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Style: Hoppy Wheat Beer ABV: 4.5% Glassware: Nonic Pint Appearance: Another hazy wheat beer sits before me. The head is one inch thick and is off white in color with just a touch of yellow. The beer itself is an orange forward light amber. Aroma: This fills my nostrils with a chalky and mineral quality, as well as light banana, grainy mal ...

Saugatuck Starburst Wheat

Style: Hoppy Wheat Beer
ABV: 4.5%
Glassware: Nonic Pint

Appearance: Another hazy wheat beer sits before me. The head is one inch thick and is off white in color with just a touch of yellow. The beer itself is an orange forward light amber.

Aroma: This fills my nostrils with a chalky and mineral quality, as well as light banana, grainy malt, light lemon esters, melon and a very light acidic character.

Flavor: Doughy malt, chalky, bitter hops with a nice earthy and grassy flavor. I am interpreting the esters from the yeast as being grape, a little strawberry and melon.

Mouthfeel: Medium to high carbonation levels. Effervescent and medium bodied on the tongue, it has a relatively robust overall mouthfeel for a wheat beer, primarily because of the more highly hopped character than one would find in a traditional wheat beer.

Aftertaste: Mild hop bitterness and chalky wheat flavor. I detect those grassy and tropical fruit forward hops, as well as light banana esters before it settles into its

Source: Mitten Brew

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