Miasmatic Review

Sunset Wheat

Tonight’s beer is one I’ve had before. In fact many of my friends will know what I’m going to say about it just from the name. Tonight I review Leinenkugel’s Sunset Wheat by the Leinenkugel’s brewery in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin. BTW folks if you are ever up there, it’s well worth taking the tour of the brewery, the samples are great and if you play your cards right you can get thrown out too. But, uh, that’s a story for another time.

We have our standard 12 oz brown bottle. The neck and body label are rather quite busy. It’s blue with the name of the beer predominate across the front. There is a lot of information about the brewery and the brewery logo on it as well.

The Sunset Wheat is a pale yellow with just a hint of orange. It’s very cloudy. There is almost a graininess to the look. It poured a thin white head that quickly turned into a film on the top of the beer and finally just a ring along the edge of the glass. There was some lacing, but not a lot.

The first time I smelled this beer, I thought it smelled familiar. There was a mixture of Blueberries with citric accents. There is a subtle undertone of malted wheat. I couldn’t quite place the scent, and then I tasted it. It had a strong orange and blueberry taste with a good wheat backbone. Again it tasted very familiar. After a while it finally came to me, people this beer tastes like beer flavored Fruity Pebbles… but not in a bad way. Most folks I’ve talked to agree with my observation.

It’s a medium bodied beer. There is a strong carbonation to it that bites the tongue. There is a bit more carbonation to it then I generally like.

This is a sweeter beer then I normally like, but it does have a good flavor to it. This would be more of a desert style beer, one I would want to drink if I wanted something a little more sweet, but not too sweet. I’m going to give this 5.5 out of 10.