Apple Bocq

Typical haze and creamy froth. Tempting snout of apple strudel , wheaty sourness, wood, cinnamon. Apple custard sweetness the right side of cloying with lingeringly biscuity afters. Enough edge and acidity to retain some of the character of a witbier, and sidestep alcopop territory. A pleasant surprise.

I pint on draft at the Queens Arms in Kensington, London. I went into this thinking I would love this beer - reading the reviews that described it as a wheat beer mixed with a fruit (apple) beer. I was really disappointed though, not because it was terrible, but because it wasn’t incredible, and I feel like it could very well be. The body is cloudy like a wheat beer accompanied by a frothy white (half inch) head. The aroma is wheat and apple. Amazing at this point. The taste is too sweet. Past reviewers have mentioned an excess of "syrupy" flavor and I agree. If they toned down the syrupy sweetness of this beer it could be amazing. Obviously it doesn’t even taste like a beer, hence the 3.1%. But I could see this as one of my top ten if they jacked up the alcohol and got rid of the sweetness.

cask at white hart, crystal palace. Apple, wheat nose. Pours an opaque yellow. Taste, apple, cinnamon, malt. Some other spices. Reminicent of apple strudel. I quite enjoyed it.

Tasted at Delirium Cafe, Brussels. Tall, white head on this beer. Apple and yeast aroma. Cloudly like a wit. Coriander and yeast mixed with sweet apple juice in the flavor. Lots of carbonation. I think I understand what the brewer was aiming for and this is a good apple beer.

Bottled. Solid yellow body, crisp taste, apple is fairly rasping with a little sweetness behind it. Straight out of a cold fridge it’s quite refreshing. Felt a bit queasy when it warmed towards the bottom. Would have no hesitation serving this with desserts in the summer.