooth, refreshing finish.
We’ve shaken up traditional tastes by brewing a spiced Belgian-style wheat ale with real orange, lemon and lime peels,and then added a little coriander spice to the mix. This uniquely-crafted and award-winning ale is unfiltered to create a brew that is naturally cloudy with a light golden color and a smooth, refreshing finish.
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Rated by Eriepa76 from Minnesota
1.42/5 rDev -51.9%
look: 4 | smell: 2 | taste: 1 | feel: 1 | overall: 1
1.42/5 rDev -51.9%
look: 4 | smell: 2 | taste: 1 | feel: 1 | overall: 1
How in samhain is this still being made? Tastes like someone poured a cup of sugar in a blue moon. Purely putrid. Cheers.
Dec 10, 2022Reviewed by BuzzedNinthBeer from California
1/5 rDev -66.1%
look: 1 | smell: 1 | taste: 1 | feel: 1 | overall: 1
1/5 rDev -66.1%
look: 1 | smell: 1 | taste: 1 | feel: 1 | overall: 1
On the one hand, it’s good to see mule urine not going to waste; on the other, it’s still mule urine.
This is what happens when the giants pretend they can brew a craft beer.
Sep 11, 2022This is what happens when the giants pretend they can brew a craft beer.
Rated by Pathora from Maine
3.24/5 rDev +9.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 2 | taste: 4 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.25
3.24/5 rDev +9.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 2 | taste: 4 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.25
Honestly, despite this being macro it does taste pretty nice, smells like nothing tho. I'd recommend this with a burger or maybe some crabcakes.
Jul 30, 2022Reviewed by kd2315 from New Jersey
2.54/5 rDev -13.9%
look: 3 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 2.25 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.75
2.54/5 rDev -13.9%
look: 3 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 2.25 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.75
Very drinkable, quaffable beer. Nice head, deep amber/pale orange color. No note of hops nose on it. Smell is orangey. First drink was surprising - in that I was expecting a belgian yeast, but it wasn't there. Also lacking was the coriander - though it has a prominent orange juice taste. Goes down easy, clean, not much of an after taste. No discernable hop bitterness or hop citrus hit. I was missing the belgian yeast taste and at least a bit of hops nose to it. Frankly, it tastes like a generic clean ale with some orange juice added.
Certainly a good lawnmower beer, but nothing special and really an outlier of a belgian wheat.
Jul 02, 2022Certainly a good lawnmower beer, but nothing special and really an outlier of a belgian wheat.
Reviewed by DrOfGolf from Delaware
2.69/5 rDev -8.8%
look: 3 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5
2.69/5 rDev -8.8%
look: 3 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5
Just average Belgium white, similar to Blue Moon. A good drinkable beer especially on hot and humid days of mowing the lawn or just working your butt off.
Jun 15, 2022
Reviewed by Schwinnilla from New York
2.62/5 rDev -11.2%
look: 2.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5
2.62/5 rDev -11.2%
look: 2.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5
Why all the hate? If you're looking for a "day" beer, try it! It went down easy, didn't leave me feeling bloated and it's refreshing. I dug the citrusy (?) taste and the huge slice of orange that it came with enhanced the flavor more.
Mar 28, 2022
Reviewed by tekstr1der from New Hampshire
3/5 rDev +1.7%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
3/5 rDev +1.7%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
Of the big macro commercial wits out there, this is bottom of the heap. Barely passable on a summer day - do yourself a favor and get UFO or Blue Moon instead. Or just get Allagash - now in cans too haha.
Mar 06, 2022Rated by Denverbeerman21
2.64/5 rDev -10.5%
look: 4 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.75
2.64/5 rDev -10.5%
look: 4 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.75
Orange, hazy, lt white head, did not stay around. Brady, citrus, light on flavor. Easy drinking. Orange slice would help.
