The Bruery Orchard White

Brewed by The Bruery
Style: Belgian White (Witbier)
Placentia, California USA

750ml bottle served in a tulip. Pale golden pour with a decent haze and a thick head of slowly fading off-white foam. Slippery lacing. The aroma had light spice, dried orange peel, dusty yeast, and some sourdough. The flavor was strong lavender notes, coriander, oranges, and yeast. Subtle. Medium-bodied with a light amount of crisp carbonation. Decent enough.

From Whole Foods in Arlington A nice Witbier...good color, decent armoa - the taste was too lavender for me. Better Witbiers available/

750 compliments of doboy (thanks Eduardo), poured a clear straw colour, aroma immediate of some funky barnyard biscuits that have a coriander dusting. The flavour was highlighted with lemons, a touch of hoppage as the grains and malt come to balance this tasty treat. Really enjoyed this one...

Thanks for sharing, bro! Pours a straw color with a medium soapy head. Aroma is belgian spice, coriander, chamomile, and lavender. Taste is much the same, with some citrus, but way too much lavender.

Bottle. Pours a light yellow color with bits of yeast sediment floating around. Head is off white and very pillowing. Aroma is of intense orange peel, coriander, yeast, lemon zest, clove and light note of lavender. Taste upfront is coriander, orange peel, light lemon zest and after all those light and carefully played flavors comes the lavender messing it all up. A touch of lavender would probably work really nice here, but it’s too much and makes a refreshing beer a bit of a choke down. Also, the oats lend to a nice creamy mouthfeel, but again the lavender just adds this weird tang in the finish. Not feeling this one.

GUSHERRRRR!!!!! Bottle. Pours an unclear golden yellow with a tall foamy frothy extra-white head... oh yea and it’s a gusher. Aroma is nice and fragrant, spicy with strong floral notes, some crisp candied wheat but mostly dominated by the lavender which take a few seconds to get used to, the orange peel and coriander notes are really nice though. Flavor is strong on the lavender... at first hard to taste much else, the oats are a very nice touch, strong coriander finish, fairly simple and super floral, really overshadows usual wheat and yeast flavors, lacks citrus or any acidity, love the oats though. Medium bodied, smooth from the oats, a bit chalky and almost lightly creamy, soft carbonation, quick finish with a vacant aftertaste of celery, some lingering bitterness and chalky coriander. Eh... strangely okay... I’m starting to warm up to it.

A: Poured with a huge, white, frothy head... this baby stayed around for a good, long time, eventually diminishing (slowly) to 1-finger size. Body is yellow and very hazy. S: Nice aroma of coriander and orange, and very heavy on the pepper and other spices. T: Very interesting flavor, even in terms of a witbier. The citrus is quite prevalent, as well as the pepper and other spices that were detectable in the aroma. In fact, it’s borderline overwhelming... not quite, but one of these is probably enough. Still, very floral and refreshing. M: Lighter-bodied than most wits, although it’s still close to medium, with a slightly oily texture. Very fizzy carbonation... a little too fizzy for my tastes. D: Enjoyable, but I couldn’t drink more than one. Still, something I’d buy again if it were available in my area.

Bright, cloudy, yellow/gold appearance with a large white head and spotty lacing. Yeasty aroma with plenty of spices. The wheat and oats give it a smooth, almost lush, mouthfeel. Taste is moderately sweet, spicy, and balanced with floral and herbal hops. Tart, lingering finish.