Blanche de Namur

Brewed by Brasserie Du Bocq
Style: Belgian White (Witbier)
Purnode-Yvoir, Belgium

Serve in Tumbler, Weizen

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(Bottled, 0.75l) Opaque yellow-golden color with a medium, partly lasting head. Very crisp, lemon-fruity and lightly spicy aroma. Fruity, wheaty and lemony flavor with a spicy finish. Fizzy-carbonated, light to medium-bodied, soapy and acidic palate. A nice, refreshing summer drink, although with less flavor and spiciness than in Hoegaarden.

Excellent white with a citric dominance, takes a little getting used to and has a dry aftertaste.

75cl Brown bottle, cork and caged: September 2008 being the date of opening. Drank while on holiday in Belgium, at a camp site called Petite Suisse (little Switzerland). The beer was poured into four of the little tumblers supplied with the mobile home we were renting. The beer was like a cloudy still cider, but watery and weak looking. No head after the initial bubbles had gone (within 30 seconds). The aroma was of wheat, yeast and vanilla, but a sourness hung around it too. A Blanche is supposed to be refreshing and spritly in my opinion, this was a sour fizzy beer that reminded me of Alka Selsa more than anything else beer wise. Dry aftertaste with a metalic feel towards the end. One of the worst beers in this style I’ve had. What I call a ’Burp Beer’ because that is what it made me do, ’Burp’.

Pours pale yellow with a large white head. Aroma is wheat, coriander and orange peal. Flavour is malt, coriander and orange peal. Dry and a bit thin.

Pours a hazy and yellow beer with a white head. The aroma is malt, yeast, fruit, citrus and coriander. The flavor follows the nose with additional sweetness. The palate is dry with sweetness. Overall a good an classic beer.

Bottle - 0,33 l Appearance: Cloudy pale yellow color with a large, short lasting, white head. Aroma: yeast, banana, vanilla, spices and orange peel. Taste: moderate sweet with a average duration. Palate: Carbonation is lively to fizzy, texture is thin, body is light.

Bottle - 0,33 l Appearance: Cloudy pale yellow color with a large, short lasting, white head. Aroma: yeast, banana, vanilla, spices and orange peel. Taste: moderate sweet with a average duration. Palate: Carbonation is lively to fizzy, texture is thin, body is light.

Good witbier, spicy flavours with slight hint of bananas, clean on the palate

Cloudy yellow colour with big white head. Spicy, lots of coriander and some citrus

Bottle. Cloudy very pale pour, truly almost white, with frothy white foam. Aroma is particularly spicy, tons of coriander and orange peel also. The flavor also reveals a lot of orange notes, slightly tart, very citric with light sweet grainy flavors. Palate is light and fluffy, I agree with the term "powdery" from the commercial description. Maybe a bit too typical? Definitely a true and faithful take on the style.

La mejor cerveza blanca que he probado en mi vida, apetecible sola o para acompañar a la comida.