All things considered, I was extremely pleased with how complex TW ended up tasting. I don’t often see wheat beers, especially fruited wheats, finishing with a dry bitterness, it was a pleasant surprise. My mouth actually puckered a bit with the astringency. Ah, but what have we here? The tangerine gives way to notes of bitter grapefruit rind. To use a metaphor, this beer tastes of a summer morning, warm and sweet with a sparkle in the sky. Worry not though, this is not a sour at all, it’s definitely a fruited wheat beer. The bright taste of sweet tangerine was strong, but it was dulled with a slight bit of tanginess, so as not to be cloying. My initial impression was that of fragrant orange blossom.
Still, the sensation cut through the richness of the beer satisfyingly. The carbonation hit on the stronger side, with bubbles sashaying on my tongue. I was picturing freshly baked white country loaf slathered in sparkling orange marmalade-a fortuitous start to the tasting experience I’d say.Īs I sipped TW, I felt like my tongue was enrobed in thick, but not molasses-like, velvet. I did my super pretentious waft, of course, and picked up a hint of bready malt. Intense aromas of bright tangerine, followed by sweet and flowery orange blossom. But, and this is a hard but, I have zero qualms about a beer that smells like a shandy. The only beverage I want mixed with lemonade is iced tea, shout to Arnold Palmer. As most of my friends know, I’d sooner drink used bathwater than drink a juice beer. I’d just like to make this clear, this beer is neither Radler nor Shandy. A decent number of bubbles hugged the keg shaped glass, reflecting the light like little twinkling lights. Between that and the meringue, it’s like an alcoholic tangerine pie. The head survived for several minutes despite my apartment’s sweltering head too. Just look at that thick and creamy offwhite head, those meringue-like bubbles just scream lusciousness. Since I’m a sucker for the weirder things in life, I had to give TW a shot, and boy am I glad I did.įrom the first pour, I could tell this beer was going to be something special. The packaging for Tangerine Wheat is quite appealing, I must say, bright orange background with a tangerine headed (literally as you can see from the picture) humanoid. However, the other day I was looking for an alcoholic drink to quell my woes when I saw a bright orange hue out of the corner of my eye. Golden Road and 21st Amendment still take the proverbial cake for best watermelon ale. Unfortunately, I was a bit underwhelmed from the flavor. I was initially alerted to their presence from a 6 pack of watermelon ale, a definite favorite in my house. So Tangerine Wheat is the second beer I’ve sampled from Lost Coast Brewery. The aesthetic on the site reads more as 80’s SoCal than NorCal. I like to say the king of the sea because sharks are fucking fantastic. LC’s flagship beer is Great White, a Belgian white featuring a toothy great white shark holding a beer and surfboard. I will be celebrating a birthday this weekend, unfortunately, a few years older than six. Lost Coast is celebrating its sixth birthday today, happy birthday! Judging solely from the pictures on Google, I definitely want to visit this gorgeous coastal city with tall ass redwood trees.
Eureka is in that area of Northern California that is all national forest until the Oregonian border. Today’s offering is from Lost Coast Brewery, located in Eureka, CA. But due to a mentally ill president, a Congress who cares more about giving trillions of dollars to large business, and selfish fuck sticks who still refuse to wear a damn mask, we’re fucked. For fucks sake, we had every opportunity to contain this damn virus. Oh, and Coronavirus continues to ravish the nation. LA is currently in the middle of a 100° heatwave. This really sucks if, like me, you rely on quarters to do laundry. We have a coin shortage due to decreased circulation in money from businesses being closed. Sorry Chachi, maybe in another four years. The most disappointing part of the virtual conventions is the RNC not getting to parade around a barrage of washed-up 80’s celebrities. And speaking of elections, we have the DNC this week, and the RNC the next, albeit in a virtual capacity. People who may receive life-saving medication in the mail may feel differently. Now, my item was not crucial or time-sensitive, so I wasn’t too annoyed. I had a package arrive nearly two weeks after expected. Anyone who has been expecting packages the last few weeks has likely seen an uptick in arrival time. We have a president who is actively sabotaging the USPS, so citizens who want to mail in their ballots may not have their votes counted. At this point, there are so many terrible things going on in the world, it would take too long to list. Hey, party people! It’s almost the end of August, I think.
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