Castelain Ch’Ti Blanche

Brewed by Castelain
Style: Belgian White (Witbier)
Benifontaine, France

Serve in Tumbler, Weizen

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(Bottled, 0.25l) Opaque light yellow color with small head. Very strong aroma with perfume / eau de toilette, lemon and grapefruit. Very much like the Finnish mead, spiced with raisins and lemon! Very citrusy flavor with yeast and aromatic hops. Light-bodied, medium-carbonated palate. It’s hard to rate this beer, as all I could think of drinking this was home-made mead (that many Finns brew for the labour day).

Bottle 75cl, a slightly cloudy yellow beer with almost no head. Nose is lemony. Aroma is mostly dry with spice, fruit and astringency, orange peel notes, medium malty to low, finish has a nice round bitterness. Easy drinkable, apricot, apple and oranges notes.

cooked vegetables, leaves, spruce, vanilla, banana, toast, bread, pale, hazy, white foam, minimal head, light sweetness, medium bitterness, lightly sour, medium body, oily feel, lively, astringent,

29/11/2011 75cl bottle blind tasted @ Klaas’ place - BB: 27/7/12 (2011-681) Thanks to Klaas for sharing the bottle!

Little cloudy golden beer, small white head, unstable, non adhesive. Aroma: a bit off, unusual grains (wheat or spelt), spicy yeast notes. MF: good carbon, light body. Taste: some citrus, bit of hops, bitter oranges. Aftertaste: tartness, bit lemony, medicinal bitter ending.

750 ml bottle. From bierzwerg.de.
Slightly cloudy golden colour with tiny white head. Yeast, caramel toffee, mild sourness and mild wheat in aroma. Sourish fruit, sweet toffee and dry wheat. Not that successful Witbier.

UPDATED: OCT 9, 2011 There are interesting champagne flavours in this otherwise bland, lifeless and watery pale beer. Probably best drunk well chilled on a hot day. [2.8]
I’m now drinking it well chilled a couple of days later, and, indeed, it is a pleasant, fruity, fragrant and refreshing beer. Nice. [3.2]

(750ml)A compact witbier ,i digged it and thats the whole point. notes of dry spicy bitterness and its ovbiously fruity cause its a Witbier . Mellow , but fun.

White foamy head. Cloudy pale goldn colour. Aroma is moderately malty, with light fruity and tobacco notes. Flavor is malty too with strong spicy and light fruity (pear) tones, ending in moderately fruity finish. Light to medium bodied.

I had it over 2 years past it’s due date. The cork flew off violently by just uncaging it. It was supremely carbonated and effervescent, a clear gold. It tasted like champagne mixed with vanilla and coriander spiced apples. Interesting.

Bouteille 75cl. Dorée, mousse blanche. Arôme de blé, qcq notes de citron, levure avec toujours cet aspect glucosé sucré qui vraiment n’est pas top pour une blanche. Encore une fois je vois une description de bière de garde pour un style type blanche dont les arômes épicés restent muets. En bouche, similaire problème que pour les autres bières Ch’Ti, toujours ce glucose qui tend à prendre le dessus. Les épices sont minimales, léger palais citronné avec possibilité de curaçao. Malt type pils rajoute un peu à l’amertume. Seul le côté citronné me plait.

5th January 2008
’Tesco Finest French Wheatbeer’. Very pale wheat beer. Unusual - pronounced cloves. A hint of coriander. The barest hint of orange. Frothy, light and champagne dry.