Foley Brothers Brewing - "Ginger Wheat" ale

Today's beer comes to us from Brandon, a small town in Rutland County, Vermont. Meet Foley Brothers' "Ginger Wheat." Despite the Foley Brothers name, this beer is brewed under contract by Neshore River Company, also of Brandon, VT.

It's a 5.9% ABV wheat ale made with ginger - a cool proposition indeed. It pours hazy orange, with no aroma whatsoever. It puffs up a thin, white head that dies down almost immediately. The aroma is practically nonexistent.

This beer's biggest positive trait is the freshness. It's bright, not yeasty at all, with a thin wheat flavor all the way through. I can't detect the ginger, which is too bad since Heritage's "American Expedition" ginger wheat knocks it out of the park. Today's beer is lighter than the American Expedition, clearer and as a result thinner on taste. I'm not going to recommend this simply because you can get better examples of this flavor profile for cheaper elsewhere.