Amsterdam Oranje Wit / Weisse

Brewed by Amsterdam Brewing Company
Style: Belgian White (Witbier)
Toronto, Canada

Serve in Tumbler, Weizen

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A hazed yellow wit with a thick white head. In aroma, a lightly lactic banana with cloves, and faint sulfur notes. In mouth, a sweet banana malt with light citrusy notes, cloves, a bit light but nice. On tap at C’est What, May 21 2011.

Pale yellow-orange pour with a thick white head. The aroma is lightly wheaty with a bit of soft spicy character. A little bit of lemony citrus over a touch of soft yeastiness. A little bit watery tasting, but it’s pretty decent.

On-tap at C’est What. Lacey after a good head poured. Aroma of both the wheat and the orange peal. Found it somewhat acidity, like an orange juice can be. Thinner than expected, drying finish, but overall a fine wheat beer.

2009-07-19. Hazy pale pastel yellow with a small white head. Aroma is yeasty with modest hops, floral and grassy, bit of an odd funky/skunky character to it at first. Flavour has an odd biterrness to it. Yeasty with a bit of spice character it hints and pepper and anise, which comes off as an odd combination at times. Not unpleasant, but the flavour combinations are a bit jarring at times. Average palate lacks the fullness of a wit, but the sludge at the bottom of the bottle likely would have added weight had we not been fearful of it. Okay. We have some more bottles so perhaps I will try it again after resuspending the sediments to see if it improves. As it is, it feels less fresh than I would have expected for a beer consumed within a week of purchase straight from the brewery. Interesting but disappointing - I had high hopes for this one as a number of people had mentioned it was rather good. Bottle from the brewery.

on tap at C’est What as Oranje Weiss
Appearance: hazy plain inside of this foggy ale , mid plus white top with good lace. 3+
Nose: Soft well presented wheat character , banana , wheat . Slight tartness with spice (black pepper). 7+
Flavor/Palate : mild drinkable wheat, fairly soft and light. Well composed wheat ale that is one of better samples here in Ontario.

Draught. At 2009 C’est What Fall festival. Murky pale lemon yellow with a large creamy lasting white head. Spicy/grassy lemon and banana aroma - the flavour seems a little unfocussed, less fruit and more grassy character .... light-bodied, soft mouthfeel, mildly carbonated and quite quick-finishing - it left no real impression, but decent enough.

Draught at C’est What’s ’Fall Festival of Craft Breweries’. Listed as ’Oranje Weiss’ Pours a cloudy yellow with a small creamy white head -- looks nice. Aroma is grainy and wheaty along with some mild citrus fruit and banana. Flavour of grain, wheat and slightly sour citrus. Light to average bodied. One of the better Amsterdam beers but just an O.K. beer overall.

[2321-20090719] Clear bottle. Orange skunky grains aroma. Hazy, pale yellow white body with a quick foamy white head. Strong orange grains flavour has more skunky wheaty water. Medium body. Fresh bottle from the brewery but it has some unpleasantly odd sediment in the bottom of the bottle.
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500 ml bottle. Toronto, ON.
Hazy oranje colour with small to average sized white head. Yeast, wheat and some spices in aroma. Flavour is yeast, wheat, coriander and spices. Bottle says Flemish style white beer but the name is Weisse. Well it’s not quite Witbier like more like Weizen.

Bottle: Poured a hazy light yellow color ale with a nice size purer white foamy head with good retention and light lacing. Aroma of coriander and light orange peel notes is quite nice. Taste is also a nice mix between light coriander notes with some notes of wheat and light refreshing notes of orange peel. Body is quite full for style with good carbonation. Well brewed with more spices then I was expecting; maybe missing a fuller body.