Shock Top Wheat I.P.A.

Unfiltered India Pale Ale brewed with wheat, citrus peels and coriander. Shock Top Wheat I.P.A. (WIPA) is an unfiltered wheat ale brewed with Cascade hops.

2.5

209 reviews

St. Louis, United States

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3.1 cloudy orange, small bubbly yellow head. aroma is malty, wheaty, boozy.flavor is malty, wheaty, boozy, however, not much wheat flavor in this one.

2.7 12 fl oz bottle. Pours hazy orange with a small white head. Aroma is overripe fruity, toasted malty and light grassy. Bitter, fruity, toasted malty and grapefruity. Bitter and light citrusy finish.

1.9 (bottle - 12 oz) Copper color with not much head and some sediment floating. Almost no aroma. Some light wheat and that’s about it. Flavor is pretty much the same. Dry wheat with some very light spice. Nothing really special or worth writing about.

1.0 Umm, this is not anb IPA by any stretch of the imagination. They might want to call Anchorage Brewing and order up a case of their Galaxy White IPA to see how a wheat IPA is done right. Pours medium amber with lots of subs, aroma is citrus soap, tastes like an orange what beer, very unimpressive hop profile. This IPA is not for lovers of IPAs, its for someone who hates IPAs.

1.9 12 Fl. Oz. Bottle. Pours cloudy amber with a decent white head and some lacing. Aroma is grain, malts and some fruit. Taste is malty, wheat and caramel with some hints of hops. It’s not and IPA for a hophead , perhaps OK to introduce people to IPA’s; sorry but not really a big fan.

1.9 355mL, zero rated ipa. Higher carbonation Muddy amber pour. Medium Suddy tan foam. No lace. Nose is detergent, lemon, not band. More air freshener. Taste is Suddy, bland, sticky. Prickly carbonation with abrasive long boil hop bitterness. Papery, harsh mouthfeel. No surprise.

2.9 Very light, very little hop flavor. This should not be considered an IPA by any means. Pathetic head with nonexistent lacing. Other than that, really not a bad beer. Nice color, easy drinking smooth taste. If they could add some more carbonation and call this just a wheat ale instead of a wheat IPA I would have much more respect for this brew.

3.4 NIce not so hoppy as I had guessed. NIce aroma and unfiltered alike. Fine aftertaste and refreshing was too.

3.1 Hazy. Just like other Shock Tops strong orange and wheat with some hoppy bitterness added. More wheat beer than IPA. Easy to drink. Would pick over any other Bud product any time. Pretty Good.

2.8 Bottles from Capone’s and Wegman’s Collegeville. Pours hazy dark straw toward orange with 1-finger off-white head. Nose is wheaty pale malt, mild hops, some apricotty fruit. Tastes pale malty, mildly fruity, with some finishing sweetness. OK, not great.

2.5 Clear look. Bottle. The color is amber and has a small off white head. The smell is hops, grass, wheat, caramel, and fruit. The taste is hops, pine, fruit, sweet, caramel.

2.8 Hazy amber with a small white head. Aroma is caramel, wheat, soap, citrus. Taste is wheat, floral, light soap bar, yeast.

2.6 Out of a bottle. Orange/cloudy in color with creamy color head. Dropped an orange wedge in it, better orange flavor... go figure.

2.6 April 24th, 2012 - Shock Top’s formula isn’t half bad. It’s an easy drinking beer with a refreshing taste and palate and some of that citrus loveliness built into the bottle. It’s almost like the 2-in-1 shampoo and conditioner formula of the beer market, and you can get it practically everywhere greasy food is served It is a solid choice for a beer snob who can’t return to a life building aluminum can pyramids about of pale lagers. But fiddling with this winning formula has not paid off as handsomely as making it in the first place. The Shock Top Wheat IPA feels like a forced attempt to pander to hop heads who might not be buying the original product because it isn’t acerbic enough. The smell is fairly muted with a fresh Mexican tortilla and cheese smell (and no, I did not rate this at a Mexican restaurant or anywhere near Mexican cuisine) and the flavor is nothing more complex than Shock Top with a bit of a hops profile layered on top like a clumsy fondant layer. It’s also less refreshing than the original Shock Top, and what hop profile there is remains unidimensional and boring. Better to order the regular Shock Top, I think, than dabble with this experiment.

