Cold Spring Honey Almond Weiss - Cold Spring Brewing Co.

Tobe

1.4/5  rDev -48%
look: 1.5 | smell: 1 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 1.5 | overall: 1.5

This beer poured a cloudy golden with a thin head that quickly left the party.

the aroma is orange and buttery. This beer may have been off when I tasted it.

The flavor while rather bland does have a weak citrus note. A slight almond maltiness can be found (if you're looking for it.) The mouthfeel is not pleasant but astringent and rather flat. This was a vendor sample. If the cost was low I could see where some would want this but otherwise just pass if you value your taste buds.

Serving type: can

07-25-2012 21:40:40 | More by Tobe

Huffs

New York

2.75/5  rDev +2.2%

01-26-2013 03:05:26 | More by Huffs

NeroFiddled

Pennsylvania

3.48/5  rDev +29.4%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

Cold Spring Honey Almond Weiss

It was really the quart sized can that caught my attention and led me to try this, but the idea of a honey-almond weiss didn't hurt either, so here goes...

It's a slightly hazy dark gold that appears orange in an imperial pint glass. The head is a slight off-white that doesn't hold particularly well but does leave some lace behind. (Note added after initial review: the second pour brought up the yeast and changed the appearance and character of the beer. I'd suggests you gently roll it to rouse the yeast if you've got one of the quart cans).

The aroma is sweetly honeyish and almond-like, backed by some nice grain. (The yeast pour brings it a more weiss-like, yeasty aroma).

The flavor, as you might expect is... 'sweetly honeyish and almond-like, backed by some nice grain'. There's a minor bitterness to it, but I think the fairly zesty carbonation does just about the same amount of work to cut the sweetness. Somehow though, it never becomes cloying. (The yeast pour does even more, lending a slight underlying tang).

Overall it's a fairly interesting beer. I think they could have done a lot more with it, but as it is, it seems they've intended an easy to drink, sweetish beer that will have mass appeal. Not bad. (Again, note... the yeast really changed the character of the beer, bringing it from a simple, mainstream brew into a more complex weizen-type ale. With the yeast it had more character, but the first glass that was mostly clear had more charm).

Serving type: can

12-04-2012 00:19:13 | More by NeroFiddled

UCLABrewN84

California

2.73/5  rDev +1.5%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 2.5

Can pour at the BevMo Holiday Beerfest held at Golden Road Brewing in Los Angeles, CA.

Pours a hazy orange with a foamy off-white head that settles to wisps of film on top of the beer. Small dots of lace slowly drip into the remaining beer on the drink down. Smell is of malt, wheat, and some slight honey aromas. Taste is much the same with a slightly odd sweet flavor on the finish. This beer has a lower level of carbonation with a slightly crisp and medium bodied mouthfeel. Overall, this is a pretty poor beer that smells better than it tastes but that isn't saying too much.

Serving type: can

12-02-2012 06:16:56 | More by UCLABrewN84

t0rin0

California

2.5/5  rDev -7.1%

11-15-2012 03:17:45 | More by t0rin0

IPAchris

Pennsylvania

2/5  rDev -25.7%

11-12-2012 23:06:55 | More by IPAchris

MN_Beerticker

Minnesota

2.75/5  rDev +2.2%

07-15-2012 00:13:00 | More by MN_Beerticker

THECPJ

Delaware

3/5  rDev +11.5%

07-01-2012 20:59:57 | More by THECPJ

beertunes

Washington

2.8/5  rDev +4.1%
look: 3 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.5

The final of the three Cold Spring 32oz cans that Elizabeth Station here in Bellingham carries. I thought the IPA was OK, for what it was, the Dark Ale was just a diacetyl butter bomb. Lets see what we get here.

Poured into straight pint glass. Poured mostly clear (with a slight haze) medium honey gold color that had a half inch of white head that featured moderate-low retention and very light lacing.

The aroma was mostly mild grains, with a noticeable sweetness, a touch of butter and, just maybe, a hint of almond. Or not. On the tongue, the beer wasn't as sweet or as buttery as in the nose, but otherwise the same as the aroma. The wheat flavors were barely noticeable.

The body was on the thin and meh-ish side of average. Drinkability was OK, 32 ounces was more than I enjoyed, I would have been fine with 12oz of this beer, but I did finish the oil can. Overall, an OK brew. Worth grabbing for the tick, or if you just want a cheap, cold beer. Not worth seeking out.

Serving type: can

06-23-2012 19:04:27 | More by beertunes

gleemonger

California

4/5  rDev +48.7%

06-22-2012 20:38:55 | More by gleemonger

Tio

1.7/5  rDev -36.8%
look: 2 | smell: 1 | taste: 2 | feel: 2 | overall: 1.5

This is bad beer. I knew I should have left it on the shelf, but I couldn't resist the big can.

I smell honey and almond, but mostly I smell rotten pineapple.

Little carbonation or lace. Cloudy yellow.

