Upright Pure Wit

Brewed by Upright Brewing
Style: Belgian White (Witbier)
Portland, Oregon USA

Serve in Tumbler, Weizen

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75cl bottle. A really interesting wit. Very full and creamy texture with oats and wheat showing. Tart and bright white wine notes after a mildly sweet and fruity beginning. Some floral and spicy stuff going on in the nose, partly smells like French saison yeast, but a little different than their saisons. Lots of flavor for a lower gravity beer, and the emphasis on tart, yeasty funk is very welcome over a load of coriander.

750ml bottle. Thanks to shawn for sharing this prior to the wilco concert here I. South bend... Pours a lively golden yellow pour with a nice little haze and a thick fluffy creamy white head... Aroma is of mixed grains, some wheat, and pretty grassy.... Flavors improve in my eyes due to the lemony tartness that synch well with the wheaty grains. Mouthfeel and fluffy carbonation hold up just right. Quite quaffable on a summer day.

Bottle.

A saison-lover’s wit! Dry and gently wheat-sour, orange peel but otherwise not over-spiced. Terrifically thrist-quenching, not the usual overdose of esters. I almost didn’t bother to try this one, and I’m very glad that I went ahead and gave it a go.

Plenty of herbal, floral and haylike hop character in the nose along with underlying grainy wheat. Lightly hazy/oily golden body is topped by a generous and long lasting, fine bubbled, white head that lasts forever and coats the sides of the glass in lace. Clean, bright and lightly tart lemon citrus flavour with lingering wheat in the finish. Dry and fairly light bodied with strong carbonation that engages the tongue. Stemmed glass. Just above fridge temperature. Bottle purchased at Brewery Creek in June 2010.

Foggy golden color/ lingering rocky head. Nice dusty spicy peppercorn, coriander aromas with mild lemon lime. Frothy light mouthfeel. Good sweet tart citrusy lemon lime flavors with orange zest, coriander on a solid tart pale wheat base brew.

750ml, first bottled batch. Pours a hazy, pale golden color with a tall but quickly collapsing head of pure white foam. Tissue-thin, translucent sheets of lacing slowly break down to tiny, scattered spots. The aroma shows bright, clean, creamy lemon chiffon, with a distinctly Belgian, lightly bready yeast profile. Coriander is present, but is thankfully kept at bay, while lemon peel proves bold and a hint of flaked oats shine through. Flavors are spot on, again showing a clean, lightly sweet, fresh grain malt base. Candied lemon peel offers a crisp acidity to balance out the malt. There’s a dash of slightly peppery, floral hops, with a dry, almost flakey yeast profile. The palate, while far from full, picks up a bit of substance from what seems like oats or some other grain. Moderate to lively carbonation is apprpriate for the style. Wits don’t often impress, but this one does just that. Nice effort.

not for everyone. a bit sweet, a bit spicy on the finish. Like a saison wit maybe... I don’t quite get the orange peel.

750, capped. Pours a fully cloudy light golden amber with a surging, pillowy, creamy platinum blond head that sticks around through pour after pour, even still showing some stringy lace and ring of head at the very last. Big orange and light lemon nose, a little bit of dark spice. A very clean and bright wit even with the spice. Creamy, almost pulpy medium body with active carb that fades as it warms and breathes. Very bright and mildly acidic mid-palate, lots of fruity flavor, plenty of tangy zest and a little bit of wheat tartness and dark spice in the background. Refreshing, tons of flavor for the abv, and a pleasure to drink.

750ml capped. Pours a light golden with a touch of a haze and a thick 4 finger head into my Boulevard Saison glass. The head dissipates fairly rapidly, but doesn’t disappear and leaves a bit of foamy lacing. Nose is delicate with coriander, slight nutmeg, nice sweet floral essence, a hint of citrus zest, with some creamy hay backbone. Crisp lemony tartness up front, light wheatiness throughout, with some floral spiciness on the end that finishes with a faint presence of hop. Really a light but balanced Wit and would drink this again.

750 ml bottle - pours faint straw gold with eggy white head sinking slowly; subtle aromas of wheat, lemongrass, yeasty spice and pepper; there is a definite peppery spice with very little fruit; a very nice tartness and fullness from the yeast; a very nice soft, subtle wheat beer