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Deschutes 20th Anniversary Wit

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1533.23/5.03.21/5.05.5%75.4Tumbler, Weizen
Commercial Description:
Deschutes Brewery's summer bond Street Series offers yet another refreshing, hot weather quencher to complement Twilight Ale. This unique Belgian-style wheat beer was brewed with zested Curacao orange peel and just enough spices to keep your taste buds guessing. Our brewers tinkered with the recipe for months at the Public House in Bend, Oregon, before perfecting what will arrive on shelves in 22-ounce bottles this June. One prototype of the Wit was sampled at Portland's Spring Beer and Wine Festival in March, where it earned a gold medal.
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 HughConway (367), Washington, USA
2.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/55/103/510/20
Jul 16, 2008  
Bottle. Pours clear yellow with white head. Mild, perhaps spice fruit aroma. Not much Belgian character to it.


 FezMonkey (268), Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/56/103/516/20
Jul 16, 2008  
pours a slightly cloudy yellow with a nice white head. Aroma of banana and flavor of fruit and spices. It is a very subtle beer


 Beaver (596), Fort Collins, Colorado, USA
2.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/102/56/103/510/20
Jul 16, 2008  
22 oz bottle. Pours a clear(?) light golden yellow with a fine white head that retains and laces the glass.

The aroma is spices, wheat, a touch of fruits, and musty leather and medicinal alcohol with a little skunkiness.

The flavor is pretty subdued - wheaty malts, a little citrus, and some spices. The mouthfeel is medium bodied with some sharp carbonation.

Overall, not a really good wit.


 BOLTZ7555 (1080), Phoenix, Arizona, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/515/20
Jul 15, 2008  
I enjoyed this one...mild, refreshing, meek. A great beer for a hot summer day!!! Nice frothy white head with a pale yellow body. The aroma is banana, yeast, orange, and clove. Flavor follows the nose and is as mellow. A tad watery but I don’t want or expect anything heavy in this style.


 stefanje (939), (Santee) San Diego, California, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/102/512/20
Jul 14, 2008  
650 ml bottle from Bev4less. Pours a slightly cloudy yellow gold color with a medium white head that lasts a short while. The aroma is musty fruits and bananas. The flavor is subtle with bananas, apple, a touch of cinnamon and spicy cloves. The mouthfeel was thin and watery. The finish was short and dry. Overall: I was not blown away by this beer, when I see the name Deschutes on a bottle I expect a tiger, but what I got was a kitten. A fairly ordinary wit.


 cbkschubert (1967), Cochise Co., Arizona, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/103/514/20
Jul 14, 2008  
22 oz. bottle from Plaza Liquors - Pours a hazy light golden color with a one finger thick white head. Light lacing that lasts. Aroma is a touch of yeast, spice, esters, and herbal hops. Typical for a nice Wit. Flavor is light yeast, esters, light spice, and a touch of phenolics. Palate is a touch dry and lingering. Light to medium body. A nice Wit.


 junon (217), Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/103/512/20
Jul 14, 2008  
Not feeling it. Fruit and spices not coming through and its too clear. If I didnt know better Id mistake this for a Pilsner. Seriously what the fu...


 apshah99 (138), Portland, Oregon, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/104/513/20
Jul 13, 2008  
Pale white gold with frothy white head. Aroma of wheat, citrus, vanilla and a little banana and spices. Very refreshing, tastes of orange and mild spices (clove, coriander) with a mildly bitter grassy finish. Perhaps could be a little more complex. This would be a perfect weekend sessionable beer. Very good carbonation and viscous mouthfeel.



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