Berghoff Solstice Wit

Brewed by Minhas Craft Brewery
Style: Belgian White (Witbier)
Monroe, Wisconsin USA

Poured from the bottle a semi-cloudy yellow color with a big fluffy white head that slowly dissipates. Aroma is a strong wheat nose, slightly of soured malt, light coriander and a faint lemon citrus. Flavor is pretty off putting. The wheat and 2-row barley create a very soured flavor initially but this fades to a mild grain and lemon flavor. Body is low to moderate with high carbonation and a mild creamy feeling. Just can not get into this brew. The flavors are a mess and fail to ever take hold in any resemblance of a good beer. Maybe this brew was just a bit too old from the discount rack.

Gift from my Wisconsin hook up. Thanks Jamie. This was an interesting beer. Had fdefinite charecter. Definite orange peel, sweet malt taste. A bit watery but not bad.

Clear gold, thin white head with temporary spots of lace. Aroma features gumball and sweet corn, very pale lager like. Flavor mildly sweet, same gumball component, slightly sharp carbonic edge. The citrus might be there somewhere, the coriander seems wholly imaginary. Nonetheless an OK cream ale. Medium body, somewhat spritzy on the palate.

Clear straw color, thick white foam head that sticks around - should be cloudy. A kind of spicy wheat aroma, maybe fruitiness. Low wheat sweetness, hints of the spicy like the aroma. The spiciness maybe coriander. Light bodied, no hops in flavor. I like it, makes me wonder whats the difference between a Wit and American wheat.

Pours an extremely pale gold. Not much aroma, tatses like somebody emptied half of the bottle and replaced the emptied beer with water. This is terrible!

12oz bottle into a wheat glass. Nothing special, but much better than they’re regular hefe.

On tap At Otto’s Bar and Grill in Lombard, IL. Pint served a hazy straw hue with dense, white foam and streaky lacing. The aroma was soft grain/wheat, a touch of spice and banana peanuts. The flavor was similar with some creaminess to the tongue, very light, almost watery thin body, a hint of soapiness and a touch of dryness in the finish. Went south after the aroma.

Poured hazy orange/gold...maybe someone dropped a bit of Metamucil into the mash....small dull white creamy cap which leaves long lasting sticky ropy lacing. Decent bubbs. Aroma is persistant. Warm and yeasty with tasty bananas and smells fresh and dry. Taste comes second to the aroma, no question there. Good blend of flavours though: solid dry and abundant wheat and yeast, some fruitiness with lemon being the biggest contributor. Light flavourful hop spice and some sweet candy near the end. Mellows out the emptier my glass gets. Finishes with a notable wateriness which a bit of a let down. Mouthfeel is mild, fairly smooth, light to medium bodied. A touch flat. Needs more carbonation. Finishes with a sourness that drops off to a soft dryness. Best Berghoff brew I’ve had period.