Shock Top End Of The World Midnight Wheat - Anheuser-Busch

Jason

Massachusetts

3.09/5  rDev -1%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3

12oz brown bottle with no freshness date.

LOOK: Tight tiny bubbled head, murky brown hue

SMELL: Wheat bread, banana taffy, vague spice, mild chocolate, slightly clean, toasted grain

TASTE: Semi-crisp, smooth, wet, lighter bodied, hint of chili pepper, mild baker's chocolate, earthy, dried grass, modest hopping,

Fun concept but this whole Shock Top brand is simply reactionary to what smaller brewers have already done. Just feels like every release they are pulling their punch. Sort of a muddled mess, one and done.

Serving type: bottle

01-16-2013 03:24:25 | More by Jason

jburd19

Ohio

2.75/5  rDev -11.9%

05-20-2013 17:49:50 | More by jburd19

egrace84

Illinois

3/5  rDev -3.8%

05-18-2013 14:54:53 | More by egrace84

MLKincer

Ohio

2.75/5  rDev -11.9%

05-17-2013 21:34:42 | More by MLKincer

aty11b

Texas

3/5  rDev -3.8%

05-14-2013 01:57:12 | More by aty11b

aLenwell

Florida

3/5  rDev -3.8%

05-14-2013 00:34:19 | More by aLenwell

Slay40

Michigan

2.25/5  rDev -27.9%

05-12-2013 02:35:28 | More by Slay40

alxcooldude3

Missouri

4.25/5  rDev +36.2%

05-10-2013 15:11:51 | More by alxcooldude3

GaryFields

Indiana

2.5/5  rDev -19.9%

05-03-2013 00:26:48 | More by GaryFields

cre83

Washington

3.5/5  rDev +12.2%

05-01-2013 18:46:50 | More by cre83

rjhaupt

Tennessee

2.33/5  rDev -25.3%
look: 2 | smell: 1.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.5

Look – The beer by and large looks good, however, there is one glaring issue and that is sediment. You can probably see some floating in suspension in the photo. I know there are ways to pour a beer to keep the sediment in the bottle and out of the glass, but I don’t mind a bit of sediment in my beer. The instructions on the bottle itself advocate the “pour most, swirl, then pour rest” method which would introduce sediment so I feel justified to comment on it. Again, I don’t mind a bit of sediment, but this is too much, it’s especially too much when I know it’s being produced at an Anheuser-Busch facility, which has brewing down a science and thus I can only assume this much sediment is intentional rather than accidental. Other than that it’s a nice copper hue with a snowy white head that never gets past maybe ½ a finger and dissipates quickly thereafter. No real tracing on the glass to speak of.

Smell – The smell is very mild, far milder than I expect from this style. If I really breathe deep I can get a bit of banana and some spicy notes, but not much else.

Taste – I’m looking at the last few sips of this and still don’t have much to say. It tastes like a standard, if a bit lacking, wheat beer with maybe a bit of cinnamon (which might be the spice the bottle is promoting). I will readily admit that I don’t think I have the palate to notice any of the tastes specific to midnight wheat nor chocolate malt, but unless those are milder version that a typical hefeweizen I don’t feel like they’re contributing a whole lot. None of the flavors are off or bad, they’re just not really there in the first place.

Feel – Crisper and drier than I’d have thought. I guess the I keep trying to compare this beer to a dunkelweizen, but it just isn’t. It’s more like a spiced wheat beer, but even still I tend to expect something a bit creamier and smoother than crisp like this. Not a knock against it, but not really a positive either, it just is.

Drinkability – Unexpectedly drinkable for how dark a beer is it. Goes down very easy, and at a respectable, but not ridiculous, ABV of 6.0% you could kick back a few of these on a chilly day and feel alright about it.

Serving type: bottle

04-24-2013 23:49:02 | More by rjhaupt

Erbo

New Jersey

3.25/5  rDev +4.2%

04-23-2013 23:24:42 | More by Erbo

GRE680

Michigan

2/5  rDev -35.9%

04-20-2013 22:52:41 | More by GRE680

AlkaholTester

Nevada

3.75/5  rDev +20.2%

04-12-2013 07:24:44 | More by AlkaholTester

ManMoosePig

Connecticut

3/5  rDev -3.8%

04-11-2013 16:44:04 | More by ManMoosePig

Bromine

Florida

3/5  rDev -3.8%

04-11-2013 11:26:45 | More by Bromine

bushwack

Alabama

4/5  rDev +28.2%

04-07-2013 22:05:03 | More by bushwack

Zachtheporter

Wisconsin

3.25/5  rDev +4.2%

04-07-2013 06:20:42 | More by Zachtheporter

edemaknn

Louisiana

3/5  rDev -3.8%

04-06-2013 02:57:04 | More by edemaknn

campfirebrew

New York

2.75/5  rDev -11.9%

04-04-2013 15:02:03 | More by campfirebrew

russpowell

Oklahoma

3.09/5  rDev -1%
look: 2.5 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.25

Pours a scarlet tinged amber with a pinky of tan head. Soome lacing & head retention

S: Faint pear & brown sugar notes

T: Follows the nose, some apricot too up front, faint chille & mocha notes. Slight fig & cocoa notes, plus dryness & slight grainyness, slight pear notes as this warms & a touch of
chille again. Finshes dry, slightly spicy/fruity

MF: Thin with subtle carbonation, alright balance

Not a bad try, but not one I'd buy a sixer of either. Better than most of the Shock Top portfolio

Serving type: bottle

04-04-2013 04:14:59 | More by russpowell

BlesstheHarvest

Texas

3.5/5  rDev +12.2%

04-01-2013 15:10:14 | More by BlesstheHarvest

TonyY

New York

3.25/5  rDev +4.2%

03-30-2013 23:10:56 | More by TonyY

SometimesIfart

Michigan

2.86/5  rDev -8.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 2 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

A - Pours a murky amber with a two finger slowly dissipating white head. Left a small amount of lacing.

S - Upon five large whiffs, I was not able to detect anything other than a very small amount of chocolate.

T - Chocolate and wheat all around, Met in the middle by a small amount of spice and flat malts.

M - Medium bodied with heavy carbonation.

O - Overall, A very average beer. Could work as a cross over.

Serving type: bottle

03-30-2013 22:43:13 | More by SometimesIfart

Doggfish90

Minnesota

2.75/5  rDev -11.9%

03-28-2013 23:59:23 | More by Doggfish90