So… Michelob. You think Ultra, yes? And Light. Fair enough. While my natural inclination is to scoff out of hand this thinly veiled offshoot of Zie Anheuser Busch family, well… a lot of Michelob beers are pretty good. Take its stalwart Amber Bock and its new forays into the world of Pale Ale. And then take me in the refrigerated beer aisle seeing a mixed wheat beer 12 pack on sale for $9.99 and we have ourselves a review of Michelob’s Dunkel Weiss.*

I’ll start with my principal criticism: there is almost no hop presence to this beer. Now I know, I know… you’re saying “But Captain Beer! It’s a wheat brew! There’s never a strong hop presence LMFAO! ROFL! BBQ! SOS!” Well… I should cut you. Granted that hops and wheat are usually distant cousins, but here we’re dealing with once-removed third cousin voodoo madness. I need more spice! That’s what I’m getting at.

Overall, though, this is a pleasing beer and a decent example of the style. Its active carbonation keeps the rich, nut brown beery flavors moving. Sweet but not saccharine and with a nice unfiltered mouthfeel, the head diminishes after a few minutes and the Dunkel’s highly drinkable nature means that the rest of the brew soon follows.

*the others will follow… if I don’t consume them all tonight.