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Samuel Adams Cherry Wheat

Name - Samuel Adams Cherry Wheat
Country - United States
Type - Wheat
Appearance - Light/Mid golden color, comparable to apple juice. No head, even when poured improperly from a bottle.
Smell - An overwhelming smell of cherries. Very aromoatic, similar to liquored cherries. Very appealing, but deceving.
Taste - Great taste, but different from the first time I sampled [...]

Penn Weizen

Name - Penn Weizen
Country - United States
Type - Hefeweizen
Appearance - A very hazy, straw color of gold.  Very minimal head.
Smell - Faint smell of pear with the traditional wheat smell.
Taste - The taste is just about the same as the smell.  Wheats really don’t fool you at all which is good.
While this is a good [...]

Shock Top

Name - Skock Top Belgian White
Country - United States
Type - Wheat Ale
Appearance - A very hazy gold with a orange tint. Small amount of head, not to my liking but normal in many wheat beers.
Smell - Not very strong, has a hint of a spicy orange if that makes sense. Not spicy like hot, but [...]

Bell’s Oberon Ale

Name - Bell’s Oberon Ale
Country - United States
Type - American Pale Wheat Ale
Appearance - A light orange to golden color that is very murky.  The beer itself has lots of yeast in it that you can see in the bottle.  Recommended to pour 3/4 of the bottle into the glass then swirl the rest to [...]

Franziskaner Hefe-Weisse

Name - Franziskaner Hefe-Weisse
Country - Germany
Type - Hefeweizen (Wheat)
Appearance - Hazy light orange color with a large 2 finger white head.
Smell - Sweet smell of citrus and even a hint of banana.
Taste - Very full and tastes almost exactly how it smells.
My friend told me to try this when I went to the German bar, [...]

Avery White Rascal

Name - Avery White Rascal
Country - United States
Type - Belgian White Ale
Appearance - Cloudy yellow color with very minimal head.
Smell -Pleasant smell of citrus. Not very powerful but enough to smell it
Taste - Typical citrus and slightly spicy taste you would expect from a white ale. Very refreshing.
Nothing really sets this apart from [...]

Possible redo of Hoegaarden

It was brought to my attention by my fellow beer lover Danno that I may not have poured the Hoegaarden properly to obtain the ultimate drinking experience with it. So I will at some point redo Hoegaarden and pour it the recommended way in order to see if my opinion changes.

Hoegaarden

Name - Hoegaarden
Country - Belgium
Type - Belgian White Ale
Appearance - A hazy yellow color with a nice frothy head.
Smell - Very pleasant smell. A little strong on the yeasty side but I find that very pleasant for a wheat beer.
Taste - Slightly bitter with a taste of citrus. No added fruit needed for [...]