A Hefeweizen brewed in the American style with a refreshing kick. This easy drinking Hef is a lighter style American Hef with an added touch, the touch of orange. Carefully blended a hint of orange with an American Hefeweizen to produce this light easy drinking ale, perfect match for when you looking for something to satisfy your palate without being overly sweet or overbearing.
Beer Ratings and Reviews:
[1] Review by Sap from Tucson, AZ, USA who has tried this beer once. (8/5/2007 11:20:49 AM)
"This beer has a pleasing mandarin aroma to it. It is not overdone at all and is at just about the perfect level for a fruit beer. There is a citric mandarin flavor that is the predominant flavor but like the aroma it was not overdone at all. The fruit melds well with this clean light bodied beer quite well. This is a nice refreshing beer that would be great on a hot summer afternoon."
Aroma:
8/10
Appearance:
6/10
Mouthfeel:
6/10
Flavor:
7/10
Overall:
6/10
Final Rating, by Style:
(3.3)
Sampled: Bottle
Value of this beer for its style: Not Sure
[2] Review by Stoutlover72 from Northern, California, USA who has tried this beer once. (7/13/2006 9:09:13 PM)
"Can someone explain to me how this is a fruit beer? I mean, mandarin in the name, check. Mandarin tree on the bottle, check. Mandarin in the nose? Mandarin in the nose? Hello? Zippo. OK. Mandarin in the flavor? Zip there too. What aroma I did find was a pretty below average attempt at a hefeweizen, light apricots and light wheat aroma. Appearance was hazy, orangish/yellow with minimal head and barely any conditioning to speak of. Mouthfeel was light, but flat. Flavors weren't much to speak of either, and again, I couldn't get any orange. I could get malt, some grains and that's about it. Overall it was wet and cool but I was really hoping for more. Pretty much a let down."
Aroma:
4/10
Appearance:
6/10
Mouthfeel:
6/10
Flavor:
4/10
Overall:
5/10
Final Rating, by Style:
(2.5)
Sampled: Bottle Sample Size: 12oz @ $1 Unit Cost: $1.33 per Pint
[3] Review by willblake from Brick, NJ, USA who has tried this beer (1/18/2006 8:05:38 PM)
"bottle 04.18.04 Pours a clouded orangey gold color with little head but a trace that lasts. Aroma of fuzzy navel (?) and pink grapefruit. Smells yummy, but I expected something different than apricot on nose. Flavor is odd. Dry, pulp free, watered down OJ. Definitely mandarin orange, not other orange. Infact, there's even a tin can aftertaste. This beer does NOT remind me of hefe, but it is similarly refreshing. Very quaffable, but not so tasty that I want more. Huh. finish is uncluttered metallic citrus. This beer makes me rethink the other beers I labels as 'citrus' flavored. If nothing else, it's unique, one extra overall point for that. Sort of Orangina-ish."
Aroma:
6/10
Appearance:
8/10
Mouthfeel:
6/10
Flavor:
6/10
Overall:
6/10
Final Rating, by Style:
(3.2)
Value of this beer for its style: Not Sure Compared to this brewer's other beers: Not Sure
[4] Review by aracauna from Adairsville, GA, USA who has tried this beer (1/15/2006 10:21:32 AM)
"The beer starts out with a lot of promise. The body is a nice cloudy medium orange tan and the head is thick, soupy and white. The fizziness of many of the Grant's beers I've had is missing and that's a good thing. Good lacing. The aroma doesn't screw things up. There's a pleasant orange scent but little else. I think I might pick up a few esters and a little wheaty malt. The flavor isn't bad. It just leaves you wanting. Wanting more of the orange, wanting more banana and clove (being an American hefe, there's little to none of that) wanting more crisp wheat maltiness. More of something. It does live up to it's promise to be refreshing and easy-drinking. This idea could very likely work if it were a true German-style hefeweizen with plenty of the esters and clove (cloves and oranges go well together after all and my mom's apple salad was made with orange juice instead of cream and liberal with bananas and it was great) The only problem here is that the base beer is just too boring."
Aroma:
7/10
Appearance:
6/10
Mouthfeel:
6/10
Flavor:
8/10
Overall:
6/10
Final Rating, by Style:
(3.3)
Value of this beer for its style: Not Sure Compared to this brewer's other beers: Not Sure
[5] Review by herbjones from Orange, CA, USA who has tried this beer (10/30/2005 11:21:36 AM)
"Peach colored brew with a thin lace head. Apricot citrus nose(not hop citrus) that seems artificial. Carbonation is fizzy. This is the perfect Back of the high school underage wannabe brew."
Aroma:
4/10
Appearance:
2/10
Mouthfeel:
3/10
Flavor:
4/10
Overall:
3/10
Final Rating, by Style:
(1.6)
Value of this beer for its style: Not Sure Compared to this brewer's other beers: Not Sure
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(3.3)
