Alexander Keiths Premium White

Brewed by Oland Brewery (AB-InBev)
Style: Belgian White (Witbier)
Halifax, Canada

Serve in Tumbler, Weizen

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Not much to say here. Keith’s with some fake lemon juice added to make it seem premium.

Light white colorued body with a very thin white head. Aroma of bright coriander seed, citrus, malt and wheat with some light cardboard and breadie scents. Light-bodied; Very mellow flavour of wheat and coriander seed with a little spices and not much else following behind. Aftertaste shows mostly wheat and coriander seed with some light bubble gum and banana notes. Overall, a pretty sub-par beer with only mild wheat flavours complicated by some other off-tastes throughout. I sampled my pint on draught with buffalo wings, so this beer was actually okay as a refreshing break from the spicy wings, but normally - I wouldn’t like this beer at all. I sampled this pint on draught at Duff’s [Buffalo Wings] in Toronto, Ontario, Canada on 11-October-2009.

473 ml can bought at my grocery store where I work (Boisbriand, Quebec), on Marsh 10, 2011. Hazy bleached yellow, small head. Aroma of weak malted wheat hints of lemons. Lemony taste of wheat mineral water, almost no aftertaste. It’s drinkable, it refreshes and it’s boring!

Originally rated April 2009. Came in a case of 12 at The Beer Store, noticed it on a wall advertisement. Seems like the big thing for macros to do this summer of 2009... witbiers. Pours a cloudy golden-orange colour with lots of big bubble carbonation. The head is white, medium-sized, disappears quickly enough but leaves decent lace. The aroma is pretty malty, until the brew breaths and then some citrus scent appears. Refreshing mouthfeel, watery and slightly fizzy. The taste is boring, with most of it being corn. No orange zest and coriander tasted. Again, made for the mass market, who thinks they are drinking a sophisticated beer... but they’re not.

Can. Niagara Falls, Canada. Good beer? Maybe not. As bad as everyone that jumps onto the bandwagon says? No way. Drinkable. Cloudy pour. Ultra-sugary, citrus flavour. Too much, too heavy. I’d drink it again. Guilty pleasure, right here. Sigh.

Not good at all. I don’t mind some floaters in a good wheat beer but the floaters in this "white" beer are pretty nasty. That is why it gets a 1 for appearance. Tastes like oranges and sugar. It becomes barely drinkable when mixed with the dark beer for that dark and white promotion crap.

Cloudy, dull straw yellow with a thin cap of fizzy white bubbles. A bit of lace, moderate head retention. Mild aroma, a bit of citrus and faint spice -- kind of earthy and sort of like nutmeg, slightly peppery. Not digging the flavour. Tastes a lot like the regular Kieth’s IPA, but with a bit of breadiness, faint citrus and odd spice added. Very dry with a bit of lingering citrus zest. Light bodied, moderate carbonation. Slightly soapy or slick in texture. Overall, a poor witbier.

UPDATED: APR 12, 2011 pours cloudy yellow with a disappearing head. nose is spices like pepper, cardamom, coriander, orange peel, bubblegum and citrus. weak body. harsh carbonation.

A poor beer and extremely weak representation of the style. Pours light bodied with lots of carbonation, and a bit of retained head. Cheesy aroma, weak mouthfeel with carbonation a bit agressive. I cannot drink much of this and it became a drain pour. Decidedly he worst of the Alexander Keith series.

can thanks to mora2000. poured hazy yellow with a white head. aroma was citrus and corn juice. flavor was horrible almost skunky with a light body and high carbonation.