Bad flavor of pineapple and paper bag. As someone else stated, this tastes like a bad homebrew.

Paid $4.09 for the "double pints" can. Drank one 12 oz glass and poured the rest out. :(

Serving type: can

05-26-2012 04:13:58 | More by Tio

TMoney2591

Illinois

2.75/5  rDev +2.2%

03-18-2012 21:35:08 | More by TMoney2591

Beerlover

Minnesota

4.65/5  rDev +72.9%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 5 | feel: 4 | overall: 5

IDK what THE HELL people are talking about with this beer. I loved this beer before i knew what "good" beer was and now that i have tried it again, after expierecing ALOT of craft and micro beers that have BLOWN my mind, i STILL LOVE IT. Its unique in my opinion, I've never had a beer quite like this one. the color is average for a wheat beer, the aroma is pleasant but the flavor is excellant! It has a very well rounded flavor of wheat and barley, hints of honey and almond, and who can beat the PRICE you fricks?! 2.39 for a 32 oz can?!?! come on?! I love this beer... LOVE IT!

Serving type: can

03-15-2012 01:58:46 | More by Beerlover

dkoehler42

New York

2.03/5  rDev -24.5%
look: 2.5 | smell: 2 | taste: 2 | feel: 2 | overall: 2

This beer called to me from the shelf, tempting me with the hope of a clean, nutty, wheat beer. Unfortunately it was the siren's call, and my hopes were smashed on the rocks of reality.

Cold Spring's Honey Almond Weiss looks okay when poured. It's a light color, but darkness isn't everything. However, the smell is almost nonexistant and the taste and mouthfeel just aren't good. It's not a crisp feel, just kind of there. The taste reminds me more of a homebrew gone bad.

It was a good idea, but this is one to stay away from. On a side note, this is a screw top, so homebrewers should look elsewhere when manufacturing bottles.

Serving type: bottle

09-19-2011 20:36:54 | More by dkoehler42

Yagman3000

New York

3.4/5  rDev +26.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

Served from a giant double pint can.

Appears a very very light apricot yellow. A very thin foam rests on top.

Smells of honey and mildly of sweet malt and wheat graininess.

Tastes very mildly of almond butter. Not sure if I would have pegged it without looking at the bottle first.

Mouthfeel is pretty plain. A little soda-like effervescence.

Not very good. Not getting again.

Serving type: can

09-17-2011 00:55:29 | More by Yagman3000

Knapp85

Pennsylvania

2.55/5  rDev -5.2%
look: 2.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.5

This pours out as a yellowish gold color, the head is thin and kind of fizzy. The smell of the beer has the typical soft wheat aroma with a touch of almond sweetness to it. The taste was very minimal, could barely get anything from this one other than some wheat flavors. I was hoping for something from the almond to step in but it didn't. The mouthfeel was decent, it was on the lighter side. Really not too much to say about this beer other than I expected something more flavorful and didn't get it. Better luck next time I guess.

Serving type: bottle

06-03-2011 16:49:25 | More by Knapp85

augustgarage

California

2.88/5  rDev +7.1%
look: 3 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5

Poured from a 32oz (!) can into my Ayinger weizen glass.

Titanium yellow body, lightly hazy with a small ivory cap that recedes to a lasting collar. Decent sandy lacing.

Smells much like a breakfast cereal, cheap wheat with a kiss of honey and a few slivers of almonds.

Slightly sour palate entry likely from the wheat, though there is a mellow tinge of lemon zest and a vaguely lactic sour note as well. These give way to adjunct, pale malt, and perhaps a touch of hops lending a gentle bitterness to the affair. Tart, starchy, and wort-like in many ways. A touch metallic and muddled.

Well carbonated, lightly creamy yet spritzy.

Not the best crafted beer I've sampled, but still strangely enjoyable.

Serving type: can

02-08-2011 06:44:16 | More by augustgarage

xnicknj

Pennsylvania

1.88/5  rDev -30.1%
look: 3 | smell: 2 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2

32oz can poured into pint glass (well, not all at once) - thanks to mrmiles for this during the Nice Cans II BIF

Pours a plain clear yellow with plenty of bubbly carbonation and a frothy white head. Retains for a bit before dissolving and leaving some patches of lacing on the glass.

Some toasted wheat, crackers and a slight hint of sweetness in the nose. Reminds me of adjunct lager initially.

The flavors begin clashing right off the bat with odd sweetness combined with strange citric, lemony characteristics. There's a moment where the beer almost tastes sour, before some honey and wheat flavors attempt to come through. Finishes with an unpleasant aftertaste laden with unbalanced sweetness and macro barley.

Lighter medium body, okay carbonation, somewhat chewy and sticky on the tongue. I wasn't expecting much from this one, and that's exactly what I received.

