Struise Witte

Bottle sampled on 3/12/07: Pours a clear pale golden with an airy, frothy white head. Aroma of sweet pale Belgian malt with a touch of coriander. Starts mildly sweet with a nice, earthy, bready dry yeasty balance with nice light spice. A very drinkable and enjoyable wit.

Oddly warm and humid in Brussels today, and my 33 cL bottle on my front porch poors a hazy gold-yellow with a rocky, disappearing head. Light, yeasty aroma with some faint lemon and cereals. Flavor has some light sourness and mild bitterness, a bit peppery. No strong flavors in any direction. Light mouthfeel, somewhat thin. Nicely dry. No obvious spicing or silliness. Just a refreshing and well-made witbier. Would be a fine summertime session beer.

33cL bottle. Nice springtime witbier. Poured slightly hazy, orange/straw colour and a white head. The head quickly dissolved. Slightly thin mouthfeel but a crisp finish. Above average offering for witier though.

Bottle. Unclear orange/golden colour with a white head. Aroma is malt, caramel, spices. Flavour is spices, orange, malt, caramel.

Pours a light golden color with a nice bubbly white head. The head was very sticky, but dissapated rather quickly. The smell was of spices, maltiness and a metalic hint to it. The taste didn’t thrill me, a little to watery or something. I tasted malt, wheat and spices. Decent Witbier.

Bottled. We had a mini-tasting at Sigmunds hotel-room before we went to a beer-dinner, and this one and the Kloeke blond from the same brewery volcanoed all over the floor. Poor cleaning lady. Well, when we finally had some in our glasses, it looked a bit unclear, golden-orange and with a nice, white head. Quite malty nose for a wit, with caramel and a weak hoppiness. Malt, caramel and some spicy hints in the flavor. Medium body and a short finish with malt and some hops. A bit too malty for a wit, and a much more interesting aroma than flavor. The volcano-like behaviour when we opened it, was probably due to the too high serving temperature. (070317)

75 cl bottle. Golden too pale amber colour with a nice head. Nice light aroma of fresh fruit, citrus and yeast. Flaovur of wheat yeast little sour-like. Ends up very soft and yeasty and with a weak mouthfeel.

33 cl bottle, courtesy of gunnfryd, who supplied it to our tasting. The ABV was 5.0%. Served at room temperature, which was too warm, and caused the beer to gush out of the bottle when opening. Hazy golden colour, moderate head. Surprisingly malty aroma, plenty of coriander. Moderately spicy flavour.