Hoegaarden

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

Pours a hazy golden white color with a very thin white head. Interesting aroma with lots of orange, coriander and yeast. Fresh flavor of citrusfruit, wheat and spices. Finishing with some candy sweetness mixed with a citrus sourness.

Pours pale yellow, a bit hazy. Big head, leaves little lacing. Aroma is pretty big on coriander, a good amount of yeast and citrus. The same returns in the flavour, along with a more bready malt feel and some more spices. Not a lot going on here, but it’s refreshing and enjoyable, well balanced. Could have been smoother in the mouth.

On tap. Ha! Can’t believe I’ve never rated this. Pours a super light almost neon cloudy yellow. Small white cap that leaves smidgens of lacing and has little retention. Aroma is heavy on Belgian yeast, coriander, orange peel, lemon zest. Taste on tap is less soapy than I remember from sampling bottles: tons of spice, yeast, citrus. Higher carbonation but not overpowering. Creamy on the palate. I think this gets low marks because it is so ubiquitous. But this is an excellent witbier. The best I have had aside from St. Bernardus Blanche.

one of my fav drinking beers, but i gotta say, even though this is from Belgium, my fav white is still alagash, go figure.

The appearance is a very hazy, very light yellow, white head, lots of carbonation. The aroma is coriander, clove, cereal grains, orange peel. The flavor is wheaty, spicy, orange peel. The finish has a decent bittering from hops, spices, clove, orange peel. Relatively thin mouthfeel. Nice beer overall.

Bottle. Hazy yellow colour with a small white head. Aroma of citrus, yeast and some spices. The flavour is orange, yeast, spices and wheat with some sourness. Quite thin bodied, very refreshing. Good summer beer.

Draft at Chappy’s. Tastes like someone spiked my lemonade. Not horrible, but nothing I’d go out of my way to drink. Apparently I just don’t like witbier.

Bottle @ Home

I was quite surprised to find this in the bottle shop I was at, actually; probably the only decent imported beer in there. It pours a very cloudy, pale white/yellow body with a fluffy white head; the head doesn’t last too long though. Leaves very little lacing on the glass. Has a fruity, wheaty aroma and a smooth flavour, similar to the aroma, and a fairly light body without much carbonation. An enjoyable beer.