Samuel Adams Longshot Beer Flower Wheat

Samuel Adams beers are by the Boston Beer Company of Boston, Massachusetts. This 5.8% ABV beer is part of Samuel Adams Longshot homebrew contest, where each year they choose several home brewer's recipes for their Longshot release. This is the recipe of James Schirmer, and it is a wheat ale brewed with hibiscus flowers.

The beer pours light copper, with an orange tint, perhaps a touch of haze. There is a tall, creamy, foamy head of eggshell white. The aroma is light toasted wheat with a hint of fruit, like strawberries. The taste is lightly toasted wheat, malty, creamy, with a strawberry like flavor on top. The mouthfeel is smooth and creamy. The bitterness in the aftertaste is incongruous to the flavors. Solid, yes, but overall mostly a shoulder shrugging "meh."