Beer Review: Molson Canadian Wheat

When I saw this at the LCBO - I thought that it could go two ways:

• Molson would finally have a beer worth drinking
• Molson would put a stain on the delicious wheat-beer movement out there

I hoped for the best, but prepared for the worst.
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I'm glad I was prepared...

Nice packaging - for what I imagine was a soft release (I haven't seen any ads, or commercials yet...), enough to make me buy it, that's for sure. 

Pouring it - the beer itself looked good too. On the can - they have 'instructions' on how to pour a wheat beer - normally, unfiltered beers will tell you to gently 'roll' the bottle before serving; in Molson Wheat's case, they tell you to:

   
1. Pour 2/3 into a glass;
2. gently swirl what's left (to mix up the residue that was unfiltered);
3. pour the remaining into the glass.

The problem I have with this approach is that you can't see the beer, and because of the normal Canadian consistency, I ended up with a 1/3 can of foam. 

Anyway, the beer itself?

The taste is terrible - it tastes exactly like normal Molson Canadian - but almost like they threw some cornstarch into it to make it a little cloudy, and taste a little fuller - like other wheat beer. 

Don't buy it...don't try it...don't trust anyone else who says otherwise - they most likely have never drank a 'real' beer. If you are brave - make sure you get something good to wash it down with - there was something in the news this morning that might do that for you!