Shock Top Wheat IPA:
Welcome back friends and neighbors! Today we look at yet another “summer” beer, this time from the Mohawk loving folks over at Shock Top.  Probably best known for their Belgium White and the punk orange that graces their labels.  Today we turn our attention to their spring offering, a wheat IPA which is an interesting blend for a beer because it combines two of the most polarizing elements of the beer world. The beer pours well with a nice hazy light caramel color with a touch of haze, a nose of honey, wheat and just a slight notice of hops.  The taste is very uniform for the most part which a very middle of the road IPA hop to the beer that has a very earthy/grass like flavor underneath it.  The back-end is very IPA like with lots of dry hops and skunk that finish the same in the after taste.  I’m not really sure what to think of this beer.  I think the guys and gals over at Shock Top are on to something good here but I’m not sure if they are proud of the beer; it seemed to come and go quite quickly this spring and was only available in a few stores.  Perhaps we won’t see this one again which is okay with me.  I don’t hate it, but my life won’t skip a beat with it’s possible disappearance.