Cisco Grey Lady

Brewed by Cisco Brewers
Style: Belgian White (Witbier)
Nantucket, Massachusetts USA

Serve in Tumbler, Weizen

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Lighten up people. This is the strangest beer ever, but I like to think of it as "unique"! Even though I usually drink Barley Wines, Quadrupels and Imperial Stouts, this lighter beer is one of my favorites because it also has so much flavor. It tastes like tea (white or yellow) with lemon and a touch of honey. Doesnt taste like a beer at all, light, pale yellow grey color. Has undertones of coriander, malt, hay and caramel. Earthyness and freshness similar to French Verveine tea. It has very little body, but enough maltyness, fruityness and texture to make it interesting on the palate.

Poured from a bottle at durgin Park in Bosto, Massachusetts. In fact I cleaned out their stock by nights end;0 Very hazy banana in color. Two finger head with fairly good retention. minor lacing very spicy aroma with notes of lemon and pepper. Exceptional citrus taste, slightly sweet, slightly bitter with minimal aftertaste. Not at all overpowering and excellent drinkability.

22 oz. bottle served in tumbler- poured a murky yellow with heavy orange tints when held to a light source, thin head disappeared within one minute, hearty carbonation of tiny bubbles. Aroma of oranges, yeast, wheat, malt, and notes of coriander and pepper- very, VERY, interesting! Hits the mouth with a high-thin-body, malt is there but you are taken for a journey to the land of sweet fruit (young pineapple and mangos come to mind), middle continues that journey just fine, finish thanks you for the sip you have just taken and gives you a token to take another sip along with a note of lavender (that’s harder than HELL to create, trust me) along with a solid, crisp finish. The Granholm and OBAMA voters give it a 5, but I give it a 9 !!! It is near perfect for the style, if you don’t agree, please ship one in the top 10 to me. Thank you. You will get nothing back.

Tasted at the NYC Craft Beef Festival. Hazy yellow pour, the nose caught me off guard. Smells like skunky, crystallized weed! Also some fennel, Good and Plenty candy, anise, yeasty, very complex!!! It’s light bodied with flavors of fresh mown grass, mint, sage, mouthwash (but in a good, herbal way) Very different and out of the box.

Bottled version. Pours out a hazy medium yellow with nice white head. Aroma is citrus and spice. Body and flavor is medium citrus and spice. A good solid, refreshing brew from Cisco.

Pours hazy gold into a tumbler. Bright white micro head with good retention recedes to skim surface. Mild citrus and spice aromas. Crisp and funky with a lasting, slightly watered spiced orange finish. Best I’ve had from Cisco so far.

UPDATED: MAY 29, 2011 Pour is slightly hazy but there is plenty of yeast on the bottom of this bottle. Mild slaggy aroma. Nice fresh slightly tart laid back flavor. Easy to enjoy and fun to drink. Would easily pass as a session brew. Nice even mild ale. I like this one! Decently zesty and quite sophisticated! Very good beer drinken experience, should have purchased more!

Gosh, this has little to indicate it as a Belgian white. It’s earthy like a saison, it’s bright like an imperial pils, and it has the delicacy of a tripel. That said, this beer really brings a lot of coriander, orange peel, black pepper, and nutmeg. Palate is not quite sturdy enough to support all of those spices, but the finish isn’t slick with alcohol and the weight of the beer is surprisingly light. Really good with a toffee or caramel sweet to complement it.

22 ounce bottle from the Beverage Warehouse in Winooski, VT (July 2008), sampled a few minutes out of the fridge from a Duvel glass. Immense perfectly snowy, smooth head recedes slowly with little lacing above the very cloudy deep gold body....musty, earthy aroma with floral (jasmine) and light citrus (lemon) hints, somewhat dusty and old -- in a good way -- seeming....earthy, lightly tart, somewhat mineralic body, very crisp and quaffable, a little on the full side, clean and bright and extremely refreshing, drier than most....no world-beater, but at this moment on a very hot and humid night, just what I want in a witbier.

Hazy pale yellow pour with a white head. Sourness on the nose. Citrus and spices on the nose as well. Lemon and orange peel in flavor along with coriander and the sourness come through a bit as well.