St. Bernardus Blanche (Witbier)

Brewed by St. Bernardus Brouwerij
Style: Belgian White (Witbier)
Watou, Belgium

Serve in Tumbler, Weizen

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Bottle 330ml @ home
Pours cloudy golden with a white head. Aroma has notes of malt, wheat, coriander and orange. Taste is light sweet and light bitter. Body is light, texture is thin, carbonation is soft to fizzy.

Well, there’s not much good to tell about this one sadly. It’s a very weak, watery, wheat/white beer. There is some grain/bread on one hand and you have lemon (the wrong soapy kind) in the other. In between there’s water. That pretty sums it up for me. Maybe refreshing is the only positive word i can find. Poor.

Cloudy light yellow pour with a thick and persistent white head. Lots of funky yeast, banana, lemon, spice. Spicy, citrusy flavour with just a little sourness which persists. Cracking beer.

2013/01/07 - Pours a hazy light yellow with a large white head. Smells of citrus, orange, banana, yeast and coriander. Tastes citrus with a smooth dry finish. Lots of soft carbonation. A very good Belgian wit. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

Nagyon világos,kissé opálos megjelenésű sör. A hab fehér és sűrű. Ízében búzás, kissé alma-szerű fanyarság, korianderrel és narancsos gyümölcsösséggel a háttérben, édességében kissé mézes ízvilággal.

Pale yellow color with white persistent head. Spicy and phenolic aroma, lot of coriander. At taste is so drinkable with spieced flavour.

330ml bottle into a nonic. Pours a hazy straw yellow with a huge three finger billowy white head. The fluffy head sticky around for a long time and leaves huge clumps of lacing on the sides of the glass. This is what a wit should look like. Picture perfect. The aroma just jumps out of the glass with lemon and coriander dominating. There are more subtle hints of clove, banana, and orange. There is a real sharpness to the aroma that I love. The flavor brings forth tons of coriander and more orange than was present in the aroma. Fresh baked bread along with lemon provide support along with a delicate tartness on the tip of the tongue. Perfect soft wheat character along with abundant carbonation that is perfect for the style. Overall, this is what every witbier should strive to be like. To me, this is the absolute defining beer of the style and by far the best wit I have ever had. I only wish I could get this close to where I live because I would go through cases during the summer.

33cl bottle at BXL Zoute. Pours hazy beautiful orange. Some coriander and citrus notes. Nice mouthfeel, balanced. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

UPDATED: APR 7, 2013 Hazy dark yellow colour, and little white head. It smells orange and coriander, as many blanche, the taste too, but not so sweet as many blanche, and it’s also a bit sour, with a dry finish. This is a really great blanche!! with St. Bernardus it’s never a mistake :)

Piwo pszeniczne w belgijskim stylu. Minusem jedynym jest praktyczny całościowy brak piany. A plusem zaś spora mętność i wyraźny smak. Wyczuwa się skórkę pomaranczy, a zwłaszcza przyprawę kolendry. w Sapachu średniointensywny, ale przeważa tym razem skórka. Cytrusowa końcówka z przyprawową nutą. Mętność to chyba największa zaleta tego piwa, dotychczas żadko spotykana w belgijskich witt.