Atwater Dirty Blonde ale pours light golden with a floral smell and pallet. It is clean, bubbly, lightly hopped, all the traditional qualities of a wheat beer. Dirty Blonde even has the banana and butter flavors so frequently associated with Wheat and Hefeweizen styles. Homer J. Simpson could appreciate this one.
Ass Kisser Hefeweizen has none of the traditional wheat beer qualities. I honestly wonder if they put pale ale in this bottle? Hops are the first impression from Tight Ass Hefe, I'm guessing this is a west coast wheat style. I concede that brewers have the right to throw a new twist on traditional styles but I am, believe it or not, a stickler for keeping the traditional styles recognizable. The Ass Kisser Hefe was hoppy from start to finish and just doesn't qualify as a wheat beer for me.
When shopping for a wheat beer and left with these two choices, I'd take home the Atwater Dirty Blonde.
I can't wrap my tastebuds around wheat beer, I've tried time and time again. So maybe this Ass Kisser "non-wheat" wheat might be the place to start, haha.
ReplyDeleteAss Kisser Hefe was a pretty good pale ale. You might like it if you're a fan of pale ale or IPA.
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