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Abbaye des Rocs Blanche des Honnelles (Blanche Double)

Abbaye des Rocs Blanche des Honnelles (Blanche Double) - Belgian White (Witbier)

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 Percentile 
89
overall
Brewed by Brasserie de l’Abbaye des Rocs
Style: Belgian White (Witbier)

Montignies-sur-Roc, Belgium

bottled
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 Ratings  Average  Score  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in 
3473.53/5.03.52/5.06%97.8Tumbler, Weizen
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Commercial Description:
Blanche des Honnelles (1991) was originally very localised, and has since expanded beyond the boundries of the greater and lesser Honnelle rivers, from which it takes it's name. The Blanche des Honnelles leaves the beaten path somewhat. It has an amber colour which is after all the traditional appearance of the Blanches. It is also stronger (6%) than the Blanches that we know. Its taste is surprising and is not comparable to the brews with the same name that are now on the market. If the bouquet is subdued its first flavour is a stark dry sharpness against a pepper background. There is no acidity in this Blanche that is made with three cereals (barley, wheat, oats). It has a stimulating taste, leaving a subdued but refreshing final impression. Lots of character and curious.
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 Bullit (1300), Glasgow, Scotland
2.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/103/56/102/57/20
Aug 31, 2008  
Hazy orange colour, white head. Aroma has a lot of artificial esters, wheat and bread. Very unpleasant. Flavour has wheat and fruits. Bitter finish. The aroma ruins everything.


 Chrism86 (273), Melbourne, Australia
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/104/511/20
Aug 29, 2008  
Pours dull orange with fizzy white head. Aromas are dominated by wheat and spice. Palate shows more complexity some honey and chewy caramel are present albeit subtle, while wheat brings with it a touch of sourness that complements the hinting citrus. Yeasty spice drives home the finish. Carbonation is quite lively, giving the impression of a dry finish. I can appreciate that this example is really well balanced etc but honestly I’m not that big a fan of the style.


 thornecb (1736), Marblehead, Massachusetts, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/104/516/20
Aug 24, 2008  
Pours gold into a tumbler. Fizzy soda pop head quickly recedes to nothing. Wheat and coriander aromas. Crisp with cereal and malt upfront and a lasting citrus finish.


 cluny6 (115), Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England
4.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/58/105/518/20
Aug 13, 2008  
Pours a rather cloudy, opaque "muddy" orange. Lots of yeast particules present.. Medium head that dissaperas in a few minutes. Yeast is very prominent in the aroma as well as bread. You can definetly taste the cereals in this beer. Slightly citric, tarty taste. Very different kinof wheat beer. Excellent. A+ in it’s category


 MesandSim (5790), London, Greater London, England
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/514/20
Aug 10, 2008  
A Mes rate: Bottle from Kris Wine
Hazy golden brown with a thin white head that quickly settled to nothing in a violent fizz. Lovely estery aroma with some nice fruity hops and a lick of vanilla. Similar flavour that somehow retains an Abbaye des Rocs character. Superb spicy bitterness in the finish. More blonde than wit I think but still jolly good.


 UnholyBrewing (448), Melbourne(Mulgrave), Australia
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/103/55/104/513/20
Aug 7, 2008    Updated: Sep 7, 2008
...bottle from Cloudwine. Poured a darkish orange, with lots of tight bubbles, and a small white head that lasted for a good while. On the nose, majorly wheat, maybe a slight hint of hops, but nothing else. Medium bodied, decent flavor, slightly weird from the pepper notes, but not the typical orange\corriander duo. Didn’t taste much like a wit, had more blonde-like flavors. Dry finish, with a weird aftertaste, but wasn’t too bad. Not bad, but rather expensive and not really worth it for the flavor.


 roder60 (1019), Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/102/512/20
Jul 27, 2008  
Pours hazy orange yellow with tons of bubbly offwhite head. Aroma very light dough and lemon. Flavor extremely doughy with slight citric undertone. Too yeasty for my liking.


 BoBoChamp (1334), Gent, Belgium
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/516/20
Jul 23, 2008  
33cl, from De Hopduvel Gent, easy to drink, yet complex, cloudy, good head, one of the best Belgian White



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