{"id":11146,"date":"2013-05-10T11:00:04","date_gmt":"2013-05-10T16:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.guysdrinkingbeer.com\/?p=11146"},"modified":"2021-08-31T08:22:17","modified_gmt":"2021-08-31T13:22:17","slug":"shock-top-campfire-wheat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.guysdrinkingbeer.com\/shock-top-campfire-wheat\/","title":{"rendered":"Shock Top Cuts Brewers Loose To Create “Campfire Wheat”"},"content":{"rendered":"

When the email promoting and offering samples of a new, “small batch,” beer from Shock Top landed in our inbox we were skeptical – to say the least. This is Shock Top, after all, whose idea of branching out is adding raspberry or pumpkin to their wheat beer.\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Not being ones to judge (too much), or turn down free beer, we accepted and a few days later a box the size of a Labrador’s dog crate arrived at my office.<\/p>\n

Yes, I got all the stuff this guy did<\/a>, and I too have no idea what I am going to do with most of it. However, I was far less offended than he was. I get where they were going with it; Campfire Wheat, camping, s’mores, a beer that is supposed to taste like s’mores.<\/p>\n

Oh yeah, I forgot to mention that part, according to the info tucked away in my backpack Campfire Wheat was brewed, “with graham wheat, chocolate malts and a hint of marshmallow flavor, then aged over cocoa nibs.” Shock Top Raspberry Wheat this is not.<\/p>\n

It seems Anheuser-Busch allowed the brewers to have a little creative freedom with this one and the end result is a pretty decent beer.<\/p>\n

For\u00a0starters, let’s note the obvious: pouring an opaque black with a billowing tan head, this looks unlike any other Shock Top beer on the market.<\/p>\n

So far so good.<\/p>\n