Rivertown Jenneke

Brewed by Rivertown Brewing
Style: Belgian White (Witbier)
Cincinnati, Ohio USA

Serve in Tumbler, Weizen

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Draft at YardHouse. Pours a hazed pale gold with a small white cap. Looks the part. The smell is wheaty and doughy, with some banana, citrus, and bubblegum. Flavor of wheat, banana, peppery spice, citrus, bubblegum, and soap. The soap started in the middle and muddied the finish. Light-bodied, with a very dry mouthfeel and moderate carbonation. The wheaty, dry mouthfeel is pretty spot-on for the style. It wasn’t bad but was off in a couple ways.

Bottle: nice, smooth, tasty beer. It’s got that great Belgian yeast "kick" but without it being overpowering. A fine, drinkable beer.

12oz bottle into a pint glass. No freshness date. Pours a hazy dark yellow with a small half finger head. Decent lacing, though. Aroma of banana and clove along with a slight amount of yeast. Very much like a wit but more subdued. No hop aroma whatsoever. Clove and banana up front leading to a moderate, somewhat harsh, bitterness. A little bit of bubblegum after but then everything just disappears leaving a chalky mouthfeel and bitterness on the back of the throat. Mouthfeel is extremely watery without the characteristic softness of a wit. Overall, don’t waste your time with this one. More flavor and body would definitely help.

12oz beer into a leather boot - pours hazy orange with white head and noticeable lacing. Nose is cardboard (like a Helles). Flavor adds wheat and hay. taste is mildly sweet. Once I got a whiff of the beer, I knew I was in trouble. perhaps a bad batch, but how many more can this brewery afford?

Hazy golden with a light head and stripes of lace. Good intentions don’t play out - sour citrus and wheat try to put this on its feet, but can’t balance the odd bitter cloves and spices that define the taste. Not palatable, not recommended.

Bottle purchased at Kroger on Polaris Parkway. Clear gold pour with a fluffy white head. Aroma is a bit funky with sweet malt and some citrus. Malty flavor with banana and orange character before a crisp finish.

Pours a straw color with a fluffy white head. Aroma of banana and wheat. Flavor of citrus, banana, clove and wheat. Pretty good.

What I had gotten from this particular beer, was that it tasted of brown sugar, Belgian yeast and food dye. There was possibly some banana and coriander by swallow but I forget. It was too so-so to remember much else.

Bottle. Poured a hazy pale gold with a medium-sized white head. Aroma and flavor were more saison or hefe-like than wit, I thought. Light banana, clove, some citrus, not very spiced. Light palate, quite effervescent. Not bad.

Tasted this during Brew Week in Athens Ohio 2012. Pours a cloudy yellow, almost like lemonade. Hints of citrus, spruce, and spice. Light sweetness and light bitter. Light body with a refreshing zest and clean finish. A descent Belgian that I will look for if I’m ever in Cincy.