This is going to be a bit of a cheat review – simply because as you can see above, I broke the craft beer drinker’s cardinal rule of pouring into a glass. Frankly, when it is still 85 degrees at 8.30pm, I reserve the right every now and then to use a coozi; no glass. So there.

Brent and I both had rough days yesterday, and by 8pm were starving and dying for a beer. Thank goodness we live within a 2 mile radius of the wonderful downtown Lake Worth, where it is possible to have a beer and a burger without being surrounded by the standard Florida 20-somethings with their popped collars and MGD64s. Case in point – Thursday night on the “Ave” is Bike Night! All kinds of bikers descend on the Ave for beers and dinner – fun! We decided to drop by South Shores Tavern as we hadn’t been there in a long time, and their sandwiches are really good.

We sat down and saw that they finally have some non-macro offerings on the menu; Yay! Had already resigned myself to a glass of wine, so that was happy news! They had run out of the Kona Firerock, so we ordered up a pair of the Kona Wailua Wheat Ales, brewed with passion fruit.

I was pleasantly surprised! Passion fruit (obviously, duh) on the nose, but not overpowering (well, it was from the bottle, but…whatever) a little apple and some grainy malt. There was definitely passion fruit in the taste, as well as a touch of sourness – somewhat Festina Peche-like – some lemony citrus, and some dry, bready malt. The carbonation was really nice, which kept the beer very light, crisp and refreshing.

While not overly complex, this is a really refreshing example of the filtered wheat beer style; I was pretty damn happy with it on a HOT evening, and would definitely try it again!

ABV:     5.4%

IBU:     15

Serving Style:     12oz bottle (no glass, GASP!)