Panil Blanche

Brewed by Panil Birra Artigianale - Birrificio Torrechiara
Style: Belgian White (Witbier)
Torrechiara-Parma, Italy

Serve in Tumbler, Weizen

From bottle, no 14 at Papsoes blindtasting. Pours hazy yellow with a lacing white head. Aroma is mild yeasty and slight citric. Flavour holds a dry grassy flavour leading into slight yeasty spiced note. Finish is mild and slight spiced. Decent.

(Bottle 50 cl) Courtesy of fiulijn. Slightly hazy pale golden with a creamy, white head. Lightly tart, citrusy aroma. Light and somewhat watery body with a vague, fruity sweetness and a spicy touch. Absolutely no bitterness. 301107

#14 [Blind tasting session @ Papsoe 30-11-2007] Small fizzy white head that mostly diminished. Fair lacework. Cloudy yellow / golden color. Citrus, grain, fruit. Some sour notes can be detected. Dusty caramel feel over the palate. Medium bodied with an average carbonation. Light sweet and acidic flavor. Light sweet finish that ends sour.

Bottle. A hazy yellow beer with a white head. The aroma is of yeast, fruits and spices. The taste is malty, citric and spicy. Medium body with a light dry finish.

Bottle. Hazy golden coloured with a fluffy white head. Aroma of fruits, spices, wheat and vanilla. Flavour of wheat, fruits, spices, citrus and hops. Fruity and hoppy finish.

Bottle. Pale yellow colour with a fair head. Aroma of some herbs, malt and yeast. The flavour is sweet with yeast, malt, some herbs and hops.

UPDATED: APR 25, 2008 A thick white head is slowly dispersed across the plain of a heavily chill-hazed tangerine juice colored body. The aroma is very yeasty and mildly phenolic and peppery. Wheat is strong and aged. Coriander and lesser spices create a facade of trickery that leads to: citrus notes are of banana, orange, otherwise relatively muddled to undefined. Mellow oak and tannic acidity surround spice and sweetness - this seems balanced though it leans toward the spicy end of the witbier spectrum, in a typical fashion shown by many brewers from outside of Belgium. Modest hints of a tartness found in open-fermented Wallonian ales is evident as warmth engages the senses with its ever-increasing propulsion of intricacies. The flavor is bland and much different than the aroma. Sweetness is medium and the integration of tart wheat throws the entire sweet part of the flavor into a chaotic but steady spiral. Bitterness is mild. Acidity is medium to medium-high and cutting, even though the flavor itself seems stuck in the middle of convention. Tartness is light and muffled. This is a challenging taste; every sip presents a different outcome - some are sweet and mild, others seem zesty and earthy and have more tartness. The finish dries quickly and leaves heapings of wheated malt and tired spice on the tip of the tongue and stuck in the curves of the throat. The mouthfeel is light to light-medium, rocky and mildly abrasive, with a carbonation character that feels like most of the zippiness dissipated through the steadfast head. Odd but likable.

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