Allagash White

Brewed by Allagash Brewing Company
Style: Belgian White (Witbier)
Portland, Maine USA

On tap at Beachwood BBQ in Seal Beach, Calif. This had a faint hint of spice and wheat. It was very light and crisp, refreshing for a scorching hot day but nothing really unique.

Draft. Poured a hazy golden body. Aroma is light fruit, spices, corriander. Flavor is light spices, floral hops, orange peel. Mouthfeel was nice but thicker body than I expected.

Smooth and frothy, nice cloudy orange body. Wheat flavor with orange, oats and melon undertones. Not a bad white brew.

Draft at McGrath’s pub in Harrisburg, PA.I have had this in the past many times, but since Ross has a man crush on the brewers at Allagash, I figured I would enter this rating to shut him up. Pours amber orange with a thin white head. Aroma of orange and wheat malts. Medium bodied but with a refreshing texture- with no wateryness. Flavor of orange, coriander, wheat malt, and belgian phenols. Attenuation is normal, somewhere in the middle. Finish has a semi dry yeast and clove dominance, perhaps a very very faint hint of hops. Enjoyable, but not the best wit beer in the universe like Ross makes it out to be.

Nice white beer. Smells and tastes like an American verison of the Belgium beer where it orginates from. Medium bodied, orange and corriander. Almost no hint of hops. Good for beginners.

This is a quite spicy white. Lots of coriander, some hiding orange. Pretty nice; good and spicy.

A mild smell of lemon/wheat/honey. Hard to distinguish what all is going on, flavor ends up being a little bit muddy instead of complex. The banana/clove flavor from the yeast is hidden/muddled in with everything else. With all my complaints out of the way, its still pretty good (more true to the style than other American attempts I’ve tried).

The aroma is smashing, with definite notes of spice, ranging from coriander, clove, and some nutmeg, and the yeast notes are intoxicating. It’s appearance is the standard cloudy, unfiltered appearance, with a glowing yellow-white color, and nice full head. It’s flavor is complex for a white initial a bit citric, but cools immediatley with a full yeasty, but nicely malted mouth, and followed by a dose of spice. It’s a Hoegaarden w/ more character, if that’s easily believed. It’s exceptional. It’s very smooth, and complex when that’s not something associated with this style. Awesome.