Allagash White

Hazy pale yellow pour with a huge bright white head. Nose is spicy and lemony. Flavor starts lightly sweet with some citrus and wheat followed by a light fruityness and finishing lightly dry and slightly tart. Light bodied and creamy with fizzy carbonation.

Orange, lemon and corriander. Dense mouthfeel. High carbonation is prickly, balancing the mouthfeel. Not as tart and refreshing as I expect from wheat. A little of that diaper flavor I get from corriander. Tasty, well done traditional white, but nothing that excites me. Good for refreshment on a hot day, or paired with the right meal, but not a standout beer.

12oz bottle, pours a cloudy straw yellow color, great big white head. i guess you can say this is a lot like all the other american belgian witbiers but as others have said this has a great smoothness to it, great mouthfeel, i’m a big fan of this style.

Its a pretty good beer. I saw the rating before drinking the beer and expected a little more. The last beer I had before this was Vuuve witbier and I liked that more. Its smoother than many whites and I would have no problem drinking a 6 of them tonight. A typical American Belgian White.

I don’t get it, I truly don’t get. Why, in the name of all things holy, is this beer rated at 3.5+? Don’t believe the hype, just because this is a microbrew from a radical west coast brewery doesn’t make it a great, or even good beer. I didn’t notice any ’subtle hints of spice’. In fact, the finish was almost non existent and left my palate with a bland, and strange aftertaste. This is my first ’Allagash’ beer, so I am not suggesting that these folks don’t have any good beers in their line-up, just not this one.

Tap @ Publick House, Brookline, MA. Pours a hazy yellow color with a frothy white head. Aroma is a mix of citrus, honey, spice, and other fruit. Taste is roughly the same, though the flavor is slightly weak and there is a definite acidic quality to the beer. Not the best offering from Allagash, and there are better witbiers out there.

Bottle. Light notes of straw and basement and a moderate smell of lemon for the hops with hints of pear, honey and clove and other spices. Head is a mostly lasting, frothy white with good lacing. Color is a murky yellow, kinda like Saturday morning pee pee, mmmm good. Flavor is lightly sweet and moderately acetic to start and finishes lightly acidic. Palate is light to medium, between watery and oily with a fizzy carbonation. I’m not a fan of witbiers but this ones a bit better than the rest.

Appearance: Pours a clou-- oops, it seems I did not follow the label’s explicit instructions of "Pour - Swirl - Pour Yeast". Bottoms up! Pours a cloudy, light-hearted yellow body with a thin white head. Smell: Soft aroma of freshly-squeezed citrus fruits, bananas, yeast, coriander, and cloves. Taste: Smooth, gentle flavor of wheat with hints of bananas, lemons, and yeast. The spicing remains reasonably light. Finishes semi-sweet and citric. Mouthfeel: Medium-thin body. Somewhat oily mouthfeel. Moderate carbonation. Drinkability: Its fine, but not a beer I can really get excited over. Not that I don’t sincerely try to be that Excited About Wits Guy, but I’m starting to feel as though that’s never going to be the case.