Deschutes 20th Anniversary Wit

Brewed by Deschutes Brewery
Style: Belgian White (Witbier)
Bend, Oregon USA

On-tap at PP C’Bad. Pours golden with a thin, creamy, white head, some lace. Smells crisp, cereal malty. Tastes bland and cereal malty. Not sweet malty just cereal. A bit stale tasting. Medium body, subdued carbonation.

bottle, has an opaque yellow color with a large foamy head, nose is light banana, flavor of banana and cloves, finishes a little watery but pretty good neverthess

Pours with almost no head and has none of the cloudiness that you expect from a wit. There is a very faint aroma of spices and citrus notes, but overall it smells yeasty. Lemon is the most pronounced flavor for the beer. The beer is extremely drinkable, but it’s really no more remarkable to me than a run of the mill lager. I expect more from Deschutes.

Refreshing but forgettable - and I mean that in the nicest way possible. Appearance as expected but with no cloudiness; very light aroma. Flavor of sweet yeast, lemon, sourdough, sugar. Smooth finish, not too sour or bitter. Does nothing wrong, but does nothing spectacularly.

Pours a light clear yellow with a lasting whitish head. Smell is lightly of wheat, and subtle hops. Mild, but not bad. Taste is wheaty, a bit thin and mild, with some light bitterness to complement and balance. Not bad, but a bit thin bodied, and flavored. Nothing too spectacular overall.

Bottle. Pours a mostly clear yellow with medium fizzy white head. Aroma comes through with bready malt and wheat malt, with some hints of citrus and spice. Flavor is very mild, wheaty and yeasty, with some lemon and citrus and some coriander and spice. Finish is short and clean. Feels a bit thin and watery in the mouth, good for a refreshing quencher or just plain unpleasant and out of place.... I’m not quite decided. Not that I rate to style but this one seems confused about what it wants to be. Not bad, but I’m not racing out to get more like I did the BBXX.

03-Aug-08 (22-oz bottle: Purchased 12-Jul-08 for $4.39 at BevMo in Solana Beach, CA) The expected aromas of coriander and orange peel are unmistakable, but there are aromas of yeast, bread and wheat as well as funk and plastic in the background. Fortunately, the plastic aroma seems to blow off after a few minutes. Spices are rather prominently flavorful, with coriander showing a strong, herbal side, and the orange peel contributing a moderate bitterness in the finish. The yeasty, wheaty flavors set a sturdy base from entry to finish, but a breadiness emerges and picks up as the beer warms. After several sips, the bitterness becomes more or less permanent on the palate, holding on long after each sip is swallowed. The body is light-medium and airy, so the mouthfeel never feels heavy or weighed down. The zesty spices and bitterness as well as the medium-strong carbonation add the necessary refreshing quality to a beer of this style. Straw yellow body with a mild haze. The whitish head pours to about half an inch before settling to a wide ring. Overall, though it’s a bit heavy on the finishing spiciness, the balance is probably ideal because if the spice was lessened, the base wheatiness would take over the flavor and mouthfeel. As a result, this is an easy bomber to fully consume.

Bottle from Holiday. Clear yellow with a small fluffy white head. Oak orange and spice aroma. Crisp citrus with some mild lemon notes and coriander with a dry finish.