DreamWeaver Wheat - Tröegs Brewing Company

peterittenhouse

Pennsylvania

4.33/5  rDev +14.9%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5

This is nice...

Appearance: Pours cloudy orange with nice rocky head.

Smell: Deceiving, was expecting someting different. I was pleasantly surprised at first sip.

Taste: Nice spicy taste with good hop bite. Banana and bubble gum flavors develop as the glass gets empty.

Mouthfeel: Smooth, not quite as tart or snappy as I would expect. Almost creamy.

Drinkabilty: Too bad this is only available in Sampler cases. This stuff is great. I used to swear by Penn Weizen but like this just as much! Great stuff.

Serving type: bottle

02-18-2006 01:42:07 | More by peterittenhouse

DuqTroops

Texas

3.18/5  rDev -15.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3

reviewed over dinner on feb 10.

bought a sampler case and a six pack of this variety was inside. never had it before, but looked tempting.

golden in color and very hazy. little hops with much flavor. beer should be consumed in the summer. reminds me a lot of a hefeweizen brew.

will drink it again (only in may or june).

Serving type: bottle

02-13-2006 02:28:05 | More by DuqTroops

hero27

Iowa

3.5/5  rDev -7.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4

12 oz bottle.

Hazy, straw yellow color with a thin, fizzy head. Aroma & flavor is largely spices and pale malts..the wheat character blends pretty well with the coriander & pepper, but the spices are a bit overdone, imho.
Still a refreshing and flavorful wheat brew from Tröegs.

Bottle courtesy of froggyfrog.

Serving type: bottle

02-12-2006 21:49:22 | More by hero27

Higravity

Michigan

3.53/5  rDev -6.4%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

Poured a nice hazy golden topped with a white head that gave plenty of lacing. The smell was very sulfur as is common with the yeast used in these wheat beers, but stronger in this beer than some others. The sulfur really dominated teh nose but there was a little citrus and breadyness peeking through. It taste like wheat with a pleasent placement of citrus and hops that where small but enough. It had a good mouthfeel and was easy drinking, could slip into a rotation of session, but not really session stuff itself.

Serving type: bottle

02-01-2006 15:19:04 | More by Higravity

Maestro

Pennsylvania

4/5  rDev +6.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3

Appearance: Cloudy, gold ale with a thick, white bubbly head. Lots of lacing on the glass.

Smell: Spicy and sweet...with hints of apple.

Taste: I am truly impressed. This beer is clean with some very spicy, sweet notes. There is a very faint apple taste with some clove on the back of the swallow.

Mouthfeel: There is a nice bite to this beer. It is quite bubbly and full.

Drinkability: I wouldn't drink more than one in a sitting, as it is fairly sweet and spicy, but definitely nice for a change of pace.

Serving type: bottle

01-30-2006 18:53:41 | More by Maestro

pentathlete

Virginia

4.18/5  rDev +10.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5

Bright hazy yellow with a minimal head and a light ring. Many columns of carbonation, very active. The smell is all bananas and sweetness, a little chalk base, very inviting without smelling bready. The taste is a creamy and crispy (odd combination) well balanced hit of bananas and tart wheat. Fine medium mouthfeel, solid body and a long, if not strong, lingering finish. This is a quality quaff. I'd use it for summer quenching or desert to accompany something light like a sponge cake.

Serving type: bottle

01-26-2006 00:39:25 | More by pentathlete

garymuchow

Minnesota

3.6/5  rDev -4.5%
look: 4 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5

This sample came courtesy of SS-05. Thanks fella's.
Nice light wheat with fruit and a yeasty spiciness aroma. This would have been fine if an additional quality hadn't presented in increasing potency over time. It began as a sourness and turned into a yeasty tone of what I'll call wet dog. It was funky and a bit nasty and such a contrast to the loveliness of the rest of the presentation. Only one other review that I read noted anything like it ("wet blanket" "earthiness") and one other noted sulphur, but I'm not sure that's it. It could be intentional and a by product of the yeast, much like a lambic, but for me it ended up being off-putting.
Cloudy gold/yellow, with a white head that laces pretty well while diminishing rather slowly. Yeast on the bottom of the bottle.
Flavors are blended pretty well with emphasis on the fruit and the soft spiciness with a touch of wheat. Fairly clean. Shorter finish and lower bitterness while colder, but both of these increased in time as the drink warmed. In fact the bitterness got fairly intense at the last sip.
Adequately soft and appropriately thin. Fine carbonation that adds a bit of a tickle.
Other than the funkiness aroma quality and the strong bite of bitterness at the finish I liked this beer quite a bit. I'm curious on how I might respond to another sample and I'd be interested in trying if offered.

