 Bartzilla (403), San Diego, California, USA
Dec 30, 2007
Are you people fkn kidding me? Let’s step back here for a minute. I am educated enough to know that once Celis left, Hoegaarden beers have taken a hit in the recipe. But it’s not a bad beer by any stretch. In fact, when I think witbier, I use Hoegaarden as the benchmark. So, here we are and this only gets an 87%(at time of rating)??? What? To easy to get? I just drank a bottle and it was just about the most delicious wit I’ve ever had. Grand Cru for sure. Just thick, rich, wheat barley wine. I’ve seen the surge here at the west coast to make Imperial Hefs. Quit wasting your time and figure out what Hoegaarden Grand Cru is all about. I’d be at a solid 5 if I had one more and they were both in bigger bottles. I think I got this one at Bier Koning last month. One of the few I didn’t break or lose on the way back home. I party hard. Trust me on that one.,
letsbeer (10), Brazil
Oct 11, 2008 Boa cerveja de trigo, encorpada, um pouco superior à sua irmã mais popular. Neste sentido, o aroma é muito semelhante, de trigo, adocicado, levando algumas especiarias como cravo-da-índia, adicionado com traços de leveduras. O sabor, entretanto, revela algo mais que o aroma, com reflexos de laranja e certa acidez. Cerveja de complexidade média-baixa, com quilíbrio médio, que promove um confronto entre o doce e o amargo (ao final), com ligeira acidez. Final um pouco abrupto, seguido de retrogosto um pouco amargo.
bigcat03 (191), Lincoln, Nebraska, USA
Sep 30, 2008 Had this at De Hems on 1/2/08 in a Grand Cru tulip glass. Pour is a murky gold (sediment), and a foamy 1 finger head. Wish I had poured a bit better but I was a bit intoxicated. Smells of orange, corriander, lemon and hay. First taste has grapes, orange, corriander, hint of wine, and light hops. The finish is the same as the aroma. Creamy and full palate with a nice sting of carbonation. It’s right along the lines of the original, but with a couple of extra twists here and there. Glad I found it!
chronictonic (362), Wyndmoor, Pennsylvania, USA
Sep 27, 2008 pours bright orange gold with thick white head and lots of floaters. aroma is dried orange peel, some pepper. Flavor is crisp and spicy - some sugars, mild candiness. Very good - would love to try this side by side with some of the big name Grand Cru (Abbaye des Rocs) etc.
MJ_GG (183), Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Sep 21, 2008 Bouteille brune de 330 ml. Arômes de levure belge épicée et agrumes. Robe paille trouble, petite mousse. Très équilibrée, la levure est présente sans prendre trop de place. On note les céréales, une touche d’agrumes et une légère touche épicée. L’alcool demeure très bien dissimulé. Une bière tout en équilibre.
rederic (1444), montréal, Quebec, Canada
Sep 11, 2008 Cloudy honey gold hue, with a frothy white head, with some floaties of lee swirling around, sweet, grainy, wheaty, honeyed pale malt nose, with a faint vanilla, coriander spiciness, with a fruity citusy, candied lemon peel accent in the aroma follows through on a medium-bodied palate with a yeasty, fruity, wheaty character, with a honeyish pale malt ccent, some candi sugar, with a mellow warmth mouthfeel, still a hint of spicy vanilla, and candied lemon peel flavor with a subtle flowery hop leafiness, leading towards a malty honeyish, warming, lingering hop bitterness finish.
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