2.6 Orange pour with white head. Aroma is mostly just floral hops, Wheaty flatness some perfumy flavor. Thin and watery just not much. I would drink this beer but not often.

3.7 Initial aroma is the beer’s best quality. Color is a pleasant orangish brown. Nor too bitter like many IPAs, and the hint of orange is a nice addition. A little watery and a bit flat. Taste almost disappears before you finish. A very good but not great beer.

2.1 Bottle. Cloudy medium amber color. Lasting malty aftertaste. More malt than hop aroma.

2.6 Bottle. Cloudy orange color with a thin white head. Floral aroma with a combination of sweet citrus. Light citrus flavor, but a not sure this mix works as it leaves a soapy aftertaste. Soft carbonation with a slick texture. Not one for the recommendation list.

2.9 This pours a cloudy, golden copper color with a beige head. The scent is a mild aroma of wheat and hops. The taste is not really a wheat beer and not really an IPA. There is a lot more of a mellow citrus taste than anything. The taste isn’t very strong and the texture is kind of weak. This is probably one of the weaker offerings from the Shocktop line.

2.6 Coriander in an IPA has to be an unforgivable cardinal sin. Then again, Shock Top is a pincushion for mistakes. This faux-india pale ale is a heartless brew that packs the punch of a toddler. Drinkable but entirely inexcusable as a hybrid beer.

2.6 bottle. Poured orange/amber with a thin creamy off-white head. Light grainy, slightly herbal aroma. Light crisply carbonated mouthfeel, finishes dry and sticky. Grainy wheat flavour, a light spicy note, but a bit soapy.

3.4 Refreshing light IPA that is delicious as an inexperienced drinker. The flavor is full, but not as bitter as most IPA fans prefer.

2.8 Clear amber color with fizzy white head. Coriander, citrus lemon, pale wheat aromas. medium body. Tart citrus, coriander, caramel flavors--missed the hops here--decent enough though.

3.1 Aroma is hoppy and wheaty, with a subtle citrus undertone. Not too bad for a macrobrew creation pretending to be a craft beer. Pours a clear, bubbly, dark amber with a fairly thick pale tan head. Flavor is not as hoppy or wheaty as the aroma promised, but the orange and coriander definitely come out. Texture has about average firmness, not a whole lot of fizz. Overall, just OK, but still palatable.

3.6 This bottled brew from a grocery store poured a head of bubbles that were and left behind a strongly carbonated very hazy dark orange colored body and a good lacing. The deep aroma was hoppy and wheat. The mouth feel was tingly at the start and at the finish. The flavor contained notes of wheat breads and hops. A decent one that I would consider buying again.

2.1 Cloudy copper with a thin foamy white head. Aroma was a little wheaty and citrusy with funky hoppy undertone. Flavor fell pretty flat, with wheaty biscuity undertones with a half-hearted hop presence following, decent orange peel notes because I’m sure ABInBev just doesnt know how to make craft style beer without orange peel...with a little citrusy hop bitterness. Bland and unexciting. I actually really wanted to like this. I had hoped that a macro Wheat IPA would be the shot in the arm craft-style beers needed to gain credibility. But this just sucks like everything else ABinBev produces.

2.5 Flat, a bit unbalanced as IPAs go. Cloudy copper pour, not very aromatic. Metallic finish, some characters of wheat that verge toward a hefeweizen, but tastes more like a straight mix of the two styles than a well-balanced blend. It’s okay, but nothing special.

2.2 Appearance- cloudy amber, bubble head that disapates to nothing, no lacing Smell- fruity but strange Taste- wheat flavor is fine, but fruityness is way off, and hardly any noticable hops Palate- thin, overcarbonated Overall- sub-par, I like many wheat-IPA mixes, but this is no good. The amount of fruityness and extreme lack of hops seems off for an IPA. I think they have a decent start, but need a more hoppy IPA taste

3.7 I’m not particularly impressed with shock top beers after all they are a mega brewery craft beer. I do really like this beer though it has an extreme taste that I’ve yet to find anywhere else. You got the full flavor of an IPA with the smoothness of a wheat beer.

2.9 Has a citrusy hoppy aroma with a malty undertone. The color is cloudy blood orange. The head is small and white, but it lasts. The flavor is like a witbeer with a lot of orange peel and a respectable does of Cascade. The beer has a creamy texture and is a little sweet. That’s what makes it bad for me and good for InBev to sell to girls.