Gateway
Situation Brewing

I've tried most of the beers at this brew pub, and this is my favourite. Pretty mainstream wheat beer but well executed. Nice cloudy yellow colour, good head that lasts, and very pleasing taste and mouth feel.

 

1L howler from the brewery, with a pretty weak fill level - I mean, it's below the neck, fer crying out loud! Anyways, the name appears to be an ode to the thoroughfare that runs adjacent to the pub portion of their operation.

This beer pours a hazy, medium golden apricot colour, with one fat finger of puffy, loosely foamy, and bubbly dirty white head, which leaves some roiling wavecrest profile lace around the glass as it evenly subsides.

It smells of toasty and grainy wheat malt, a touch of spicy yeast, faint stone fruit notes, and tame earthy, leafy, and floral noble hop bitters. The taste is bready and doughy wheat, a lesser grainy pale maltiness, some apple, pear, and underripe nectarine fruity esters, subtly edgy yeast, ethereal mixed earthy spices, and a still understated leafy, weedy, and musty hoppiness.

The carbonation is adequate for the job required, via its supportive frothiness, the body a decent middleweight, and mostly smooth, just a wee pithiness starting to tug at a few of my not so tolerant palates. It finishes off-dry, but not by much, as the muddled fruit and lingering spicy yeast keep a handle on things.

Overall, a pleasant enough summer patio quaffer, if wheaty ales are your preference. Well-made, robust, and not too sweet - the drinkability of this one should prove to be one of its merits - just make sure not to take any shit if your pint glass comes out a little short.

Pours nice and cloudy like a wheat ale should. The nose is biscuity and the taste has some definite peach notes. Nice and easy to drink and will be a good refreshing beer on the deck.