Georg Schneider's Weisen Edel-Weisse Ale

Brewer: Private Weissbier-Brauerei Georg Schneider & Sohn, Munich
Beer Name: Wiesen Edel-Weisse Ale
Style: wheat beer
ABV: 6.2%, but I never saw that on the bottle!!

I purchased this lovely bottle of organic wheat beer from Mr. Dunderbak's on Bruce B. Downs, my go-to beer spot. I paid $5.59 for a metric pint (500 mL), which I think is fair. =)

I pulled it off the very end of the very bottom shelf, where it was sort of hidden behind a few other beers, which should have been my first clue. I poured it in my Cap City Brewery pint glass and found that I was simultaneously thrilled with the color and entirely disappointed in the lack of foamy head.

The color is pretty much what I love to see in a witbier: a very pretty light golden color, and it has just a little hint of romantic, delicious red when I hold it up to the light. However, the head (what little of it there was) disappeared immediately after I finished pouring it, which was a disappointment. The smell is lovely: a strong wheaty and yeasty smell, with maybe a bit of light, sweet, fruitiness. And the taste is incredible -- like what a witbier should taste like, except maybe fruitier. It's very sweet, one of the sweetest wheat beers I've had (which is entirely fine with me).

I am sad about the lack of foam; the beer is just sort of flat all around. I don't know how to tell whether a beer is flat because it's simply flat, or because it needs more bottle conditioning. The ale itself is very palatable and quite lovely in taste; I'd serve it at a summer barbeque if I could be assured that my bottles were properly carbonated.

I'll probably buy it again if I can make sure that I get ahold of one that's just been delivered to the store, and not been sitting on the shelf for ages. =)

A New Bloggie!

I like beer. I like blogs. I like my cousin, who's also started a beer blog. I like my boyfriend, who has not started a beer blog, but who certainly encourages way too much beer consumption on my part. And all of these factors are inspirations for the birth of A Bottle A Day (Or, as I've only just realized -- "ABAD," which is a rather unfortunate abbreviation for what I hope will become a blog of just the opposite nature. Damn.)

And so, my friends, I've decided to grace the internets with my own little beer insights. I'll admit: I've started this blog for purely selfish reasons -- I have reached a point in my beer consumption where I've simply lost track of all I've drank, my thoughts on each beer, and sometimes even whether or not I'd buy the beer again (a situation which only occurs after beer 3... or sometimes beer 2. Yes, I'm a lightweight. What?!). Anyway, this is my way of keeping up with what I love (or hate, for that matter).

A rather important aside: I don't claim to know much of anything about beer! I've never brewed my own, and honestly, I couldn't tell you too much about the process itself aside from the fact that I know fermenting occurs. =) I just know that I love beer, and deep down, I hope that some of my rambles about the fabulosity of Lambic or the spectacularity of Hoegaarden can convert some beer-haters over to the world of beer appreciation.

xo!