REVIEW: König Ludwig Royal Bavarian Hefe-Weizen

OK, so you've probably noticed in the past few weeks that I've been featuring more and more summer beers, more wheat beers. It's that time of year, it's hot, and also, I'm trying to kind of expand my horizons a bit, try new things. I can't review IPAs every day after all. That would get boring for the both of us. And that's one of my favorite things about craft beer: the variety. It's also no real secret that these summer ales and wheat beers aren't my favorite styles. But I think I may have finally found one that I really enjoy. I'll admit, I only bought this particular beer because I already had the glass and I wanted to use it for the blog. While we're on the glass though, how cool is that?? One nerdy note, the castle on there, Schloss Neuschwanstein, is the palace built by King Ludwig II of Bavaria König is German for king, King Ludwig, Royal Bavarian Hefe-Weizen, things starting to make sense? one of my high school history professors had a poster of that castle on her wall. It's always stuck with me. I think because it looks exactly how I always pictured Hogwarts in my head. (remeber, the nerd in the title of this blog pertains to way more than beer.) Anyways, enough of my rambling. To the beer!

REVIEW: Mt. Carmel Summer Wheat

It has been hot in Cincinnati lately. Very hot. Temperatures in the high 80s to mid 90s. I need a beer to cut through this heat. And since today is officially the first day of Summer, what better way to do it than with a Summer seasonal. I was a bit leery of Mt. Carmel's Summer offering. I'm not the biggest fan of wheat ales but on closer inspection I saw that their Summer Wheat clocks in at 34 IBUs. Pretty bitter for a wheat ale! My curiosity has been piqued. And Mt Carmel hasn't disappointed me in the past so here we go. Also a couple things about the label for this beer. I never realized until after visiting the brewhouse, but the building on the label is the actual Mt. Carmel brewing facility. And how great a touch is the cornhole boards on the label?! If that isn't summer in Cincinnati, I don't know what is. To the beer!

REVIEW: Lost Coast Tangerine Wheat

Today's beer is one that I wanted to try back at the Cincinnati Winter Beer Fest. I was in line at the Lost Coast booth and a tangerine wheat sounded intriguing. Unfortunately by the time I got to the front of the line the keg of Tangerine Wheat had been tapped out. I had to go for their Indicia IPA. Which wasn't to bad, if memory serves. I was at Jungle Jim's a while ago and saw this beer sitting there and I finally had my chance to try it. To the beer!

REVIEW: North Peak Vicious American Wheat IPA

Here's another interesting one folks. If you've been reading this blog for any time, you know I love the IPAs. You may have also noticed that I haven't featured any wheat beers, if any. Not that I don't enjoy them, they just aren't my favorite. They are good summer beers though. And with the weather in Cincinnati getting nicer and nicer, I figure it's time to break out some wheat ales. And what better way to get into wheat beers on the blog than with a wheat IPA. And how awesome is that stubby little bottle? To the beer!