Shock Top Pumpkin Wheat - Anheuser-Busch

frankiepop

Pennsylvania

3.28/5  rDev +5.5%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3

Typically looking pumpkin beer with an orange cloudy hazy amber hue.

Aroma was more mild in strength, spice, and even pumpkin than most pumpkin beers though the pumpkin was there and that was nice.

The beer did taste of real pumpkin in the beer with lesser spiciness though the pumpkin was not over whelming. The texture was a little watery or wet with some carbonation. I generally prefer lower carbonation, but pumpkin beer demands a little higher pumpkin to bring on the refreshing richness that I think makes pumpkin brews so nice.

I compared this beer to another pumpkin ale St. Ambroise Pumpkin Ale. St A is much darker and and more aromatic with pumpkin, while Shock has that sour like smell with a nice hint of pumpkin. When comparing I find that Shock has a nice hi carbonated blend of the sour wheat flavors with a mild pumpkin hint. The pumpkin mellows Shocks sour wheat flavor. I thinks, boy, this might be a nice summer blend of flavors. Though the St. A huge smooth pumpkin flavors just buries Shock otherwise. However, the comparison leaves me with a better appreciate the Shock Pumpkin beer.

Shock is a nice pumpkin beer for a hot day thirst quencher. Thumb up. I recommend it with a little hesitation. I don't think it will shock you, but you may have have a pleasant time drinking this beer. This beer is really meant to drank to some mellow rock from the 70s. You know Steely Dan Aja, Fleetwood Mac, or "Hello It's Me" by Todd Rundgren.

Serving type: bottle

10-17-2012 07:19:02 | More by frankiepop

jimmah120

Minnesota

2.81/5  rDev -9.6%
look: 4.25 | smell: 2.25 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.75

12oz bottle taken from a sampler pack

cloudy orange brown look with a small frothy film. smell is pumpkin pie, wheat, and red wine. taste is crisp wheat beer(citrus), creamy pumpkin pie filling, with a bitter/waxy finish and hints of clove/nutmeg.

overcarbonated wheat beer with decent pumpkin flavor, but a poor finish. not terrible, but could have been done much better.

Serving type: bottle

06-17-2013 05:47:45 | More by jimmah120

das_Bier

Alabama

2.25/5  rDev -27.7%

06-15-2013 20:55:06 | More by das_Bier

barneysdad

Pennsylvania

3.5/5  rDev +12.5%

06-15-2013 01:30:26 | More by barneysdad

egrace84

Illinois

3/5  rDev -3.5%

06-09-2013 05:57:00 | More by egrace84

EricClayton

West Virginia

3/5  rDev -3.5%

06-06-2013 04:37:54 | More by EricClayton

DuffmanSaysALotOfThings

New York

2.5/5  rDev -19.6%

06-05-2013 18:42:53 | More by DuffmanSaysALotOfThings

bmac093

Florida

3.25/5  rDev +4.5%

06-05-2013 04:34:52 | More by bmac093

maxwelldeux

North Carolina

2.25/5  rDev -27.7%

06-03-2013 02:19:00 | More by maxwelldeux

MikeyJ777

New York

4.25/5  rDev +36.7%

06-01-2013 03:50:02 | More by MikeyJ777

burninggoat

Missouri

2.75/5  rDev -11.6%

05-31-2013 01:54:51 | More by burninggoat

jesseejames

Montana

2.85/5  rDev -8.4%
look: 3 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 3

This beer is just OK. Not something to write home about. It has a nice color. An average head. I did not pick up any wheat taste or smell at all. The punpkin taste seemed to me to be by addition of pumpkin spices off the supermarket shelve. I liked that it was sweeter than most. It is a nice drinkable beer but not something I want to have again.

Serving type: bottle

05-27-2013 19:59:32 | More by jesseejames

somethingcreative

Indiana

2.75/5  rDev -11.6%

05-27-2013 02:17:31 | More by somethingcreative

Srive009

Florida

4/5  rDev +28.6%

05-18-2013 23:43:04 | More by Srive009

NickThePyro

Washington

3/5  rDev -3.5%

05-16-2013 08:02:23 | More by NickThePyro

aLenwell

Florida

3/5  rDev -3.5%

05-14-2013 00:34:48 | More by aLenwell

Whiskeydeez

Kansas

2.75/5  rDev -11.6%

05-12-2013 16:30:16 | More by Whiskeydeez

Slay40

Michigan

2.75/5  rDev -11.6%

05-12-2013 02:36:27 | More by Slay40

pcsnyder

Pennsylvania

3.5/5  rDev +12.5%

05-10-2013 16:09:10 | More by pcsnyder

twenty5

Pennsylvania

2/5  rDev -35.7%

05-10-2013 14:38:43 | More by twenty5

Bill235

Ohio

3.25/5  rDev +4.5%

05-09-2013 19:52:52 | More by Bill235

HideYaBeer

Florida

4/5  rDev +28.6%

05-05-2013 21:09:52 | More by HideYaBeer

stormgasm7

Arkansas

3.75/5  rDev +20.6%

05-01-2013 04:42:14 | More by stormgasm7

NOLANDMAN

Massachusetts

4/5  rDev +28.6%

05-01-2013 03:14:43 | More by NOLANDMAN

Cvescalante

Texas

1.75/5  rDev -43.7%

04-29-2013 02:56:35 | More by Cvescalante