Feb 18, 2022Reviewed by Legendary_Geko from Florida
3.77/5 rDev +27.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
3.77/5 rDev +27.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
I don’t understand the hate shock top gets. I think it’s a lot better than Blue Moon. It’s unfiltered so it looks funny but I think the lemon, lime, orange is better than Blue Moon’s Valencia orange
Jan 28, 2022
Rated by GoBlue16 from Ohio
4.15/5 rDev +40.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4
4.15/5 rDev +40.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4
good
Dec 18, 2021
Reviewed by chum_husk from Minnesota
2.72/5 rDev -7.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 2.25 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 2.5
2.72/5 rDev -7.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 2.25 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 2.5
On-tap at the local dive - review from notes
Clearish yellow with a head that lasts. Smells like orange pine-sol, not terrible but sorta chem-y. I like the taste of this, but can't have more than one at a time. Has a harsh grain alcohol element, otherwise it's easy drinking
OK for girl beer ;)
Jul 31, 2021Clearish yellow with a head that lasts. Smells like orange pine-sol, not terrible but sorta chem-y. I like the taste of this, but can't have more than one at a time. Has a harsh grain alcohol element, otherwise it's easy drinking
OK for girl beer ;)
Reviewed by BigIronH from Michigan
3.1/5 rDev +5.1%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5
3.1/5 rDev +5.1%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5
Orangeish liquid. Drank from bottle
So can’t comment on head and lacing. Smell is somewhat fruity. Orange and maybe lemon but it was a stale smelling fruitiness, not necessarily like fresh ingredients. Taste follows suit with a bit of spicy complexity. Not a bad beer. Not a good one either. It is refreshing.
Jun 27, 2021So can’t comment on head and lacing. Smell is somewhat fruity. Orange and maybe lemon but it was a stale smelling fruitiness, not necessarily like fresh ingredients. Taste follows suit with a bit of spicy complexity. Not a bad beer. Not a good one either. It is refreshing.
Reviewed by KT3418 from Colorado
1.2/5 rDev -59.3%
look: 3 | smell: 1 | taste: 1 | feel: 1.75 | overall: 1
1.2/5 rDev -59.3%
look: 3 | smell: 1 | taste: 1 | feel: 1.75 | overall: 1
This was my first time so I have to honestly wonder was this awful or expired? This had this weird yucky taste to it than wasn't like anything that a belgian white should taste like. Fortunately this was a kind of light nastiness. Idk expired or not I don't get a good vibe and this was just nasty.
Jun 14, 2021
Reviewed by defunksta from North Dakota
3.24/5 rDev +9.8%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
3.24/5 rDev +9.8%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
Appearance: Pours a slightly hazy (~35% opacity), medium golden color with a medium white head. Bubbling and aggressive. SRM of 7. (4.00)
Aroma: Mild aromas. Some faint pale malts, grains, and hints of citrus. Not much here. (3.00)
Flavor: Flavor is mild too. It has mild pale malts upfront before a sour and grassy note in the middle, before some faint lemon citrus notes. Has a sour and leafy note that lingers. Only mildly sweet. Minimal yeast too. (3.25)
Feel: Medium-bodied, lower carbonation. Finishes with a slight sour note on the finish. (3.25)
Compared to Stone Dayfall 6/13/21: Pours an identical color. Milder aromas/flavors. More sour lemongrass, Less orange, orange peel, bergamot flower, and jasmine. Winner: Dayfall
to Blue Moon LightSky 7/12/21: Pours a darker color. Milder aromas/flavors. More pale/adjunct malts with a larger body. Less juicy orange.
Overall: A pretty bland beer here. Even a disappointment for knowing what I was walking into. The appearance was the best part. Minimal aromas and flavors altogether. A mild sour note is really all I detect that lingers. People on here have described this as similar to Blue Moon, but I would think that Blue Moon would drink far superior. This was bland, sour, and flavorless. (Final Rating: 3.24)
Jun 13, 2021Aroma: Mild aromas. Some faint pale malts, grains, and hints of citrus. Not much here. (3.00)
Flavor: Flavor is mild too. It has mild pale malts upfront before a sour and grassy note in the middle, before some faint lemon citrus notes. Has a sour and leafy note that lingers. Only mildly sweet. Minimal yeast too. (3.25)
Feel: Medium-bodied, lower carbonation. Finishes with a slight sour note on the finish. (3.25)
Compared to Stone Dayfall 6/13/21: Pours an identical color. Milder aromas/flavors. More sour lemongrass, Less orange, orange peel, bergamot flower, and jasmine. Winner: Dayfall
to Blue Moon LightSky 7/12/21: Pours a darker color. Milder aromas/flavors. More pale/adjunct malts with a larger body. Less juicy orange.
Overall: A pretty bland beer here. Even a disappointment for knowing what I was walking into. The appearance was the best part. Minimal aromas and flavors altogether. A mild sour note is really all I detect that lingers. People on here have described this as similar to Blue Moon, but I would think that Blue Moon would drink far superior. This was bland, sour, and flavorless. (Final Rating: 3.24)
Rated by lflotron from Florida
3.9/5 rDev +32.2%
look: 4 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
3.9/5 rDev +32.2%
look: 4 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Very simple citrus taste. Could be used with anything.
May 30, 2021
Shock Top Belgian White from Anheuser-Busch
Beer rating:
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100 with
4182 ratings
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