Name – Festina Pêche
Country – United States
Type – Berliner Weisse
Appearance – Poured a cloudy pale yellow color with a white head that was gone pretty quickly.
Smell – Light lemony smell and an ever so slight smell of peaches.
Taste – Tart, sour lemon right up front. Good carbonation. Light in body and easy to drink. No peach presence in the taste that I get.
Let me say that I love this style and wish there were more that I could readily get my hands on. Not beats this 90+ degree heat and 5000% humidity in South Florida much like a nice Berliner Weisse. I had been waiting for this to come out for awhile and have gone through 2 four packs since I have been back in Florida (about 5 days) and plan on many more. Plus it will be on tap this Saturday for the MikeLovesBeer.com 2nd Anniversary Party at the Coffee District.
Overall Grade – A
2 Comments
Sounds like a great beer for summer. I’m thinking I’ve never tried a Berliner Weisse actually, how does it compare to a classic example of the style (whatever that might be)?
Congrats, and have fun tomorrow!
June 18, 2010 at 1:43 pmScott the style is usually very light in body and color. Sour like tastes (lemon, green apple). They are oh so tasty and my preferred style for having after a long bit of manual labor.
June 18, 2010 at 5:00 pm