Sunday, July 01, 2007

North Coast Blue Star Wheat

Call this one inspired by Jay. That's Jay of Hedonist Beer Jive. Last week he started his Great Summer Wheat Off where he tasted a very nice one from Goose Island. So well inspired I decided to get on the action and have my own taste of a good ole American Wheat Beer.
The Beer: North Coasts version weighs in at a very light and crisph 4.5% alcohol (now thats a good summer session beer). Its not a seasonal but one of their year round offerings. The beer pours a hazy cloudy straw color with a nice foaming white head. Citrus notes abound here, a bit of yeast, low on the banana scent. The mouth is effervescent, lemony, a bit of yeast, zesty and ultimately refreshing which is what I want out of a good American Wheat beer. Not complex but very nice nonethe less. I'd give it a good strong B. Here's what the folks over at BA had to say.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Hi Tedo,
Thank you for linking to Professional Friends of Wine #http://www.winepros.org#. You titled the link, "Wine Pro's." Unfortunately, this title belongs to a (.com) site whose main purpose is to sell wine. Please change the link to say "Professional Friends of Wine," so we can avoid any legal entanglements with them. Thanks.
(Sorry to leave an off-topic post, but I have no other way of contacting you.)

Jay H. said...

Hey thanks for the link Tedo. Ironically, I had this one a while back and gave it a really low rating like 4/10 or something. The draft pint I had was severely lacking - a really strange taste for a wheat beer. Glad it hit your buds differently.

Barleyvine said...

Jim,
Thanks for the clarification, consider it done.

Jay,
Interesting, while I didn't think it was the greatest wheat, it was zesty and quite refreshing. I have only had this one from the bottle and not from draft, and usually I like the draft version better, but as you written every once in a while the bottle wins out.