Blanche de Brooklyn

Formerly brewed at Brooklyn Brewery
Style: Belgian White (Witbier)
Brooklyn, New York USA

Serve in Tumbler, Weizen

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Tap on brewery. Hazy light yellow body with small white head. Spicy lemon aroma with some sweet maltiness. Flavour is lighter than usual wit, but very well balanced. Nice wit.

This beer is a witbier or "white" beer by style. It is a Belgian beer style that is brewed with a portion of unmalted wheat, and is usually spiced with orange peel and corriander. Blanche de Brooklyn is not bottled at the moment, so this beer can only be found on draught at good beer bars where Brooklyn beers are sold. Blanche de Brooklyn pour to a very cloudy, opaque, pale golden color with a bright white head, and a moderate carbonation. The nose on this beer is wonderful, peppery aromas of corriander marry with zesty orange aromas. The palate is tart and refreshing, with lots of good wheaty malt flavors. The body is lean, and this beer is very drinkable. This beer finishes with more notes of corriander, and zesty, cirtric orange flavors. This is a wonderful summer time beer. The unmalted wheat in this beer makes it slightly tart, and very thirst quenching. Witbier goes wonderful with lighter fare and desert. Blanche de Brooklyn would make the perfect foil to a Waldorf salad, or apple pie. Seek this beer out if you can find it, it is one of the best domestic examples of the style on the market today.

Tap at brewery. Pours hazy straw color, with a decent sized white head. Aroma is lemon, orange, spice, floral. Flavor is spicy, lemon, orange, cinnamon. Palate is on th light side, crisp, moderately carbonated.

Sweet but thin aroma, cloudy yellow body. Light spicey body with a good character. Bland ending.

Had this on tap at The Oyster Bar at Grand Central in Manhattan. Nose of spice, citrus, berries, and wheat. Pours a sparkling straw. The frothy white head is mostly diminishing. The flavor is well balanced with moderate acidic snap. The finish is very fresh if likewise brief. The light body is dry and lively.

Tap at WAH. Newly tapped keg poured a cloudy yellow/gold with a billowy, craggy white meringue-like head towereing over the rim in a peak (like the mashed potatoes Devil’s Tower in Close Encounters) and which left spotty lacing (I guess I was lucky, since prior raters’ heads died on impact). Aroma of quick bread batter- lemon walnut or banana walnut- with some spice (coriander, clove) and soapy yeast. Tart lemony banana and coriander flavor, with some yeasty dough. Cream soda palate. Not bad, though I’m not big on Belgian style wits to begin with.

On tap at Mahars. Poured very thick yellow with alot of frothy head. Aroma was muted but sweet. Flavor was banana and sugar, not bad.

Draft - This Wit beer tasted great. Spicy corriander with the bitter orange peel. A clove, banana aroma.

A good example of the style, I sampled this direct at the brewery in Brooklyn. Lacks a little bit of what makes Hoegaarden the best. Very smooth and a beautiful color, but a little too mellow bordering on flavorless. It feels good going down tho.

On Tap at the Blind Tiger Ale House, NYC: This one pours a slightly cloudy, pale golden color with a small, white head that lingers a while before almost completely dissipating. The aroma is nicely spicy with hints of orange and coriander. It has a light to medium body with moderate carbonation and a firm, crisp mouthfeel. The flavors a nicely spicy with some malts showing through, but mostly its the orange and coriander flavors that dominate. This is a great American brewed Belgian style white ale.