Serving type: bottle

01-13-2006 14:45:52 | More by garymuchow

Shovelbum

Massachusetts

3.93/5  rDev +4.2%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Pours a creamy 1 finger head over a hazy straw colored beer. Light aromas of yeast induced-cloves and banana. Slightly tart flavor mixes with a light sweetness. Substantial pepper and clove spiciness as well. Medium bodied. Moderate carbonation. Tangy mouthfeel with an underlying creaminess. Slightly drying.

Taste and mouthfeel aren't sacrficed by the lower ABV at all. Decent complexity for the style. A tasty and refreshing brew great for summer or any time of year.

Serving type: bottle

01-10-2006 01:45:59 | More by Shovelbum

Foxman

New Jersey

4.05/5  rDev +7.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4.5

"Fly me high through the starry skies
Maybe to an astral plane"

It pours a pale but golden yellow, clear and briskly carbonated. A finger of puffy white head settles to islets of froth. Fine flares of lacing paint the glass.

"Cross the highways of fantasy
Help me to forget today's pain"

The aroma wafts a tangy and barely sour draft of yeast and wheat. There's also a mild banana note along with a mild malt impression. A distant but steady spice backdrop winds about.

"Ooh dream weaver
I believe you can get me through the night"

Upon tasting, there comes a light berry sweetness coupled with a compensating wheaten bitey sourness along the sides of the tongue. A lemony citrus presence is joined in the middle by a mellow clove essence. The aura of spice rounds out even more toward the close, and the finish is a flash of sweet followed by a lingering mild spice bitterness and a bready grain vestige.

Light bodied, the carbonation is a lively presence on the palate, and the wheat and spice leave a low-key glow, albeit through a general impression or relative thinness.

"Ooh dream weaver
I believe we can reach the morning light"

First, my apologies to Gary Wright, I couldn't resist, being a child of the Seventies and all.
While I have no doubt this beer would be damned good at any time, I have visions of a shimmering hot sunny patio and rivlets of sweat on my brow. Very refreshing and very, very drinkable, its lightness makes multiples a glad certainty. Sure, there are better beers of the ilk, but I can't imagine many being more undemanding and easy to enjoy. My wife will never pass this up on tap, and I have to say, I admire her taste.

Serving type: bottle

01-06-2006 15:36:10 | More by Foxman

jaluria

Connecticut

3.98/5  rDev +5.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3

Had this beer as part of a Troegs sampler set I bought.
Poured a cloudy straw color with loads of white foam that stayed around and left some nice lacing. Aromas of wheat, grains, yeast, and hard candy seemed to come out. An excellent taste that evolves as the beer warms. An interesting and flavorful mixture of fruity sweetness, yeast, and grain texture, coating the tongue nicely. In the back of my throat, a sour taste does develop as I approach the end of my pint, that doesn't go away. The drinkability takes a hit because I have difficult having more than a few unfiltered beers.

Serving type: bottle

01-04-2006 14:04:00 | More by jaluria

oelergud

Virginia

4/5  rDev +6.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Cloudy sun colored body. White fluffy head with decent retention but little lace. Very easy to regain by agitation.
Smells are fruits, honey and faint licorice which also makes up the taste. Aftertaste is a long lingering fruit and licorice experience which then changes to honey and berry flavors. Hops come through well at the last third of the aftertaste.
Good mouthfeel and some decent coating. Some astringent sensation.
Very drinkable brew, low on ABV and interesting enough to have more of.

-Oelergud

Serving type: bottle

01-01-2006 21:04:08 | More by oelergud

IceAce

California

3.98/5  rDev +5.6%
look: 2.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4

Twelve ounce brown bottle with no freshness dating evident

Pours hazy yellow with a fluffy collar of long-lasting foam. The bottom third of a weizen glass is virtually clear...more so than most others within this style. Nose hold much promise of clove, banana, amd other Bavarian yeasty delights. Well above average for an American wheat.

Entry is smoooth with adequate carbonation supporting the length of the tongue. Midtaste is silky wheat and much banana toward the back of the tongue. The finish leads with a short hop bite followed by a spicy finish with a mixture of cloves, nutmeg, lemon, and banana.

