Shock Top Shockolate Wheat

AB continues to do well by their "cool" brand after an abortive attempt at pseudo-craft beers under the Michelob banner about ten years ago. While flavored beers are not at the top of my list, I can get behind them during the season that is bounded by Thanksgiving & Yule. Winter warmers, spice beers, chocolate ales, you name it - this is the time of year for such ale-imals. Shockolate Wheat poured a deep brown with chocolate and and even more so, vanilla, the predominant tastes. Hard to tell whether it's a wheat or not, or even detect the Belgian-ness in there, but I'm willing to cut it some slack! Surprisingly high on the IGB Beer-o-Meter: 7.5...