Wheat

Brewed in Rock Hill, South Carolina, Whistleblower from Legal Remedy Brewing Co, is a 6% watermelon wheat with watermelon purée. Legal Remedy is a courtroom/law/lawyer themed brewery, (https://legalremedybrewing.com). This wheat beer pours yellow with a semi-quick one-finger white head. The aroma is sweet, fruity, and light on watermelon. The flavor is sweet and there is more watermelon than on the aroma. The wheat is light as is the body of this beer. It is fruity and the sweetness makes a vanilla like note as this beer warms. This beer has a light mouthfeel. Then it finishes with a fruity watermelon sweetness that lingersmomentarilyt on the aftertaste. Whistleblower is a decent tasting beer, I give it a C. It is average and the watermelon is lighter than I would have like. But most watermelon flavored things don’t actually taste like real watermelon. This is missing some watermelon flavor. But it isn’t a bad choice, but 21st Amendment Brewing’s Hell or High Watermelon is a much better choice. Please stay safe, be kind to each other , and remember to enjoy responsibly! Cheers!

NoDa Brewing Co. Cheerwine Holiday Ale is a seasonal/holiday version of Cheerwine Ale. This beer is 5.2% ABV wheat ale with cheery and pineapple. This ale is supposed to be a beer version of Cheerwine Holiday Punch. This ale pours a light peach with a quick, fading one-finger white head. The aroma is wheat, cherry, and pineapple. The flavor is much like Cheerwine. There are cherry, pineapple, and wheat flavors with a mild sweetness similar to a sour ale. This has a light mouthfeel. Then, it has a sweet, fruity finish, like a fruity soda. The aftertaste is more fruity Cheerwine. This is not great, it comes to a C-. I feel this beer is trying to be three things at once, Cheerwine, Holiday Cheerwine, and a beer. It not doing a bad job, but it could be better. I bought this because it sounds interesting. It is not terrible. I wouldn’t buy this a second time. Please stay safe, be kind to each other, and remember to enjoy responsibly! Cheers!

I have been posting a lot of Belgian beer recently and thought it was time for something non-Belgian. This is Carolina Quencher from NoDa Brewing Company locally made in Charlotte, North Carolina. This is a 5.2% ABV tropical wheat ale. This wheat beer has passion fruit, orange, mango, guava, and pineapple. This beer sounds like a tropical fruit bomb. This beer pours yellow with a one-finger quick, thin, and fizzy head. The aroma is fruity as expected, with orange and passion fruit. I did get the faintest smell of pineapple, guava, and mango. They were almost not there. The flavor is juicy and fruity with passion fruit, orange, mango, pineapple, and guava. These fruit flavors do flatten a bit overall as this beer warms. This has a light mouthfeel. Then you’ll find a juicy and refreshing fruit finish. The aftertaste is fruity orange and passion fruit. The other flavors fade out in the finish. This is a good sessionable beer with good flavors that aren’t overpowering. I give Carolina Quencher an A+. Do drink this beer. Please stay safe, be kind to each other, and remember to enjoy responsibly! Cheers!

Peach Body Fruited Wheat from Royal Bliss Brewing Co. is in Denver, North Carolina. This beer has been made to remove gluten. This wheat beer is 4.1% ABV. This beer pours a yellow color with a one-finger thin white head. It quickly dissolves into nothing. This beer has a peachy, wheat, and crispy aroma. The flavor is peach, wheat, light malts, and crisp. This is not a Hefeweizen type of wheat beer. This is more of a pale American wheat. This has a light feeling on the mouth. Then comes a semi-sweet peach finish. The aftertaste is lightly malted with a peach flavor. This is more peach flavor than anything else. I give Peach Body a C-. The peach flavor is good, but everything else about this beer is slightly below average. I don’t think this is a terrible beer. If the peach flavor wasn’t as dominant, then this would be worse. It would not be bad if you had this. Please stay safe, be kind to each other, and remember to enjoy responsibly! Cheers!

I first heard about Cheerwine Ale from a social media post from The local Charities newspaper. This beer is from NoDa Brewing Company. This beer is made here in Charlotte, North Carolina, and is 5.2%. This beer is a wheat beer with cheery flavoring. If you aren’t familiar with Cheerwine, it is a cherry soft drink made with cherries in North Carolina. Cheerwine has been in business since 1917. This beer pours orange with red hues and a three-finger white fluffy head. The aroma is sweet cherry and light wheat. The taste is cherry and sweet, and there’s a faint cherry syrup note. It does taste like a lightly flavored Cheerwine. The mouthfeel is light. Then you come to a sweet cherry finish. Then an aftertaste of faint cherry/wheat that fades off with a little tart note. Does this taste like an actual Cheerwine? Well, not exactly. But it is like a lighter version of a Cheerwine. I would give this an A. This ale is sweet enough with a cherry flavor. I would recommend drinking this beer. It’s a tasty yet refreshing beer. Please stay safe, be kind, and remember to enjoy responsibly! Cheers!