Hoegaarden Speciale

Brewed by Brouwerij Hoegaarden (InBev)
Style: Belgian White (Witbier)
Hoegaarden, Belgium

Bottle. Clear golden colour with large creamy head. Fruity aroma. Sweet fruity flavor. Good beer easy to drink.

Bottle best before 16.12.99 - I guess if you are given a bottle like this, the person who gives it to you wants you dead - Thanks Jeppe (BierKönig) - Deep dark golden crystal clear beautiful body with a huge big bubbled white head; Very deep beautiful nose with lots of wheat and lots of buttery spicy honey; Flat body, a little to thin textured, slightly bitter a little sweet body, it needs a little punch though; Quite long very pleasant finish, lots of honey aromas on a soft textured body, very balanced slightly bitter, evolving very interesting. Great experience and definitely much better aged then fresh. Ha,ha Jeppe I am still alive!!!!

Bottle, 25 cl. Cloudy blonde witbier with a white head. Sweet aroma and spicy. Flavour is thick, sweet malt and spice. Yeasty. Not bad, but hte are much better.

At first glance I couldn’t tell a difference between this version of Hoey and the original. Even the smell was very similar, which was a little weird in my opinion. The taste however was different, but in a negative way. Suffice to say, I was drinking this beer whille eating spicey mexican food, and it did do a job of cleaning the palate, but the nice original aftertaste of Hoegaarden white was missing. In fact this beer was so totally unremarkable that I don’t know what else to say other then, ’it is good with spicey food’. Anyway, this beer is definately a poor-man’s wheat beer. Average at best. Cheers.

Of all places I got this given to me at the home brew store. So this guy bought this beer in Belgium and didnt like it so he gave it to the home brew store. I liked it a it is a meaty well made wit. Page 228 of Michael Jackson’s Great Beer Guide only 369 out of his 500 Classic Brews to go

Bottled. 200ml. An enjoyable beer though not one that I feel differs entirely from the original Hoegaarden. Orange appearance with a citrusy aroma to match. All in all an enjoyable if not outstanding witbier.

Bottle.33cl. You can drink this beer at any time, color golden, hazy, white foam, medium sweetness, medium body, creamy, lively.

Bottle (from Bitter Virtue, BB Sep 07). Fruity citrus nose. Refreshing medium sweet body with a little tartness to balance. As far as I remember not a huge amount of difference from the regular Hoegaarden but perhaps not as refreshingly drinkable which is surely the point of the beer.