Augrenette

Brewed by Brasserie Augrenoise
Style: Belgian White (Witbier)
Casteau, Belgium

Serve in Tumbler, Weizen

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75cl bottle just arrived from brewer@Geers, disconcertingly labeled BB 27/02/2011/70. - A vintage, haphazardly cellared wit, brewed with Orval yeast and under the auspices of Orval’s brewmaster? Don’t mind if I do...even if both bottle, amateurish peeling off label and cheapish plastic cork inspire little awe. Further caveats: "Entièrement conçue et fabriquée dans le cadre de ce projet pédagogique d’intégration, la mise en bouteille s’effectue également sur place et les bouteilles sont décorées d’étiquettes réalisées par des artistes handicapés mentaux." www.guidedesbieres.com/biere922/augrenoise.html Brewed for the good cause and bottled and labeled in part by the handicapped? Which isnjust how this bottle looks...
Pours a lively watery straw yellow wity quickly disappearing white head. Aroma of dust, chalk, whiff of funk and acidity. Palate is dry like a geuze, with a hint of barnyard acidity. Typical almond wheat taste, complemented by tisane, almond sweetness, wild honey, subdued flower aromas. Not quite a light wild wit the same way Orval is not quite a light triple IPA saison. Drinkable and an interesting fusion of styles, hard to tell whether the BB was intended, an accident, or whether this is actually clandestine bottled Orval Vert...

Bottle. Pours a hazy yellow color with a small white head. Has a fruity fresh yeasty spicy aroma with hitns of citrus. Sweetish fruity wheat malty spicy yeasty flavor. Has a fruity yeasty spicy finish.

Bottle at Tom’s Tasting, April 2009. Cloudy pale blond. Some subtle spice and touch of yeast. Not a lot to it but pleasant and easy drinking. The first time I’ve had an Augrenoise beer that wasn’t a gusher.

Bottled. An unclear light golden beer with a white head. The aroma has notes of citrus, and elderflowers. The flavor is sweet with notes of mlat and citrus. The body is thin. Thanks fonefan for sharing.

Unclear yellow of color with a white head. An aroma of wheat and fruits. A flavor of spice and wheat.

Best before September 2009. Gusher. Cloudy pale it-like yellow, with a disappearing white head. Yeasty aroma of pear and clove and other spices. Dry grainy and fruity flavour, slightly tart and somewhat thin.

A Mes rate: bottle at The Cadster’s Spotify tasting.
Cloudy yellow gold. Faint sourness on top of a standard yeasty Belgian with hints of citrus in the finish.

Bottle thanks to chriso, had at the cads first london tasting. Alround rating: Thin, small wheatyness, lemons, quite carbonated, innoffensive, but lacking much flavour.

Bottle at the Spotify tasting. Cloudy gold, lasting white head. Bit lemony with Belgian yeast. Very drinkable and I went back to it twice.

330ml bottle (One Pint Pub, Helsinki, Belgian Beer Weeks 2009)
Bacony or off-cheese aroma. Pleasant carbonation. Pale gold. Bacon too in the taste, some wet wool. Refreshing, but a little thin and watery. Very brief wooly finish. Yeast quantity made no noticeable difference.