Maple Leaf Lemon Wheat
Rocky Run Tap And Grill

NOTE - This review pertains to the location in Savage, MD, not the one listed on BA.com.

I should also add a personal note and reveal that I am not perfectly comfortable w/ reviewing this beer for its sake because of the presentation.

I ordered the draft and it came not only w/ no head whatsoever, but w/ a lemon wedge just stuck right in the beer.

I hope that the lemon flavor from this wheat beer doesn't mean that it is just a bland mixture of yeast and hops and then they throw an actual lemon in it.

This was the only smell I picked up, and judging by the not really cloudy but not see-thru body, I don't think there was much in here at all.

Even by the bottom of the mug, where the lemon drops couldn't have affected it, there was no real discernable taste except a hint of some spices.

This was a watery wheat beer w/ no real substance or flavor or hint of originality. Hopefully my experience is not the norm.

I am glad that this came on the sampler platter because it is one beer that I would not have tried otherwise. Poured a hazy light gold with white head and full carbonation. Nose is light, slight lemon was detected. Flavor is light, citrusy and very quenching, a hot day treat, lemon flavor was evident in mid body and then came on big in the aftertaste, a good beer.

A slightly hazy golden body is capped by a thin lid of white foam that readily receeds to the thinnest of collars, and shortly thereafter reduces to a completely flat head. Serving the beer with a slice of lemon, however, does not help. The aroma, on the other hand, displays a brilliant fresh lemon character that over-rides any malt or hops that might be present. The body is medium-light and it's just lightly crisp in the mouth before warming to become smooth. Lemon flavor and acidity dominate (a slice of fresh lemon will do that) over a clean, mildly wheatish maltiness that's balanced by a sublime bitterness. It finishes dry due in great part to it's lemony tartness. However, it is clean and refreshing. A nice summer brew!