Beer Review – Bee Sting Honey Wheat Beer from Barossa Valley Brewing
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Forty Beers, at the time of my birthday beers gift, seemed so many, yet so few. However, fast forward seven months, and I’m only up to Number 12…. (although there have been a few unauthorised Beer Reviews as well)….
I was going to do another video beer review on the long weekend just gone, however I got side tracked with the amazing storms here in Melbourne. Golf Ball and fist sized hail stones – the likes I’ve never seen before made for some great video footage and excitedly nervous children. Many cars and houses were damaged during this storm – but given recent events in Haiti and Chile, a few dings on the car are nothing compared to their problems.
Beer Number 12 is “Bee Sting” from Barossa Valley Brewing. According to the label it is a Honey Wheat Beer, and I might just say up front that it’s an unusual taste, but it’s certainly very nice indeed.
Bee Sting beer has a slight hint of honey, however it is not really sweet like honey is. It’s got a slight after spice / after taste too, which is probably why the Barossa Valley Brewing website suggests their Bee Sting Honey Wheat Beer goes well with Asian and foods with a bit of spice. It still has the hop taste that good beers have and it is very crisp and light.
It is a very light coloured beer, yellow/golden, and very clear.
“It is 100% all natural, using only barley, hops, a little wheat and a touch of honey. We have created a drink with tantalizingly round flavours, free of preservatives, additives or chemicals,” suggests the Bee sting page on the Barossa Valley website. For those who don’t know, the Barossa valley is about an hours drive out of Adelaide, in South Australia. It is well known thought the world for it’s wine making, wineries, grapes, and all things wine. I was unaware of it’s beer making industry until opening this birthday beer.
“A complex but refreshing beer” according to the label – it certainly does beg for another to be had immediately… the 330ml bottle didn’t last very long before it was emptied…. which I suppose has to be a good sign.
I like it. As with several of the beers reviewed here on FortyBeers.com , I don’t think I’ll run out and buy cases and cases of these little fellas, but, having said that I’m really pleased this Bee Sting Ale has made up a part of my birthday beer stash.
In my humble opinion, I suggest that Bee Sting Ale gets very respectable 8 out of 10 on the Forty-Beers-Cheers-O-Meter.
Thanks once again for visitng FortyBeers.com. I’m certainly enjoying these beers, and writing / videoing these reviews is also proving to be more fun than perhaps it should be….
Stay tuned for another exciting episode. I’ll try not to make bad puns like my “float like a butterfly, drink like a bee” quip during the video.
Thanks,
Matthew
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Tags: Ale, Australian Beer, Wheat Beer
