St. Bernardus Blanche (Witbier)

Cloudy brownish gold pour. Bread, brown sugar, sulphur, and ginger on the nose. Bread, pears, and ginger on the taste. Medium bodied and just slightly thin but not bad a good beer all round.

330ml Bottle: Aroma of wheat, yeast, orange zest, curacao, light coriander, and lemon. Poured deep yellow/flaxen/very light brown/gray in color with a small, dense, white head that lasted throughout. Cloudy. Very sparkling. Flavor is light to medium sweet and lightly biter. Tastes of curacao, orange zest, lemon zest, yeast, and wheat. Medium body. Creamy texture. Average carbonation. Sweet, fruity, curacao and yeast finish. Too fruity and orangy.

Big offwhite head. Muddy light brown body. Bready coriander aroma with fruity metallic notes. Fruity metallic taste with coriander toffee notes. Astringent and sweetish. Fizzy mouthfeel. Dryish fruity soft metal aftertaste. Disappointingly neutral and unclean. Not as refreshing as it ought to be. (0.33l bottle, corner shop, København.)

A fairly standard wheat beer, nothing special - I think brewed mostly for the sake of completeness. Refreshing enough, but not their strength.

Pours a very cloudy light orange/blonde with a small, one-finger, white head. Didn’t toss in all the yeast from the bottom. This literally exploded out of the bottle probably from the live yeast and refermentation. Not much in the way of lacing. Aroma is typically witbier: citrus, cloves, coriander, orange peel, plus the addition of some medium yeast notes. Taste is spot on: similar to the aroma plus some white pepper. Light and somewhat creamy on the palate. Aftertaste is dry and neutral. No warming alcohol, no hop bitterness, very light and malty. Unlike other white beers, this does not develop a soapy taste after awhile like Hoegaarden and Wittekerke .This is definitely not just the hot summer’s day witbier. This is a classic for all seasons. Of all the wheat beers I have tried, this is truly an outstanding exception.

Pours a hazy, honey-straw color with a white, full, rocky, fluffy head which is mostly diminishing and leaves minimal lace. Nose is bold; notes of malted wheat, coriander, orange zest, nutmeg, cardamom, some doughy yeast, and clove. Flavor is similar with all the same complexity; malted wheat, clove, cardamom, nutmeg, light orange zest, coriander, doughy yeast, and light pear. Palate is medium, creamy, nearly lively, and almost silky. Finishes still mostly sweet, with lots of clove and cardamom, some malted wheat, and doughy yeast with some lingering coriander and pear. By far my favorite Wit with so many complex flavors and sweet baking spice notes to match a nice wheat note. Maybe not the best example of the style, but extremely drinkable and taking some Belgian pale characteristics. Great Wit.

Large head on a hazy body. I expected a better kind of white beer and I was disappointed. I am used to frisky wheat beer, but this i a little too heavy for me.

Bottle 33cl from Hopduvel, Ghent. Appears hazy with a huge white head. Can’t look through it. Nose of coriander, citrus, herbs, grass. Aroma’s pepper, alcohol & lots of wheat. Medium sweetness, medium bitterness, lightly sour, medium bodied. Very dry wheaty aftertaste.