Hoegaarden

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

Serve in Tumbler, Weizen

UPDATED: JAN 27, 2012 Bottle@Caen. Thin head. Haze white-yellow. Citrus floral fresh grass aromas. Taste of citrus-sour notes. No bitter sweetness. Gentle Weiss bier inspite of its commercial relationship.

UPDATED: AUG 11, 2011 Bottle common. The best of the macrobrews by far. Flavourful and wheaty. Yellow and bit cloudy. Very good.

Hazy light yellow, with a decent head that unfortunately doesn’t last terribly long. Smells of crisp wheat, coriander and the standard wit orange peel. Not very different or assertive. Flavor was spot on, hitting every necessary Wit mark; Orange peel, slightly spicy and zesty yeast notes, light crisp wheat, with some light citric rind. Great Wit, probably deserving of its high praise. But it’s so by-the-book that I’m not sure if I can dig it. Would probably pair excellently with a lemon-filled doughnut.

Pours hazy golden with a large white head. Smells like wheat and coriander. Tastes like mild spice and wheat, following the nose. Light-bodied with a smooth texture and active mouth-carbonation, Hoegaarden finishes strongly and crisp, with hints of pine.

Tap @ Golden Rule. Pours cloudy lemon with a good head. The nose is floral with oranges and other zesty citrus fruit. The taste has apricots and oranges with a creamy yoghurt end. The palate is medium in structure with a creamy texture and the end is dry and thin, so a bit lacking on the finish. Overall, it fell away and to think I used to drink it all the time before I became a beer nerd!

A pale golden yellow (think grapefruit juice) with a thick white head and plenty of haze from the wheat and yeast combine. Corriander and yeasty spices on the nose, maybe nutmeg? Initial flavour of orange and gentle wheat character, with the corriander following behind. Medium bodied with gentle carbonation and a fairly brief finish.

Pours a cloudy yellow with tall white head. Fruity and hoppy aroma. Ahh, Hoegaarden, what a distinctive taste. Fruity, creamy, spicy. Notes of banana, clove, orange, honey & corriander. I’ve always liked this one.

Bottle. Straw yellow with a frothy head. Faint aroma of coriander and citrus. Taste also very faint and weak, citrusy and spicy. It’s not bad but definitely too watery and thus disappointing. Curiously though, there may be scores of better witbiers out there but this one has a remarkable drinkability.