Brewery: Crown Valley Brewing
Location: Sainte Genevieve, MO
Beer Name: Worktruck Wheat
Style: Hefeweizen
ABV: 5.3%
IBU: 14.5
The beer was poured from a 12oz bottle into a pint glass. Pours a very slightly hazy, golden yellow with a thin, white head with no lacing. The faint aroma is of yeasty bready, cloves, and a touch of banana. The flavor is spice oriented, cloves and nutmeg, with just a hint of banana, followed with some bread dough and wheat malt characteristics. Light bodied and a nice level of carbonation.
Overall just an OK Hefeweizen. Label probably was the favorite thing for me about the beer. Not as cloudy as I would have expected for this style of beer. Aroma was very subdued. Flavor was over the top with big doses of cloves and nutmeg, giving it a very spicy heat taste, almost a peppery taste. For my preference I would have liked a bit more banana esters to balance the spice. Wheat and malt flavors were good. Body and carbonation was nice. To be fair the Crown Valley website says to best in enjoy this brew young, and that it matures within a few weeks. I didn’t check for dating and I also purchased this as build your own six pack, so chances are it was much later than a few weeks old. Perhaps I’ll give it a try again another day.
Score
Label/Cap
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4/10
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Appearance
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3/10
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Aroma
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3/10
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Flavor
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3/10
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Overall
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3/10
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Total
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16/50
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0-9 Not worth your $
10-19 A OK Beer
20-29 A Good Beer
30-39 A Great Beer
40-44 A All-star Beer
45-50 A Hall of Fame Beer
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