Avery White Rascal

Brewed by Avery Brewing Company
Style: Belgian White (Witbier)
Boulder, Colorado USA

Tap. Poured cloudy yellow with a white head. Aroma of mild hops, wheat, spice (coriander), bready yeast. Taste has a little malt, plleny of wheat, and a good amout of spice, with some citrus fruity notes as well. Body is average and easy drinking. Finish is lightly spiced and fizzy. Overall, an okay belgian white.

Bottled. A hazy thin pale yellow. Big white head. aroma is light hops, wheat, yest, and coriander. Just what you’d expect it to smell like and what you’d expect to be in the brew. Flavor is heavier citrus, spices, and wheat. Not one of my favorites by Avery by any means.

12oz bottle. Pours a hazy white-straw-yellow body with a finger-width, fizzy, white head that dissipates quickly and leaves a good amount of lacing. Aroma is soft flowers, orange peels and lemon, wheat malts, and light spices. Flavor is similar. Wheat malts up front with some flowers and grass, slightly sour citrus, clove, and coriander. Finishes dry with a slightly sweet wheat, spiced orange-peel, medium length aftertaste. Medium body with a slightly fizzy carbonation. Overall, a fairly straightforward wit, but tasty. I’m usually not a fan of the style, but for something so unremarkable, this was alright.

Rather light with a pleasant aroma. As a Central Floridian with a strong sense of all things citrus, I really didn’t find many aspects of a quintessential citrus execution--the hints were a little too ambiguous. Pale, murky yellow with white head and consistent lacing. Not something I’d seek out.

TAP: light yellow pour with a white head. Wheat and orange on the nose. Good wheat/light fruit flavor. More character than most Wits.

Super cloudy pale yellow color. No lace. Hue of the middle traffic light. Looks a tad weak but we shall see. The dry wheaty smell of a witbier combined with a spicy orange peel. Dry and with a little punch. Quite good. Spicy Belgian taste, countered with the sweetness of the light wheaty accent. Puts the "Belgian" into the flavor for sure, with it’s pungence. Spicier than a regular witbier, for sure. Feels fizzy and dances on the palate. Leaves a dry, sticky film. It’s a very nice spicy Belgian wit. Not at all a thin, watery witbier.

A nice spicy, rindy wit with great mouthfeel. I liked this much better than some of the more heavily lauded Amero-Belgians.

Very traditional witbier aroma, not as pungent as many... Some orange citrus, a touch of wheat... Light refreshing flavor, notes of orange, spice, wheat, very easy drinking... Not nearly as yeasty as many wits can be... Good summertime refresher....