Mike Loves Beer

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

Name – Hottenroth
Country – United States
Type – Berliner Weisse

Appearance – Pours a very hazy pale yellow color.  It good sized bubbly white head disappears rather quickly into the brew.

Smell – The scents were not strong but you could pick up the wheat smell, lemon and some spices.

Taste – The label says it’s tart and it sure is.  It reminded me of eating lemon and sour apple Warheads as a kid.  Of course it was not nearly as tart as the candy but you get the point.  But yeah lemon and sour apples are definitely picked up and a little bit of wheat in there.

I’ve never had a Berliner Weisse before.  I passed on the opportunity to have some at Redlight Redlight in November in favor of a few other things.  I was pleasantly surprised on this.  I am really starting to enjoy the sour ales I have been having and this is right up that alley for me.

Overall Grade – A-