 Jabswitch (165), Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA
May 10, 2008 Never had a tart witbier beer like this one before. Definitely a thirst quenching beer. Wouldn’t want to start drinking this on a hot summer day - I would down a six pack in no time and this isn’t cheap stuff. Some nice light spice in aroma and taste. Would I buy it again? Maybe, but there are other excellent Witbier’s just as tasty and at a more reasonable price.
DuffMan (1733), Calgary (back from 1yr in AUS), Alberta, Canada
May 6, 2008 Cloudy pale yellow with a bunch of tiny brown particles released at the end of the pour. Sour apple, sour grape aroma. Woody sour, puckering tartness, citrus and spice flavour are dominated by the overall sourness, but this still comes across as light, zesty, and refreshing.
improvjock (33), USA
May 6, 2008 Pours a golden yellow with a thick, but quickly disappearing white head. Tastes really sweet, maybe a little too much. Definitely some orange and other citrusy flavors. Very nice dry finish. Pretty decent, but I was expecting more at that price. The bottle looks cool though.
valpoaj (256), Bellevue, Nebraska, USA
May 5, 2008 Pours an opaque gold color with a thick, yet quick to disappear, whitish head. Aroma is full of wheat, orange, funk (a bit too much, or else something had gone slightly wrong) and feet...not much spice to speak of. The flavor was much better than the aroma...lots of citrus (tons of lemon, and some orange), wheat, yeast, and a nice acidic funk to back things up. Any spice, including coriander, takes a backseat in this brew, as it doesn’t stand out as it does in most Wits. Good on the palate...finishes very dry (would compare to a white wine) and keeps you coming back for more. I would pick this one up again, despite the odd aroma, so I would say this is a pretty good beer, though definitely off the beaten path for the style.
notalush (1851), Rawn-kawn-kohma, New York, USA
May 4, 2008 What’s this? A commonly available JP beer I haven’t rated? Well, better late than never - hazy golden, fizzy beer, with a quickly dissipating head - the aroma has the standard JP funkiness to it, that seems to overpower the more subtle nuances (no big deal, though, since I enjoy their yeast), but some of the spices come through a little bit - tingly carbonation in the mouth - the light tartness and earthy funk that is common to their beers doesn’t overpower in the flavor like it does in some others - there is a nice combination and lemon/citrus acidity, soft wheaty flavors, and light leathery funk - the spicy character the style usually brings is not very present, but the lively, crisp tartness that replaces it makes up for it, and makes the beer more like a berliner weisse than a wit - not their best offering, but a nice refreshing brew.
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