Port City Optimal Wit

Brewed by Port City Brewing Company
Style: Belgian White (Witbier)
Alexandria, Virginia USA

Serve in Tumbler, Weizen

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Draft @ Rustico Restaurant, Alexandria, VA. Pours a hazy yellow color with a small white head. Has a fruity wheat malty hoppy citrus aroma. Fruity wheat malty spicy yeasty flavor with hoppy hints. Has a fruity spicy yeasty wheat malty finish.

Draft. Cloudy cider body with medium white head. Aroma is moderately sweet, orange, grain of paradise, light hay, lemon. Taste is moderately sweet, grain of paradise, some hay, orange/lemon. Light-medium body, some creaminess, light acidity.

12oz bottle-pours yellow with a retaining tight offwhite head. Aroma is spice-nutmeg/herbal, bready light malt. Taste is spice-nutmeg/herbal hops, sweet doughy/bready light malt, medium fruit. Soft carbonation.

Draft. Hazy yellow orange color, medium white head. Aroma of orange juice, spices. Taste is bready, lots of malt, citrus, spice, slightly sour finish. Decent.

Tap at Rustico. Pours hazy gold with an average, fizzy white head, short retention with light lacing. Aroma is heavy malt (hay, straw, meal, cereal), light hops (floral), and average esters (citrus) with notes of coriander. Flavor is heavy malt (hay, straw, meal, cereal), light hops (floral), and average esters (citrus) with notes of coriander. Light body, low warmth and creaminess, medium carbonation with a medium dry finish.

Served on draft at Mellow Mushroom in Charlottesville, VA on 3/30/11. Pours a hazy lemon yellow color with a dense medium sized creamy white head. Good head retention and lacing. Aroma of wheat, quite a bit of citrus and a spicy finish. The taste is bready wheat malts and a spicy finish. Medium bodied.

Bottle. Light musty lemon, coriander, and wheat malt aroma. Cloudy golden yellow with moderate head. Musty-sweet lemon, coriander, and light wheat malt flavor. Nice but would have like more malt flavor.

Bottle 355 ml
Aroma: coriander, orange peel , wheat , hint of pepper , touch of clove , saffron? 7-
Appearance: hazed amber-gold with thin fizzy top. 2+
Flavor/Palate: medium light bodied. Clean , smooth medium feel. Gentle notes of orange peel, sugars with chewy textures of wheat. Drinkable , excellent choice for summer days.

Tap at Iron Horse. Very cloudy light orange pour with minuscule white head formation. Little lace. Fresher peach ice cream nose. Some peaches and cream character taken over by vanilla scented candle. Taste is soapy, buttery, blander with some soap cutting mild sweet butter and mild diacetyl. Big spice adjunct hides basic brewing flaws. Palate is thickish for style from the butter. Eh. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

On tap at Churchkey. Served in a tumbled. Pour is a cloudy light orange color with a pretty decent amount of haze. White head with some pretty sticky lacing. Overall, a good start. Nose is creamy and full of rich wheat plus some orange zest, coriander, and slight spice. Nice and well-rounded without any taking the front. Taste is equally as good as the nose. Very pleasant wheat base with a touch of spice along with some nice citrus character. The mouthfeel really takes it away. Light body is enhanced by a nice wheat base and there is a touch of spice throughou along with a nice orange presence. Fairly light carbonation carries it through. Drinkabiliy is really nice. This is quite quaffable even after a 15-minute walk through the cold. Very glad to add the first beer for this place. It’s a good feeling to finally have a local brewery that’s actually in my town. Serving type: on-tap Reviewed on: 02-04-2011