Jopen Adriaan Witbier

Jopen
Brewed at Brouwerij Huyghe
Style: Belgian White (Witbier)
Haarlem, Netherlands

Serve in Tumbler, Weizen

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Bottle (30 cl), thanks gnoff. Shady milky golden with medium white head. Spicy and citrusy aroma with wheat dough. Light to medium bodied, low carbonation, soft and chewy texture. Well balanced with the perfect lactic tang. Very refreshing, and why on earth is it not listed as a Wit?

Nice flower-ish smell....OK lacing...pool of patchy head...refreshing yet kinda bold and assertive yet still subtle..nice label for sure........i liked it.

This beer is one of the main reasons that I am glad I’ve expanded my horizons and am trying and rating many different beers. Sometimes you win, some you lose, but always an adventure. Similar to Gose, this beer had a style and taste all its own. Poured to a hazy orange-gold with medium off-white head that lingered well and left okay lacing. Then things got interesting. The aroma was a strange mixture of seemed to be apples, green vegetables and unknown spices. Since I did not read anything on this prior to tasting, I actually thought it would be classified as a Vegetable/Herb beer. The flavor of this beer followed suit perfectly, as I tasted several different tastes at different times, again centered around vegetables and fruits. And while the 5% alcohol never made itself known in either aroma or taste, the finish was fairly long, though not real thrist quenching. This was not a beer I could drink all the time, or a lot of, but a unique experience that I’m glad I had.

Mile lemony aroma, Cloudy golden appearance. Complete lack of carbonation and drinks like a lemondade. Taste of citrus, almost like fresca and ends with slightly bitter spicy tones. Would be nice on hot summer’s day but could use some maltiness. Still a unique brew.

Slightly sour aroma of stone fruit. Otherwise a bit unusual. Color of ripe apricot with no head. Starts a bit of unripe stone fruit, followed by a hint of sweetness. It’s basically dry and a tad tart. A principal flavor apparently comes from Bayberry, aka English Bog Myrtle, and that’s the badge of the Campbells. The Swedes use it to kill insects, and the dried berries are used as spice - so it’s good we are not insects. This is what ale was 600 years ago or so, and it still holds its own. Mind, it’s not a DIPA, but it makes a change.

Pours a three-finger white head that doesn't really stay , leaving just a little lace. Cloudy amber color - what else with a wheat?? This is a different wheat the spices cover any yeast that is present. Light-medium bodied. Some sweetness, no bitterness. Would make a great summer ale. $3.99 for a 12oz bottle.

Bottle. Sour milk, clove, and stale wheat aroma. Murky orange-amber color with minimal head. Sour apple and stale wheat flavor - really works well. A nice clean tasting traditional beer. Very enjoyable.

Pours gold and cloudy (very yeasty looking) with some sparse white foam on top. Aroma is dominated by lots of spice, (coriander, perfume, some lavender elements), hints of sweet malt and slightly sugary. Taste incorporates a nice wheat like backbone with spice and some hints of citrus thrown in. Mouthfeel is thick and viscous. Finish yields some hints of pepper. Very sessionable. I’m surprised by the low scores.

this is an interesting ale. Definitely not what i was expecting. It is slightly fruity, with a very smooth ride down the throat. it was easy to drink and enjoyable. It had a nice appearance, but little head on the pour. A beer worth trying.

I was pleasantly surprised by this gruit. Most gruits seemed to be overly spiced and end up tasting like Chai. Not this one. Done lightly on the herbs, it has a delicate floral nose and a beautiful clear coppery color. No yeast or protein haze, even after a swirl. Head was white but fell instantly. Flavor was unique, without the bitterness of hops, but without the sweetness of other gruits. Perhaps they use some acidified malt to make it tarter.