Thanks to a roommate I got to experience Pennsylvania's newest AAA baseball team, the Lehigh Valley Iron Pigs. Aside from occasionally resembling the Bad News Bears, the game wasn't too bad considering they had decent beer at an almost decent price. In the interest of trying every beer in the world, I passed up the local micros for Anheuser-Busch's Shock Top Belgian White, formerly known as Spring Heat Spiced Wheat.
Beer Review
Shock Top Belgian White
Anheuser-Busch
C+ / 3.2
look: 2.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 2.5 | drink: 3.5
On-tap for $5, not bad for a stadium.
Appeared a dark yellow with not head or lacing. So there's no complimentary foam and it's too dark. The aroma is of dry, spicy orange. The flavor has that same orange, with bland Belgian-like spice (corriander, pepper). The flavor and aroma aren't bad, certainly not normal for the style, but it's an overall agreeable experience. A real wit has more delicate spices with vanilla and mellow wheat. The body here is also surprisingly heavy, with a sort of medium strength. And the mouthfeel is a bit chaulky and salty. Well... it's better than the vast majority of A-B's beers.
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