stay away from 312 urban wheat ale from goose island beer company. i tried it this weekend, sessioned the six-pack, and came away thoroughly underwhelmed.
i had previously avoided this beer for 2 reasons, a) it was marketed as 'urban', and b) it looked really really light, even for a wheat beer. the info on the company website, however, told me that 312 was unfiltered, 'hazy' even, so i was hopeful when i busted the six-pack out, to find: an 'unfiltered' beer that looks filtered yet. there are some consolation flakes of yeast or chaff or whatever, floating amidst the bubbles of a mostly crystal-clear beer, but you're going to have to take a close look to notice them. taste-wise the 312 is just completely non-descript.
am i being spoiled by paulaner hefeweisen, with the sediment you have to churn up out of the bottle? it makes a wonderful taste cloud in that ale. though less full of taste than the paulaner, schlafly's hefeweisen still out-performed 312, from what i recall.
i need more of a taste profile in my wheat beer. like sunshine, from new belgium brewing. filtered, yet distinctive enough with its coriander/orange peel taste, to not get boring.
goose island are usually pretty good and i enjoyed their brown ale but not 312 urban wheat.
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