Carmel Wheat Beer
United Brewing Group

Bottle part of a mixed 6pack. I couldn't find any dating.

It pours a clear light gold with a small head of foam.

I smell wheat, little bit of caramel malt sweetness.

The taste has wheat, the malt is overly sweet imho, and there's a vegetable flavour that isn't appealing to my palate. Earthy vegetables? Best that I can describe.

Good enough mouthfeel.

1 bottle will do me.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Drank several of these back in the late 90's. Found it in the micro-brew section of the liqour store behind the apartment I lived in at the time. After a five mile bike ride home from school I popped this open and drank ice cold. Very refreshing. I think this beer is long gone and out of production. Would like to try another all these years later and compare.

 

 

I got this in Monterey while I was on my honeymoon.

Appearance- golden color, head dissipates quickly

Smell- mostly malt

Taste- mostly malt

Mouthfeel- light to medium bodied

Drinkability- It was ok. I would drink it again. Not horribly bad just kind of average.

Thanks to jcwattsrugger for this one.

A: Pours a pale yellow with a puffy head.

S: Aromas of light wheat, muted citrus, and pale malts.

T: Light wheat, citrus, bread, not impressed with this one.

M: Very thin, dare I say watery.

D: It's like water you could drink a ton of it, but who would want too?

Poured from the 12oz bottle into a pint glass. Body is a rich golden color, topped by a finger of off-white head. Not even a touch of cloudiness - I guess this a fully-filtered wheat ale. Somewhat sweet aroma of light caramel malt, with a slightly nutty character and a touch of light, fruity hops.
Palate is overly sweet, heavy on sweet caramel with some adjunct notes. I don't know if they used cheap wheat, or also some adjunct malt in here, but something seems a little off. The mild hop profile provides a little balance, lending some notes of light fruit. Medium body has some lively carbonation, but doesn't pick up much lightness from the wheat. I'm not at all impressed with this one. Meh.

Picked up a single 12oz bottle of this from Whole Foods in Santa Cruz. Thank goodness I didn't go for a six pack! Not impressed at all. Pours piss yellow with a head that fades quickly. Smells vaguely fruity and buttery with notes of lemon and antacid- or maybe thats lemon antacid. Tastes similar with an unoleasant buttered popcorn taste, and not enough citrus or other fruit to keep it lively. The mouthfeel is slick and mildly unpleasant. Avoid.

12 oz bottle poured into pint glass. Clear piss/apple juice color with a bit of chill haze. Thin fizzy white head that fades to a sickly smattering of froth. Diacetyl aroma with a sweet butteriness and possibly some corn? No hallmark wheat notes. Flavor is essentially carbonated diacetyl with a grainy undercurrent. High carbonation, thin body. Not recommended.

12 oz. bottle picked up at the Mendocino brewery, Carmel Wheat Beer (it says Hefe-weizen underneath that on the label, which it obviously isn't) is a hazy dull gold with a large white head that has decent last and leaves decent lace.

Smell is grainy, a little sour, salty and mineral laden, with a dash of sugar.

Taste is surprisingly malty, caramel mostly, also a little grainy and salty, better then the nose, not much but nothing too exciting. Still, it grew on me. I normally don't caree for this style at all, and the caramel maltiness was a nice touch that I enjoyed.

Mouthfeel is carbonated, a bit drier, with a light body.

Drinkability is OK, better then I expected, a little to sweet for some perhaps, definitely not a hefe, but a decent little APWA, albeit a generic one.

An interestingly enough looking suspect at my local Trader Joe's, I once again took advantage of their singles pricing policy. This beer pours a slightly opaque golden straw in color and offers little head or retention.

Smell is very much to the wheat side, with a little malty cooked banana, but otherwise void of the typical nose. And the bottle does use the Hefe-Weizen moniker, albeit below the much larger 'Wheat Beer'..

Taste isn't bad but yet not quite what was expected. Much richer than expected and with a dry slightly bitter finish. A decent beer at a decent price but lightly carbonated for the style and a bit malty dinging the feel a bit.

Brewed by Carmel Brewing Co. of Carmel, CA originally, who was bought by United Brewing Group of Salinas, CA, who currently contracts to Mendocino Brewing in Ukiah, CA. Trader Joe's carries other Mendocino Brews so this seems like logical family interactions. At this time, I would like to thank Al Gore for inventing the Internet so I could do this research from my desk.

Party beer, nobody knows where friends got it from.

A - Unfiltered, with a light orange body, and slight head. Head dissipated moderately fast.

S - Peach and tangerine with a slight bit of coriander.

T - Peach, tangerine, coriander, and wheat.

M - The mouthfeel could have had more character versus just carbonated. Kind of bitter from all the carbonation.

D - Drinkable on a hot day, but there are many finer examples of what a real hef should taste like.