Kronenbourg 1664 Blanc

Brewed by Kronenbourg (Carlsberg)
Style: Belgian White (Witbier)
Strasbourg, France

As close as you can get to *not* drinking beer.. But very refreshing, and, I guess, a beer worth serving for people, who "does not like beer".

Bottle. Hazy pale yellow colour with a mostly diminishing small creamy white head. Sweet very fruity orange wheaty aroma. Flavour is smooth and sweet with wheat, plenty of orange fruitiness, bit sour, good barley. Long sweetish very fruity finish. On a hot summer day this soda pop beer would be perfect for a thirsty soul.

Clouded lemony orange hue like robsons Orange barley water. Thin white foamy head and fairly lively carbonation. Citrussy lemon and grapefruit nose. Fruity citrus and orange taste that is rather thin and tastes a little like orange barley water. No hops in evidence. Thin and disappointing.

Bottled in London. Very pale yellow. A sour beer, more like a cider than a beer. Another attempt to sell beer to people who don’t like beer?

Colour is very light yellow. Very fruity aroma. Lively taste. A refreshing beer for a hot summer day.

This beer is not a hearty or full beer, it is however a lovely companion on a hot, humid day. I had this beer in that context, and i must say it is the perfect beer for said situation. It is very pale, and the carbonation and flavor will remind you a bit of champagne. As has been said there are a number of fruit flavors present, and they do overshadow the hops, but they are present. If it were available (and properly marketed) in America it would sell like hotcakes since there are so many guys who cant drink beer (and would rather not be seen with a ZIMA). In all this is not a beer geeks beer, but it is very refreshing and retains beer qualities despite a lot of frutiness.

Well. This doesn’t taste like a beer to me. It tastes more like cider. It’s very citric, sour apples, fruity. Clearly made for status-seeking people, who think they’d look cool holding this bottle at a club. (It’s supposed to be drank straight from bottle).

Bottle 0,3l. Bright golden. Unclear. A good-looking white head. Sweet fruity aroma. A bit artificial / candy-like flavour with hints of apricot. More fruity hints in the long aftertaste. Hardly any bitterness.