Dec. 5 - Sankt Bartholomäus wheat

Finally, something that isn't a pilsner!  Maybe we're taking the next step, here.  It's another from Eichbaum, Sankt Bartholomäus Hefeweizen.  Like the rest, it insists that it is a premium quality beer, even though it has one side of ingredients printed in Chinese.  I guess that would be expected for export.

A pleasant wheaty smell comes off the opened can immediately, and the beer certainly has more character than the previous ones in appearance - dirty orange and opaque.  A good looking wheat.  The head dies back to a thin foam on top, but manages to hang on there.  The taste is quite mild, and without that snappy aftertaste that many have.  It's kind of a sweet-and-sour flavor, like a little sour gummy.  After a while beery bitterness has a chance to develop a little and add some texture.  Kind of a soft kitten of a beer; while it has a clear flavor and nothing to sharp around it, it also adds bit of backbone in the aftertaste and the look.  I'm still awaiting better, though, spoiled craft drinker that I am.