Serving type: can

01-14-2011 05:45:31 | More by xnicknj

BeefyMee

Connecticut

2.98/5  rDev +10.8%
look: 4 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4

32 oz can poured into a half liter weizen glass. Pale straw color, nice head, pretty good haze that gives way to a slight transparency. Smells a little sweet but mostly like wet straw. Don't think I would have guessed honey or almond had I not read the can. Average wheat flavor. Nothing offensive as most of the reviews here would have you believe. If it wasn't for a faint soapiness this would land right in the middle for taste. Feels good and is easy drinking. Certainly not the best but serviceable, and you gotta love that 32 oz can.

Serving type: can

09-27-2010 22:58:04 | More by BeefyMee

tigg924

Massachusetts

2.28/5  rDev -15.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 2 | feel: 2 | overall: 2

Appearance: high carbonation, caution light yellow in color, 1 inch head, cloudy

Smell: wheat and honey

Taste: wheat, very light nut, honey, grass, and small hops at the end

Mouthfeel: light bodied, moderate to high carbonation, sweet with bitterness in the back and a very bitter aftertaste, smooth

Drinkability: From the label I was hoping to get some honey and almond. I really did not get much of either...rather a pale ale with a bitter and unpleasant aftertaste. I would pass on this if not for the aftertaste alone. A disappointment.

Serving type: can

09-20-2010 15:20:40 | More by tigg924

moester13

Michigan

2.9/5  rDev +7.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2 | overall: 3.5

A: Nice yellow coloring, not a lot of head but very lively caronation.

S: Sweet, flowery aroma, underwhelming at best.

T: Light, flavors are not robust or easily recognizable. Picked up a very subtle hop aftertaste.

M: thin and watery.

D: Could knock these down on a hot day, but wouldn't go out of my way to find it.

Serving type: bottle

09-09-2010 16:09:38 | More by moester13

MillRat

Illinois

2.68/5  rDev -0.4%
look: 3 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

Nice big quart can picked up at Binny's in Downers Grove on sale for 2.5 bucks. Poured a straw white with a quick-fading white head. Scant wheat malt aroma, touch of hops. Flavor pretty much the same. Maybe there's some honey in this, but it must've been added in primary because there's no honey flavor and it might explain the lighter, blander flavor. Almond? I'm going nuts (sorry) trying to find even a trace of almond flavor. Lightweight an drinkable enough to quaff 32 ounces, but the taste buds will wonder why if you grab another one.

Serving type: can

08-28-2010 01:47:48 | More by MillRat

daliandragon

North Carolina

2.9/5  rDev +7.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

I have a weakess for giant cans of beer. I don't know why, but from Foster's to Faxe I've always wanted to try any giant liter or quart cans. So when I saw this while perusing the supplies at bullseye in Smithtown, I had to have it regardless of how mediocre it appears.

Giant orange can emblazoned with the words "Craft brewed" and "Double Pints". I also have no idea what a honey almond weiss is. Pale golden color and thin, wispy head with a cap of retention. Nose is citrus and wheat; I didn't get much honey.

Light and refreshing but a sour note in the finish takes this down a few notches. A little sweet malt and some noble hops but fairly tame and thin overall. Not something to look up for but not a disaster by any means. You just got to love big cans.

Serving type: can

07-22-2010 23:27:35 | More by daliandragon

tapman

Illinois

2.23/5  rDev -17.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 1.5 | taste: 2 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 3

First of all I bought the 32 oz. can for $4 and the damn thing dribbles beer down the side s you pour so watch out!

Anyways, the color is light straw and pretty standard, though it is flitered for that 'cristal' appearance. Head is uge and frothy and white. Carbonation appears adequate for the style. Still, why filter? I like that cloudy haze in my wheats.

Smell i a little metallic with some yeast tartness to it. The aroma gets better as it warms, but right out of the fridge it is too metallic. Some mustiness, but no almond.

Very sour yeast profile. Very lemony. Some wheat sweetness and a little bit of caramel, but too much like a homebrew wheat for me. And where is the almond flavor? I had lowered my expectations and was ready to enjoy a flavored beer but...

Mouthfeel is alright, though thetart lemon dries out your cheeks a little a sometimes gives you pucker face.

For th size of the offering and the price (3.49+tax) it is a fine enough deal, and I might buy a pint if on sale for $3 at the bar, but too Leinenkugely for my taste. Has that macro-ish tang to it. Rice or other adjunct to lower the cost? Why is the yeast so sour?

Serving type: nitro-can

06-16-2010 02:11:15 | More by tapman

DmanGTR

New York

2.28/5  rDev -15.2%
look: 2 | smell: 2 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2

Review from notes on 4/17/10.

Poured a fizzy pale yellow, a quick white head came and gone. How strange for a "weiss" to do that, although since it's under APWA, I can't really complain... Anyway, there's absolutely no almond here. None. Not even a faint hint of nuttiness at all. Although the sweet honey is abundant. In fact, it's not too bad but I was really looking forward to something to chew on in terms of having the almonds there. Twang of wheat, hint of yeast, a spoonful of honey, and that pretty much sums it up right there. Boring.

Serving type: bottle

06-14-2010 14:19:06 | More by DmanGTR