Is this another unannounced new listing or am I just not paying attention?
GREAT LAKES SWEET PETE'S PEACH WHEAT
LCBO 215426 | 650 mL bottle
Price: $ 5.95
Beer, Wheat, Craft Brewery
5.0% Alcohol/Vol.
Made in: Ontario, Canada
By: Great Lakes Brewing Co. Inc.
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Yes, Sweet Pete's Peach Wheat is a limited release as part of an LCBO harvest beer program (with Muskoka and Trafalgar I believe).
Approximately 50 stores have a limited amount, as we've only done a small batch of it. We also have a good supply at the brewery.
Brewed with fresh peach juice and local hops (from Guelph), it's a well balanced wheat ale with a hint of peachy flavour.
Approximately 50 stores have a limited amount, as we've only done a small batch of it. We also have a good supply at the brewery.
Brewed with fresh peach juice and local hops (from Guelph), it's a well balanced wheat ale with a hint of peachy flavour.
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To me, this tasted like it was possibly brewed using a weissbier yeast strain. I caught quite a bit of banana from it, but not really any clove. I think this is a well crafted take on a style of beer that is often maligned.
B+ / 4
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 3 | drink: 4
rDev: +6.3%
Pours yellow and little bit hazier than the "slightly cloudly" the bottle claims. It was slightly cloudy when I first started my pour; after dislodging a little bit of sediment from the bottom of the bottle at the end of my pour this was actually starting to look a bit turbid. An inches worth of head receded to a thin but retentive cap. The aroma is mild and peachy with a little bit of weizen-like banana esters. The beer tastes sweet but not overbearingly so, with a slight tang to balance it. Banana is more pronounced (even to the point of dominance) on the palate with the peaches playing a more secondary role. I'll hazard a guess that the "unique strain of wheat beer yeast" is a weissbier strain, except there aren't really any clove/phenol characteristics to speak of. This fairly light bodied ale shows a lot more character once its more than ample carbonation has subsided a little. This doesn't need to be complex to be good; it's simple but what flavour it posesses has depth. I like fruit beer, and this is a pretty good one as far as I'm concerned.
B+ / 4
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 3 | drink: 4
rDev: +6.3%
Pours yellow and little bit hazier than the "slightly cloudly" the bottle claims. It was slightly cloudy when I first started my pour; after dislodging a little bit of sediment from the bottom of the bottle at the end of my pour this was actually starting to look a bit turbid. An inches worth of head receded to a thin but retentive cap. The aroma is mild and peachy with a little bit of weizen-like banana esters. The beer tastes sweet but not overbearingly so, with a slight tang to balance it. Banana is more pronounced (even to the point of dominance) on the palate with the peaches playing a more secondary role. I'll hazard a guess that the "unique strain of wheat beer yeast" is a weissbier strain, except there aren't really any clove/phenol characteristics to speak of. This fairly light bodied ale shows a lot more character once its more than ample carbonation has subsided a little. This doesn't need to be complex to be good; it's simple but what flavour it posesses has depth. I like fruit beer, and this is a pretty good one as far as I'm concerned.
i agree with mintjellie's review except mine poured pretty clear. this would be a great replacement for the green tea ale during the summer.mintjellie wrote:To me, this tasted like it was possibly brewed using a weissbier yeast strain. I caught quite a bit of banana from it, but not really any clove. I think this is a well crafted take on a style of beer that is often maligned.
B+ / 4
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 3 | drink: 4
rDev: +6.3%
Pours yellow and little bit hazier than the "slightly cloudly" the bottle claims. It was slightly cloudy when I first started my pour; after dislodging a little bit of sediment from the bottom of the bottle at the end of my pour this was actually starting to look a bit turbid. An inches worth of head receded to a thin but retentive cap. The aroma is mild and peachy with a little bit of weizen-like banana esters. The beer tastes sweet but not overbearingly so, with a slight tang to balance it. Banana is more pronounced (even to the point of dominance) on the palate with the peaches playing a more secondary role. I'll hazard a guess that the "unique strain of wheat beer yeast" is a weissbier strain, except there aren't really any clove/phenol characteristics to speak of. This fairly light bodied ale shows a lot more character once its more than ample carbonation has subsided a little. This doesn't need to be complex to be good; it's simple but what flavour it posesses has depth. I like fruit beer, and this is a pretty good one as far as I'm concerned.
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