Tidal Wave Wheat
Padre Island Brewing Company
- From:
- Padre Island Brewing Company
- Texas, United States
- Style:
- Hefeweizen
Ranked #240 - ABV:
- 6.5%
- Score:
- 85
Ranked #29,356 - Avg:
- 3.69 | pDev: 8.4%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 4
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Nov 05, 2023
- Added:
- Jun 27, 2003
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 1
SCORE
85
Very Good
85
Very Good
Straw colored, light ale. Body is consistent in delicate "bread-like" flavor and aroma that are characteristic of wheat. Brewed with 70% wheat malt.
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Reviewed by naterock from Missouri
4.52/5 rDev +22.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 5
4.52/5 rDev +22.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 5
Color: Golden, nearly no head.
Smell: Very fruity, tropical aroma
Taste: Crisp and clean, very fruity
MF: Nice carbonation
I favor filtered wheats like this one to unfiltered, sometimes the complexity is lost when a beer isn't filtered. I chose to enjoy this beer without a lemon. I thouroughly enjoyed this beer, I bought a growler so I could enjoy it on the beach.
Mar 27, 2008Smell: Very fruity, tropical aroma
Taste: Crisp and clean, very fruity
MF: Nice carbonation
I favor filtered wheats like this one to unfiltered, sometimes the complexity is lost when a beer isn't filtered. I chose to enjoy this beer without a lemon. I thouroughly enjoyed this beer, I bought a growler so I could enjoy it on the beach.
Reviewed by mushroomcloud from Texas
3.85/5 rDev +4.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.85/5 rDev +4.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
A - Hazy butterscotch color. No head. No lace.
S - Fruity aroma, close to their blond ale. Kolsch like fruitiness.
T - Lots of fruit. Tropical style. Pineapple flavor dominates. Light banana. Not your typical hefe.
M - Full bodied mouthfeel. Medium carbonation.
T - Very good drinkability. Tasty hefe weizen.
Jul 08, 2006S - Fruity aroma, close to their blond ale. Kolsch like fruitiness.
T - Lots of fruit. Tropical style. Pineapple flavor dominates. Light banana. Not your typical hefe.
M - Full bodied mouthfeel. Medium carbonation.
T - Very good drinkability. Tasty hefe weizen.
Reviewed by GCBrewingCo from North Carolina
3.65/5 rDev -1.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.65/5 rDev -1.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
The beer arrived on the table a cloudy pale amber with a white head that lasted well, but slowly faded to nothing.
The aroma was light wheat with a low level of fruitiness.
The flavor was a low fruity character with banana. Just a slight hint of clove spice was present and a slight sourness.
The finish was dry with a lasting fruity impression and that same slight sourness into the aftertaste. The body was medium.
Served with a lemon, this was an ok hefe, but missing some character to be a German Hefe and too fruity for an American.
Nov 30, 2005The aroma was light wheat with a low level of fruitiness.
The flavor was a low fruity character with banana. Just a slight hint of clove spice was present and a slight sourness.
The finish was dry with a lasting fruity impression and that same slight sourness into the aftertaste. The body was medium.
Served with a lemon, this was an ok hefe, but missing some character to be a German Hefe and too fruity for an American.
Reviewed by cokes from Wisconsin
3.56/5 rDev -3.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.56/5 rDev -3.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Overcast and opaque deep yellow under a compacted scambled-egg foam.
Musty aromatics, with an belittled sense of lemon.
Enters with a large wheat bread doughiness, and stays this way throughout the majority of the beer. Hypo-caramel sweetness is found on the fringes. Some faux-farmhouse yeasty tones pop up on occasion, before a lemon-peel tartness materializes and rides into the finish.
Relative heft for the style, a bit creamy and subtancial while maintaining a refreshing easy-goingness.
I have never been a fan of "American Wheats", and doubt I ever will be. But this is good bet per the style.
Jun 27, 2003Musty aromatics, with an belittled sense of lemon.
Enters with a large wheat bread doughiness, and stays this way throughout the majority of the beer. Hypo-caramel sweetness is found on the fringes. Some faux-farmhouse yeasty tones pop up on occasion, before a lemon-peel tartness materializes and rides into the finish.
Relative heft for the style, a bit creamy and subtancial while maintaining a refreshing easy-goingness.
I have never been a fan of "American Wheats", and doubt I ever will be. But this is good bet per the style.
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