Day 17 Flying Dog In-Heat Wheat Hefeweizen

Ok, I would say "2 Hefeweizen beers in a row, crazy!" but truth is, if you're following this, you know I'm 3 days behind! Ah what a crazy weekend!

Also, I'm getting pretty tired of all the Flying Dog brews as it seems it's nothing special any more. But, In-Heat Wheat is a surprisingly well done beer.

I don't know how I feel about the name. In-Heat What. With some crazy looking dog on the label that looks like it's ready to get pounded...and then you have to taste their beer...AWKWARD! But no, thinking about it like that still doesn't make it taste bad. It's good, actually. A really smooth weißbier, and very refreshing. It smells wheat-y, and doesn't have an overpowering taste, nor is it heavy. Cold, refreshing, light. Just how a weißbier should taste. The addition of malted white wheat gives this brew its smooth, full mouthfeel. A proprietary yeast creates intriguing flavors of bananas and cloves. Bananas and cloves you question? It's a beer, I don't understand, you say? Come on, it's weißbier, get used to it. It's not like you're actually going to be eating a banana! Or drinking one for that fact. Go make me a smoothie! These people know what's up! Straight from the bottle, like I've been telling you before:

We didn't brew this German-style Hefeweizen with its award-winning flavor just so you could wing a lemon slice in it for showmanship. You're not getting style points from us. Germans [nor Austrians ;)] don't drink it that way, so save your attention-grabbing tactics for the karaoke stage, OK? OK.

Don't fruit the beer man! Here's another reason why I think Miller Lite actually know's whats up.

Good call boys. Ladies, you don't need fruit in your beer either. Get a mixed drink or shut it. Anyways, now that I'm over with that again...In-Heat Wheat. Like the name, I think this beer would be great on a hot day. Drink it in the heat, not when you're dog is in heat. You don't want to hear some crazy dog weird moaning noises while you're enjoying this. Just pour it in a glass, drink it out of the bottle, it's all good. This is one of the least alcoholic beers I've had lately at 4.7% abv. My only problem with it is that even though it was a wheat beer, I didn't notice any sediment, and was wondering how "unfiltered" it actually was. Even Bud Light Golden Wheat has some sed at the bottom. I didn't notice anything. I did notice that it wasn't as strong of a wheat taste as some other weiß beers, so I would consider it one of the lighter styles of the weißbier.