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Big Rock Grasshopper Wheat Ale

Big Rock Grasshopper Wheat Ale

Rated 2.863 by BeerPals
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Brewed by Big Rock Brewery

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Style:  American Wheat

5% Alcohol by Volume

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Back in ‘94, as Ed McNally was driving through the great Alberta prairie, he had an inspiration. Alberta grows the world’s best wheat. In Belgium and Germany, there’s a long tradition of wheat ale, so Ed asked Bernd Pieper, Big Rock's first Brewmaster to create an Alberta version of the classic. On that drive in the prairie, a grasshopper had met its demise on Ed’s windshield. Ed was moved. He named the beer in honour of that little critter.

ID: 7440 Last updated 6 months ago Added to database 22 years ago

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Statistics

Overall Rank48813
Overall Percentile8.7
Style Rank645 of 722
Style Percentile10.7
Lowest Score1.3
Highest Score4.7
Average Score2.848
Weighted Score2.863
Standard Deviation0.625

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  • GIVMEBEER 795 reviews
    rated 2.1 7 years ago

    Aroma: 3 | Appearance: 4 | Mouthfeel: 5 | Flavor: 5 | Overall: 4

    This is just a bad beer all around. Sweet grainy malt flavours is the most positive thing I can say. Struggling to get it down. I hope this is a long enough comment.

  • PALEALERIDER 2314 reviews
    rated 2.8 10 years ago

    Aroma: 6 | Appearance: 6 | Mouthfeel: 5 | Flavor: 5 | Overall: 6

    Pours very minimal head, just a thin coating. Fairly weak lacing. Has a pale yellowish appearance. Aromas of grainy malt, with hints of sweet and bready malts. Flavours of corn, grains and wheat with notes of sweet malts and earthy hops. Good retention. Average carbonation. An ok beer, nothing much for a wheat beer. Had on tap a while back and seem to prefer that way.

  • MITCHFORGIE 683 reviews
    rated 2.4 13 years ago

    Aroma: 5 | Appearance: 5 | Mouthfeel: 4 | Flavor: 5 | Overall: 5

    Pretty average beer, on tap at work. Often when someone comes in and asks for lager, this is what I give them. It is not lager, but well it might as well be, very uneventful on the palate, and the nose is simple mild biscuit malt with a slight slight slight touch of lemony air freshner. thin to medium bodied, over carbonated.... cant think of much else to say.

  • BEERGINNER 58 reviews
    rated 3.0 13 years ago

    Aroma: 6 | Appearance: 6 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 6 | Overall: 6

    I asked my partner to 'surprise' me at the beer store and this is what I got...quite a pleasant surprise. A nice session beer...smooth feeling and tasting. Nice golden straw colour. Will definitely buy again!

  • OH6GDX 8392 reviews
    rated 2.6 13 years ago

    Aroma: 5 | Appearance: 5 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 5 | Overall: 5

    Canned (thanks Rosenbergh!). Yellow colour, small head. Aroma is fruits, wheat, grass and some slight cardboardy notes along with some mild caramel notes. Flavour is quite similar with some slight citrusy notes as well.

  • LILIHEL 7 reviews
    rated 2.7 14 years ago

    Aroma: 6 | Appearance: 6 | Mouthfeel: 5 | Flavor: 4 | Overall: 6

    Since i'm not a big beer drinker I still prefer light beer, except this one was almost to thin and watery for my own taste. Like water, that beer is very easy to drink...still refreshing. Nice yellow honey color, smell clear and fresh, not much carbonation, feels smooth in the mouth. Yum...Yum

  • CORSI 50 reviews
    rated 3.7 16 years ago

    Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 7

    A great beer on a warm day! Grasshopper pours a golden yellow colour with a fairly small white head which rapidly disappears. A distinct wheat aroma and a hoppy and malty flavour. Very smooth and easy to drink. One of my favorite everyday beers.

  • PAULCARDOM 549 reviews
    rated 3.3 16 years ago

    Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 4 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 7

    This is a golden-yellow beer with a white head. The aroma is weakly malty with just a hint of wheat. The mouthfeel is thin, with champagne-like carbonation. The flavour is complex, malty, hoppy, and wheaty tones all come through resulting in a very drinkable beer.

  • THAT_GUY 163 reviews
    rated 3.8 16 years ago

    Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 8

    One of the best beers that Big Rock has come up with. Tastes and smells wheaty but pours a crisp golden color. I Was surprised they had this beer on tap at Moxies.

  • LENUSIK 2067 reviews
    rated 2.6 16 years ago

    Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 4 | Mouthfeel: 5 | Flavor: 5 | Overall: 5

    This is a wheat beer in the American style eh? It's a golden coloured beer with a white head that refuses to linger. It smells and tastes grainy. The mouthfeel is medium bodied, but a little too much carbonation. Another brew that is popular in Alberta....but not sure it is popular anywhere else.

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