Well, I actually am giving an effort to try some of the "craft beers" that the big boys (namely Anheuser Busch) are putting out. This here would be the "Hop Hound" Amber Wheat that they say is made by Michelob....maybe to try and think it has more legitimacy than something made by Budweiser. Whatever. While I'm going to be objective with this beer, I am not going to go lightly on the god-awful label this thing has. Really? A dog with 1980's style sunglasses holding a fucking frisbee? You actually had someone that wasn't a 12 year old girl design this? Are you sure it wasn't from some freaking clip art file that came with the latest edition of Microsoft Works that was bundled with your new Dell? These are the same marketing guys that used to absolutely dominate commercials and billboards, a marketing team that would sometimes get as much recognition during the Super Bowl as the actual game itself. Now it's gone back to that powerhouse canine mentality that used to be the shit during the days of Spuds Mckenzie (2 decades ago).
Alright, the beer. 12oz bottle poured into a pint glass. Bottle says it's 5.3% alcohol and that it's essentially a wheat beer, but with a nice hop presence and a "caramel, malty taste". We'll see.
Pours a...not quite amber, but a bit darker than a normal wheat. A pretty good, fluffy, 2-finger, white head, stays for a fair amount of time. Color is closer to a pale ale, and it is a touch cloudy, which makes sense as the bottle says it's "unfiltered". There is a touch of sediment in the bottle as well which may add to the cloudiness if you pour it all in at once like I just did.
Smell is that of a wheat, not like a big hefeweizen, but almost a lighter version in that it still has some of the banana-like sweetness. Sweet wheat is there and it has just a touch of floral hops....maybe some grapefruit.
Taste is dominated by the malt. Not dominated as in it's super malty, just that it's what's the most present. In terms of what the bottle says to expect, they were right in that regard. There is a touch of hops in it as well, the bitterness really tries to get through, but its really hard to find. This beer is a sweet-wheat, and while the hops are "there" to call it hop-hound is a bit stupid in my opinion. There are a lot of wheat beers out there with a greater hop presence that don't try and tell you how hoppy they are. Finish is kinda ehhh....you'd think if a beer was pimping their hops that's what they'd finish with, but it's the malt that stays there and just slowly fades away. What's left on your tongue is the aftertaste of a "lighter" wheat beer. The overall taste is alright, not great or much above "ok". The only real part I can say I specifically want to avoid is the aftertaste.....it's this funky (bad funky) feeling like you get with a lot of AB products. Drinkable brew, though.
This isn't so bad, not all that "good" but not bad. I may, though like the Bud Light Golden Wheat a bit more than this though, as this is just as thin and light on the tongue, and I could probably drink more of the BL Golden Wheat if I wanted to pound all day at a barbecue or something. I wouldn't go out of your way to order it at a bar or drive around town finding it, but if it's on sale or on special at your drinking hole, then go for it.
Verdict: 5.5/10
Alright, the beer. 12oz bottle poured into a pint glass. Bottle says it's 5.3% alcohol and that it's essentially a wheat beer, but with a nice hop presence and a "caramel, malty taste". We'll see.
Pours a...not quite amber, but a bit darker than a normal wheat. A pretty good, fluffy, 2-finger, white head, stays for a fair amount of time. Color is closer to a pale ale, and it is a touch cloudy, which makes sense as the bottle says it's "unfiltered". There is a touch of sediment in the bottle as well which may add to the cloudiness if you pour it all in at once like I just did.
Smell is that of a wheat, not like a big hefeweizen, but almost a lighter version in that it still has some of the banana-like sweetness. Sweet wheat is there and it has just a touch of floral hops....maybe some grapefruit.
Taste is dominated by the malt. Not dominated as in it's super malty, just that it's what's the most present. In terms of what the bottle says to expect, they were right in that regard. There is a touch of hops in it as well, the bitterness really tries to get through, but its really hard to find. This beer is a sweet-wheat, and while the hops are "there" to call it hop-hound is a bit stupid in my opinion. There are a lot of wheat beers out there with a greater hop presence that don't try and tell you how hoppy they are. Finish is kinda ehhh....you'd think if a beer was pimping their hops that's what they'd finish with, but it's the malt that stays there and just slowly fades away. What's left on your tongue is the aftertaste of a "lighter" wheat beer. The overall taste is alright, not great or much above "ok". The only real part I can say I specifically want to avoid is the aftertaste.....it's this funky (bad funky) feeling like you get with a lot of AB products. Drinkable brew, though.
This isn't so bad, not all that "good" but not bad. I may, though like the Bud Light Golden Wheat a bit more than this though, as this is just as thin and light on the tongue, and I could probably drink more of the BL Golden Wheat if I wanted to pound all day at a barbecue or something. I wouldn't go out of your way to order it at a bar or drive around town finding it, but if it's on sale or on special at your drinking hole, then go for it.
Verdict: 5.5/10
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