I know, I know, I already reviewed the Tommyknocker six pack, and thought it wasn’t all that impressive. I only tried five of the six beers in that review. Thing is, I left the wheat in the fridge because I just couldn’t wrap my head around a wheat with that same pervasive flavor found in all the other beers.

Today at lunch I thought I’d give it a go. Just to be rid of the bottle in the fridge and make it official that I tried the whole six beers, I drank the entire bottle.

Here comes the shocker. It was surprisingly good! Absolutely none of that burned malt sweet flavor, just a slight hint of lemon/citrus and a very light wheaty mouthfeel. It reminded me of a number of other summer ales on the market, but it was very subtle. A very good beer to go with a lunch on a hot day and two cranky kids.

If Tommyknocker offered a twelve pack of their wheat, I would pass over Leinie’s Sunset Wheat for it. Really! The lemon overtone was much more subtle, and tasted much more like a beer with a hint of lemon than lemonade with a hint of beer. (Leinie’s Summer Shandy, for example.)

Overall, it is the shining star in that six pack but not worth buying the other five beers to try it.  Good recovery and I’m glad I tried it.

Cheers!