Kronenbourg 1664 Blanc

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

300 ml white painted bottle, at Cardinal, Stavanger. Colour is typical wit: Hazy, very pale straw coloured. Moderate head. Strong aroma of coriander, yeast and some citrus, and if I’m unkind: even some notes of perfumed shampoo and hints of vomit. Flavour is VERY citrussy / LEMONY, notes of coriander too. A bit too lemony for me, but definitely a refreshing beer for hot summer days. Just a faint bitterness in the aftertaste. The chicks might like it!

Keg @ Britannia, Chatham. Very pleasant orange aroma, cloudy appearance, washed glass from the dramatic keg tap - all adds to the appeal; and this is a pleasant enough drink - clean, cold and refreshing. The gentle savlon spice, with just a few hints of soap, and gentle but crisp carbonation, all make this quite drinkable - but it does lack character, depth, edge, life... well, it just lacks genuine interest. But it’s great for a refreshing drink, and we did go back for seconds of this rather than the stodgy Deuchars IPA.

(Bottle 50 cl) Hazy pale golden with a pretty much absent head. Aroma of coriander and citrus. Flavour though is surprisingly one of peach although not sweet. Must be an ester from the yeast. Only slightly tart. A pleasant surprise. 301005

Medium, lasting head, opaque appearence. Fruity, sweet, orange-like flavour, but surprisingly not sweet at all in terms of taste. Refreshing, a nice surprise.

33 cL bottle. Pours hazy yellow to orange with a chalk white head. Citrus fruity aroma. Mango fruit perhaps.flavour is a bit more dry yet with a light mango fruity note. Ends with a medium dry mango fruit flavour.

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.

Bottle. Pours opaque white-yellow with thin head. Strong aroma of fruit (apricots, lemons), herbs (lemongrass, lemon verbena), and noble german hops (Hersbrucker?), with some fermentation characteristics (slightly phenolic sourness and DMS). A bit thin body. Nice sourness compliments the citrus fruit. Finishes sour and dry.

bought in switzerland in a 0.33 liter-bottle.by the way,my botttle is made from blue glass,but it is the same beer small,white head nice yellow-hazy color smells spicy,yeasty,the coriander is very distinctible,but orange too,even if a bit hidden behind,smells a bit sweetish,but some citrus is there too,a bit viny,smells a bit like some perfume middle carbonated in taste,the coriander is rather strong,but orange taste is there too,and a bit of citrus(a bit sweet-sourish),some perfume-like flavour aftertaste coriander,orange and even some banana,something bittersweet(a bit of hops),and a bit of perfume-like fruit at the end) not bad,but could have a little bit less coriander-taste,and smell a bit less sweetish,but interesting.remembers me some stronger christmas-beers(in france.and specially in alsace,there is a tradition of brewing christmasbeers with spices and orange added) a beer between witbier and some christmasbeers,more refreshing than a christmasbeer,but altough a little bit unusual for me in summer.