For an American Pale Wheat this is very well done!

Serving type: bottle

12-28-2005 08:32:59 | More by IceAce

chOAKbarrell

Maryland

4.22/5  rDev +11.9%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Hazy cloudy pale. Classic hefeweizen scent, with noticeable citrue. Wow, this is a really tasty wheat beer. Definitely better than Sierra Nevada's, which is the last wheat beer I can remember drinking. The citrus tones are nicely balanced with the malt, making it feel rather hearty, especially for what is usually considered a light(er) beer. Tasty indeed. Too bad this only comes 3-to-a-12-pack. Absolutely worthy of its own six-pack.

Serving type: bottle

12-11-2005 21:23:15 | More by chOAKbarrell

Goldorak

Quebec (Canada)

3.15/5  rDev -16.4%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

Thanks Froggyfrog for the trade!

Appearance: Quite opaque golden yellow, it gleamed in the light like a fine Sauternes dessert wine. Pearly white head, fugacious.

Smell: Bready, plenty of esters and bananas with a wheaty, oaty finale.

Taste: Light bodied, coriander, cloves and citrusy, a nice refreshing wit, maybe a little too cookie-cutter but nicely done.

Serving type: bottle

11-15-2005 01:13:12 | More by Goldorak

Gavage

New Jersey

4.28/5  rDev +13.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 5

Part of the Troegs variety 12 pack. Pours a pale yellow color with a big fluffy head that clung to sides of the glass. Aroma is of a grainy bread and some mild spice. The flavor is of wheat, mild banana, pepper, and a strong floral bitterness.

There is a certain graininess to the mouthfeel. Crisp start and finish, and the finish is also dry. Exceptional drinkability, as this is refreshing and very flavorful. I hope this becomes available in stand alone sixpacks, but until then purchase the variety pack to get your hands on this.

Serving type: bottle

10-09-2005 17:54:38 | More by Gavage

whartontallboy

New York

4.33/5  rDev +14.9%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5

I had this one on-tap at the Khyber last night, but I guess it's retired. That makes me sad; it's really quite a beer.

Pour was slightly hazy yellow with a moderate white head. Good retention.

Aroma is typical wheat beer, but less heavy on the banana and cloves and with a nice little hoppiness to it. The spice is still there, but it's held in check.

Flavor is similarly hoppy on top of a standard wheat background, which is nice. Nice little orange and coriander flavors sneaking through in the flavor, too. Before I saw the APWA designation on the site, I would have called it a witbier. In any event, a nice, subdued wheat beer that is quiet without being boring. A great summer choice.

Serving type: on-tap

10-01-2005 20:00:18 | More by whartontallboy

francisweizen

Australia

4/5  rDev +6.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

This is on tap at the Washington House, which is next door to where I work now (yay!) anyways, this one is a hazy cloudy golden colour with a nice head of off-white foam that sticks around for a while, and is quite nice. The aromas are indeed quite wheaty, with a nice fruity spicy hoppiness in the mix as well. Taste is a bit wheaty, with some nice hopping and a real bready maltiness. The wheaty flavor becomes more pronounced as the brew warms, and the estery yeast induced flavors come out a bit more as well. This one is really light on clove and spice though, at least this pint is, but the fruitiness really shines towards the end of the glass. As such it is reminiscent of some other summer American wheats, most notably I find it very similar to Sierra Nevadas take on the style. Solid on all accounts though, a very good after-work/summer-time quencher...

Serving type: on-tap

09-20-2005 07:36:51 | More by francisweizen

weeare138

Pennsylvania

4.08/5  rDev +8.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

On draft at Standard Tap...
Appears a hazy light gold with a small white cap that fizzles into a small bubbly film.
Smell seems like a mix between a hefe & wit. Lots of bubblegum, bananas, and wheat, with a bit of clove, coriander, and pepper.
Taste is of the same mix with a mild doughyness to it and perhaps the ever slightness of sulpher that isn't too noticable.
Drinkability is good. A nice brew that I hope to see more of in the future.

Serving type: on-tap

09-17-2005 18:25:37 | More by weeare138

GeoffFromSJ

New Jersey

4.15/5  rDev +10.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

Great for summer. Peachy-colored. Hazy.

Strong wheat taste. Fruity. Corriander-type tastes, like a Belgian wheat beer. One of my pals, who is not really into craft beer, found it too sweet. Not sure if I would call it sweet, but those fruity/wheat tastes can be confused for sweet.

