Tasting Day: Summer Wheat Ale

Recipe and Brewday here.

The first thing I understood from this beer was that I screwed up the carbonation. Even after an aggressive pour, it just had a plain jane 2-3 mm thick head. It stuck around for some time and then receded to give way to a clear headless beer.

Baring that one glitch, this beer has a lot going for it. Without much effort on my part, it is a much clearer beer than most of my other light beers. It was fermented with WB-06 and has light banana notes on the nose. The low bitterness makes this an easy drinking beer; it is easily a lawn mower beer and can be paired with a burger or pizza.

This is a no-fuss, session beer with no overpowering notes or complex layers. Its not a beer that will start off a conversation about how it was brewed or what its grain bill was or what techniques were used. Since this was brewed along with the Cream Ale, I intended the end result to be a beer that ends up being sessionable like the Cream Ale for loads of afternoon or evening drinking.

And it seems this wheat beer serves its purpose pretty well.