ÜberSun (Imperial Summer Wheat Beer)

22oz bottle, $6.99 from Green’s, Greenville, SC, USA.

Pour is a bright, golden-orange body that sits underneath a rocky head with great retention.

Nose gives quite a lot of syrupy, sugar alcohol and a touch of the hops.

Tastes are quite a subtle combination of Saaz like bitterness and alcohol which has a slight warming effect. The aftertaste emphasizes both quite well.

Smooth in the mouth with no hint of the cloying nature that I was anticipating given the style and the alcohol. Ice cold this beer is feverishly easy to drink but as it warms it comes into an area that I think it is supposed to sit in. It does have a high alcohol presence and quite a noticeable degree of hop bitterness, especially in the finish. For those reasons I would say that at least in terms of the way it drinks (and ignoring formal style descriptions), this beer is basically an Imperial Pils. In fact, I was trying to place where I thought I had tasted this combo before and it was easy to remember – Rogue Imperial Pils and Sam Adams Imperial Pils.

In summary, it’s an Imperial Pilsner and in that respect I am very curious as to how this compares to Krampus.

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08/07/2009
Format:
bottle
ABV: 8.0 %
Appearance: 4.5
Taste: 4
Mouthfeel: 4
Smell: 3.5
Overall: 4
Total: 3.93
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