Stegmaier Midsummer White

Brewed by Lion Brewery, Inc.
Style: Belgian White (Witbier)
Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania USA

Knight’s Head, bottle
Cloudy beige. Uneventful wheaty nose with a hint of yeast. Fairly boring territory here, very little malt and no f’n spice. Boring.

Bottle… Mostly clear golden ale with a small, fizzy, white head. The aroma offers toasty grains and a hint of honey; not picking up on much in the way of fruit peel or spice. Medium-bodied with lively carbonation. Tastes more like an amber ale than a wit. Nice, toasty, bready malts - a touch restrained but fairly well-balanced. Crisp, clean, dry finish.

(Draught) Pours a lightly hazy yellow body with a small white head. Aroma of wheat, coriander, orange peel, and clove. Flavor of wheat, lemon, coriander, and grain with a dry finish.

Bottle from Capone’s, labelled Knight’s Head White. Pours turbid dark straw with whitish head. Aroma is clovey/spicy, with orange zest, citrus, some hops. The flavor is hopcitric, with a subtle clovey spicy note, orange zest, and a crisp finish. Not bad.

Thanks to hatchy for sharing from his home kegerator. Pours a hazy golden orange with an average white lightly lacing head. Aroma of hard sugary candy, mixed orange, cereal grains, and slightly tart wheat. Flavor of honey nut cherrios, orange, coriander, nice mouthfeel for a Wit.

12-oz. Thanks, Hopscotch! Pours a murky darkish medium amber with a loose, thin white head. Lots of big chunky bits kicking around down near the bottom. Nose of sweet cream, green apples, pie spice, and caramel. Slightly creamy body on the low side of medium. Not much carb at all. The apple pie bits come back around for the mid-palate, and wash out fairly quickly in a watery ebb. Not bad, but could be either more complex or more refreshing.

KHWA S6L4F3T5O10: Bottle labeled as Knights head white ale. Appears as a pale lager with a slight haze. Has an almost soda pop aroma to it. Taste does have some kinda flavoring, perhaps mild orange peels. Second pour gets gunk out of bottom of bottle in chunks. Taste gets friendlier as you sip. Finish is not too bitter. May be a good session brew, goes down fairly easy.

Labeled as Knights Head White. Sampled from a 12 oz brown bottle this beer poured a murky golden-amber color with a large orange-white head. The aroma was strong with citrus and coriander. The flavor was dryish, peppery and had strong coriander and orange notes with a musty cardboard undertone. The finish was long, dry musty orange. The mouthfeel was surprisingly thick. Decent.