Abbaye des Rocs Blanche des Honnelles (Blanche Double)

33 cL bottle. Pours hazy yellow with a little and lacing white head. Aroma is mild cornish and lemonish, slight wheaty. Fresh fruity wheat flavour with a solid level of coriander. Medium sweet and light citric. Ends smooth yeasty mellow yet fresh lemonish too. Nice brew.

25.4 bottle, in hefe glass, golden orange color, big foamy head and lemony flavor, extra alcohol is a nice plus, more carbonation than most wheat, I really liked this one.

Best before end of 2008; Sampled January 2008
Lots of carbonation causes this beer to foam up as I pop the cap, not so fast that I am not able to easily get this into my glass though. The beer is topped by a frothy, four-finger thick, pale, off-white colored head. The beer is a brilliantly clear, light honey color that shows a beautiful, polished, bright copper hue when held up to the light. Aromas of honey-like malt, sweet & grassy grain and a touch of crushed soda cracker notes round out the malt character. Spicy notes of orange zest, ginger, white pepper and citrusy coriander play quite a big role in the aroma. The combination of citrus and coriander definitely play the most prominent role in the aroma.

The beer is quite effervescent still as it foams up upon crossing my lips and hitting my tongue. Lightly sweet, honey like malt notes intermingle with ample citrus notes. The beer is quite light and refreshing with all of the carbonation, but underneath this the beer sticks to the mouth just a bit; letting you know that this is not your typical Wit. Grassy grain notes mix with a light herbal spiciness and a very clean, coriander note in the finish. By clean coriander I mean it does not have that earthy, exaggerated spice note that low quality coriander does. Though as the beer warms this actually changes quite a bit; the coriander not becomes much more dominant and actually a bit too much of it is present.

As the beer loses its peppery carbonation it gains a little body and definitely becomes a bit sweeter. Not a bad beer, it certainly has a much larger flavor profile, along with increased alcohol, than your typical Wit, but for some reason I am not all that enamored of this. Some how it seems a touch flabby and it has lost some of that quaffability that I would like for a Wit to have.

Purchased: <a href=http://www.ratebeer.com/Places/ShowPlace.asp?PlaceID=698>Plaza Liquors, Tucson, AZ

Feb. 2006 - Beer poured typical witbier appearance but nice head. Mouthfeel was nice and smooth. Flavor was citrusy and spicey...very mild...extremelly drinkable. I’m sure I can find a comparable wit for less than $8 a bomber, though.

Bottle at home ... Lovely nose very floral citrus peel... light fizz ... cremola foam lemons very light and gentle ... kttle lmon zest in linger.

Hazy pale gold with a large white head. Yeast seemed the predominant note in the aroma, though there was some malt too. Rather too much carbonation, but everything else was in place, as you’d expect from Abbaye des Rocs. Lovely fresh clove and grain taste with a dryness at the finish.

Golden, hazy with a huge, creamy head. The aroma has notes of coriander, yeast, malt and light fruit. The flavour has notes of sweetness, malt, coriander, yeast, citrus, orange peel and other fruits. It definitely should be served at room temperature to give it’s full potential, and then it’s quite nice. 2507

Bottle, 33 cl. Tasted a few weeks ago, also before 2 years passed. Hazy dark golden color, with white head. Aroma spice, citrus, wheat, yeast. Medium bodied. Taste good balance spice, fruity, hops, citris. perfect original white beer.