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

bottled
common

on tap
common

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RATINGS: 1010   WEIGHTED AVG: 3.59   EST. CALORIES: 165   ABV: 5.5%
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This traditional witbier has been developed under supervision of the father of Hoegaarden and Celis White, master brewer Pierre Celis. This beer has been bottle-refermented, which lent it its specific taste.


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2.7
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 10/20
Meilby (4467) - Kristiansand, NORWAY - FEB 19, 2013
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.

1.9
   AROMA 4/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 4/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 6/20
Xstream (98) - - FEB 17, 2013
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.

4.2
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 18/20
varanid99 (244) - AUSTRALIA - FEB 13, 2013
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.

4
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 17/20
Alpha10 (104) - Ontario, CANADA - FEB 8, 2013
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

3.9
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 18/20
Yage (57) - - FEB 5, 2013
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.

3.6
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 14/20
Piero1987 (374) - SWITZERLAND - FEB 5, 2013
Pale yellow color with white persistent head. Spicy and phenolic aroma, lot of coriander. At taste is so drinkable with spieced flavour.

4.7
   AROMA 9/10   APPEARANCE 5/5   TASTE 10/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 19/20
rangerred (660) - Johnson City, Tennessee, USA - JAN 27, 2013
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.

3.6
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 14/20
podey (489) - New York, New York, USA - JAN 27, 2013
33cl bottle at BXL Zoute. Pours hazy beautiful orange. Some coriander and citrus notes. Nice mouthfeel, balanced. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

4.1
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 18/20
graziano85 (175) - Budapest, HUNGARY - JAN 26, 2013
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 :)

4.3
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 9/10   PALATE 5/5   OVERALL 18/20
Grzesiek79 (2357) - Radom, POLAND - JAN 26, 2013
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.


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