Very smooth where I had it on-tap, which was at the Grey Lodge.

Serving type: on-tap

08-28-2005 20:42:13 | More by GeoffFromSJ

tgbljb

Pennsylvania

3.88/5  rDev +2.9%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Presented as a hazy light orange colored beer with white head. Smell is spicy with cloves predominating and a background of lemon. Taste follows throught with the taste of cloves nixed with banana. Mouthfeel is a bit dry for my liking. Overall a good beer.

Serving type: on-tap

08-06-2005 23:18:03 | More by tgbljb

GnomeKing

Pennsylvania

2.85/5  rDev -24.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 2.5

This is almost a parody of a wit (even though its not technically a wit). It's as if the brewer cranked up the citrus and sweetness to 11 on the assumption that more is better. Quaffing this one made me feel like I was drinking some new yuppie malt beverage; it didn't exhibit beer tastes and wasn't balanced. This one is all sweetness and overwhelming flavors, the kind of beer that gives wheat beers a bad name.

Serving type: on-tap

08-01-2005 14:50:23 | More by GnomeKing

guinness33

New Jersey

4.05/5  rDev +7.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4.5

This one pours a healthy, cloudy golden colour with chunky and frothy head that leavs a load of stickiness on the glass.

The aroma is a pleasant mix of sugary bubble gum sweetness, a touch of banana, spices, hops and of couse some wheat notes as well.

The flavour is, for the most part, more of the same, with sweetness up front that mixes with some spicy flavouring in the middle and finish. I'd say bubblegum/candy and a hint of banana are the most obvious non-wheat flavours here. Hop flavour is here in the mix as well, although it was probably more apparent in the aroma.

The carbonation levels were a bit low for my taste, but were still close to the mark. It made for a smoother drinking beer but didn't necessarily fit the style one hundred percent and at times made it seem a tad thin.

This is certainly a nice summer choice overall and, minor carbonation issues aside, has no real flaws to it. It is easily worth a try if you can find it.

Serving type: on-tap

07-19-2005 02:37:55 | More by guinness33

Dithyramb

Maryland

4.08/5  rDev +8.2%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4

Served in an imperial pint glass at Mahaffey's in Canton.

It poured a hazy orangish yellow with a thin large bubbled head.

The smell was spicy. All the normal flavors were here, with the exception of a nice wheat tanginess in the backend. The beer was medium bodied with a good deal of carbonation in there. A very nice representation of the style and well worthy of a session beer.

(Note: I added to some of the numbers before the end of the night. I had it right before a Weeping Radish that couldn't stand up to this beer.)

Serving type: on-tap

10-11-2004 17:43:04 | More by Dithyramb

WesWes

New York

3.78/5  rDev +0.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

The beer pours a cloudy pale gold color with a thick frothy white head that quickly fades to lacing. The aroma is good. It has a dry yet fruity wheat scent that boasts of banana and clove aroma. The taste is decent, but not great. It has a light wheat flavor, nothing too intense. There is a slight fruitiness in the finish as well as a citrus component. The mouthfeel is good. It is a low bodied beer with good carbonation. This is a good Amrican wheat, but noth the best I've had. I was a little dissappointed, because Troeg's usually has top of the line brews. All said, this still drinks well.

Serving type: on-tap

09-22-2004 13:41:14 | More by WesWes

99bottles

Pennsylvania

3.65/5  rDev -3.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5

Appearance: A good looking wheat beer, this has a lemony yellow-peach color and some serious haze to it. The head was a rocky white mess that had awful rentention, and disappeared within a minute.

Smell: This has an even boquet of yeast and tart lemon scent. A little goofy, but mostly typical wheat beer smell.

Taste: You know, I love Troegs and all, but this beer really didn't strike me as anything special. It has a real taste of banana and a finish that screams lemon, and there's a really faint clove spice also. I can't get much in the way of hop character which disappoints me. I can only say that this beer is typical of the American wheat style; and you can find something like this at any mom and pop brewpub.

Mouthfeel: Nice when served very cold, this is an excellent beer for relaxing with. Light and smooth.

Drinkability: Very easy to drink, so this gets high marks. But, I wish there was more excitement in the flavor. I'd have a few but I might start daydreaming about Gumballhead while sipping this one.

Serving type: on-tap

08-31-2004 12:50:56 | More by 99bottles