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Grasshopper Wheat Ale
Big Rock Brewery
- From:
- Big Rock Brewery
- Alberta, Canada
- Style:
- Kristallweizen
Ranked #16 - ABV:
- 5%
- Score:
- 72
Ranked #27,855 - Avg:
- 3.09 | pDev: 14.56%
- Reviews:
- 104
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- May 30, 2023
- Added:
- Aug 04, 2002
- Wants:
- 6
- Gots:
- 40
Light on the palate, yet packed with flavour and European hop aroma, with fruity or citrusy notes.
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Ratings by CAMRAhardliner:
Reviewed by CAMRAhardliner from Canada (ON)
3.62/5 rDev +17.2%
look: 2.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
3.62/5 rDev +17.2%
look: 2.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
Pous a crystal clear light gold. The head is pathetically shortlived and leaves no lace. The aroma is of light malts with slight banana esters and a shadow of hops. The taste is light but just flavorful enough. Sweet malt melds with fruity slightly clovey yeast flavors and cereal grains. Hops are light and add to the finish. The mouthfeel is light and crisp with lots of carbonation.
This or Mcnally's Extra are the best Big Rock Offerings. This is an unchallenging, simple yet tastey pale wheat ale. It would be good in the summer.
Nov 20, 2005This or Mcnally's Extra are the best Big Rock Offerings. This is an unchallenging, simple yet tastey pale wheat ale. It would be good in the summer.
More User Ratings:
Reviewed by LanceBiggums from Canada (AB)
3.6/5 rDev +16.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.6/5 rDev +16.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Pours a nearly clear translucent yellow, with two fingers of white head. Clearly it has been filtered, unlike most wheat beers, which tend to be cloudy. The nose is dominated by breakfast cereal malt - the wheat makes itself known. There is also a bit of yeasty banana esters, subtle but noticeable. The taste follows the nose, much maltier than your typical wheat beer, but the banana and clove notes are there, as are some gentle citrusy hops. The hops and malt are more prominent than in your typical German Weißbier, but not in a bad way. It goes down smooth, its body on the light side, and quite refreshing. Overall not a bad wheat beer - a bit different from German Weißbier, but not bad at all. Very drinkable and nothing unpleasant.
Jun 23, 2022Reviewed by Tony787 from Canada (ON)
3.15/5 rDev +1.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
3.15/5 rDev +1.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
I bought a can at the beer store in Ontario 473ml at 5%.
Poured a 1finger head into glass.
Wasn't crazy about the smell of this thought it was gonna be very bad
Left a lace as you drink it .
Sour creamy wheat flavors..
Overall average wheat ale with some citrus flavors .
Cheers
Nov 16, 2021Poured a 1finger head into glass.
Wasn't crazy about the smell of this thought it was gonna be very bad
Left a lace as you drink it .
Sour creamy wheat flavors..
Overall average wheat ale with some citrus flavors .
Cheers
Reviewed by Larryfunnell from Canada (ON)
3.38/5 rDev +9.4%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
3.38/5 rDev +9.4%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
It pours with a good head and a nice clear colour, but seems more acid than a lot of wheat ales, and too malty for my liking. The balance of maltiness and hoppiness just didn't seem right.
Aug 10, 2021Rated by davidward from Florida
3/5 rDev -2.9%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
3/5 rDev -2.9%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
A decent wheat beer.
Dec 26, 2020Rated by IceChuggington from Canada (AB)
4/5 rDev +29.4%
look: 2.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4/5 rDev +29.4%
look: 2.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Tastes better than River Valley. 6.9 Smirnoff Ices/2.626 squared
Jun 19, 2020Reviewed by WanderingRonin from Canada (AB)
3.02/5 rDev -2.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3
3.02/5 rDev -2.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3
Appearance is clear and bubbly with a bright yellow color to it, pours with a finger and a half of thin white head that fades rapidly but leaves a bit of a skim on the surface of the glass and leaves lightly clingy, slightly watery lacing.
Aroma is lightly grassy hops with a faint wheat note on the back end.
Very lightly grassy/ hay flavored hop note forward with a ghostly hint of citrus to it. Nice clean and easy drinking with a mildly wheaty malt body with a faint honey sweetness to it. Clean finish with ghostly yeast hints and flat metallic notes in the back end and some faint citrus notes on the aftertaste. Light bodied and easy drinking with a higher then average carbonation to it.
Not bad but a pretty standard pub beer with out a ton of character to it.
Oct 24, 2019Aroma is lightly grassy hops with a faint wheat note on the back end.
Very lightly grassy/ hay flavored hop note forward with a ghostly hint of citrus to it. Nice clean and easy drinking with a mildly wheaty malt body with a faint honey sweetness to it. Clean finish with ghostly yeast hints and flat metallic notes in the back end and some faint citrus notes on the aftertaste. Light bodied and easy drinking with a higher then average carbonation to it.
Not bad but a pretty standard pub beer with out a ton of character to it.
Reviewed by LocalBeerGuy from Canada (SK)
3.5/5 rDev +13.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.5/5 rDev +13.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
not bad beer came in the mix pack I bought for $25.99 in case of 12 good amount of head light yellow color with some carbanion a bit hops and wheat like taste to it.
Sep 28, 2019Reviewed by CTHomer from Connecticut
2.86/5 rDev -7.4%
look: 2.75 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 2.75
2.86/5 rDev -7.4%
look: 2.75 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 2.75
A; crystal clear; medium gold in color; 1 finger white head that receded quickly to a thin collar; no lacing;
S: not very aromatic; what's there is banana and clove;
T: even less flavor; grainy with a hint of clove and banana; finish is metallic;
M: light bodied; moderate carbonation; lightly dry finish;
O: I was so excited to see a kristalweizen - oh well;
Jul 12, 2017S: not very aromatic; what's there is banana and clove;
T: even less flavor; grainy with a hint of clove and banana; finish is metallic;
M: light bodied; moderate carbonation; lightly dry finish;
O: I was so excited to see a kristalweizen - oh well;
Grasshopper Wheat Ale from Big Rock Brewery
Beer rating:
72 out of
100 with
218 ratings
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