Oak Creek Brewing Co Hefeweizen

So the Thursday posting date was postponed due the BCS game in California. In this years blog I have employed a new tool for helping you decide if what I am drinking is something you are
drinking. The form is called Rate That Beer and it can be found by going to this web page.

http://www.knockknock.biz/catalog/categories/pads/classic-pads/rate-beer-pad/

You can just copy and paste it into your browser bar if you would like to see the format that I will be using to help to better serve you. So with further adieu I present to you

Oak Creek Brewing Co Hefeweizen

To hefeweizen (German for "Yeast wheat") purists, this beer is anything but. However, to understand my description of this beer one must look at where the beer is from, Arizona, a place that is not known for being a part of the breadbasket of America much less a beer brewing state. The folks at Oak Creek Brewing Co have done a good job what I would like to call a regional style of hefeweizen. Arizona is hot and dry, so who wants to drink a wheatie beer in a place like that? No, you want a beer that is easy drinking, refreshing and flavorful. Oak Creek does a good job at filling this order; even the bottle art conjures cool blue tones that is nothing like Arizona. The first thing you will notice is the unmistakable flavor of cloves, yea that Yuletide spice and uncommon brew ingredient has lawn darted itself nicely into this beers uncanny flavor profile. The beers color is reminiscent of morning fog turned golden by the suns rays. The yeast that is in my eyes what makes a hefeweizen a hefeweizen floats like diamond dust in it’s alcoholic atmosphere. This is not a particularly heavy beer, in fact its head was almost nonexistent even after the "rousting" of the yeast from it’s bottom of the bottle bed. The aroma is slightly pine like. However, pine is not in the flavor profile that happens to be consistent throughout the beer, which is nice in any beer you are drinking. The alcoholic content of the beer is 4.5%, which is consistent with the overall lite refreshing aspect of the beer. My overall impression: The beer is great for drinking on a hot as hell Houston day, where were you this summer?