White Chocolate Torte Wheatwine
White Elm Brewing Company

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From:
White Elm Brewing Company
 
Nebraska, United States
Style:
Wheatwine
ABV:
10%
Score:
+9 ratings needed
Avg:
4.12 | pDev: 0%
Ratings:
1 | reviews: 1
Status:
Inactive
Rated:
May 16, 2021
Added:
Mar 28, 2021
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Reviewed by hoptheology from South Dakota

4.12/5  rDev 0%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
16 oz can, poured into Ghost In The Machine Fatty.
White Chocolate Wheatwine.

Pleasant to the eye, a tea-meets-cream-soda color, with a tall rocky head of tapioca. Even looks a bit like it. Recedes gracefully and leaves lacing in sheets.

Aroma screams of eclairs and elegant white chocolate torte adorned with coconut. I can practically smell the sponginess of the cake. This is world-class.
What's crazy is I totally missed the "torte" part of the can and still was able to identify it. That's how real this beer is.

Flavor slams home thick honey and stiff oxidation right off the bat, intermingled with stiff earthy bitterness, followed by rye malt and carrot cake. A semi-sweet hint of buttercreme finishes it off. Bitterness gets in the way of this one unfortunately, bringing a woody and piney bitterness to an otherwise delicately semi-sweet profile. It is drinkable but definitely not the gargantuan the nose predicated.

Feel is wet, slippery, and smooth, with mild to moderate carbonation and nearly zero alcohol heat which is incredible. It's a total ninja. Finishes with a nip of dryness and a slight buzz from carbonation.

Overall, pretty decent, I can still smell this beer on my upper lip and I want more but it jilts me each time, substituting that glorious torte for a more rudimentary high alcohol beer flavor. At $4.99 a can I don't think I'd revisit, but it's worth a look for the curious person.
May 16, 2021