Avery White Rascal

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

Bottle. Thick three finger white head on a very light gold body. Nose smells like suntan lotion and bannana. Let me set the record straight-I do not like Witbier. Now, having said that, this isn’t too bad for what it is. The taste is very mild and almost a little smokey. Flavors of wheat, bannana, smoke, and sausage (yup, that’s right, sausage) are there. The finish is very clean mild. Overall, it’s okay, but I would not drink it again by choice.

Pours a cloudy yellow color. Aromas of orange and spice. Flavor has too much orange, I didn’t care for this beer much. White beers aren’t high on my list.

Golden yellow with white foamy head. Fruit and spice in the nose. Watery and spicy flavor. Not impressed.

Draft at Flying Saucer Nashville. Pours a hazy orange yellow with a white head, typical wit appearance. Aroma of wheat malt and orange peel. A hair above light bodied, but with some watery texture. Flavor of light wheat malt, orange peel, and coriander with an average amount of residual sweetness. Finish is clean and slightly yeasty. Not bad, but needs a little more malt backbone. A bit too thin for me

Pours hazy pale yellow into a tumbler. White head recedes to coat surface. Banana and clove aromas. Marshmallow upfront turning to a crisp cloved wheat finish.

Hazy yellow straw with a fizzy but lasting pure white head. Coriander, and orange peel are easy to pick out in the aroma. The flavor is citric and spicy with a metallic tough as Philly pointed out. Very fizzy mouthfeel. Not something I can see buying again, but if offered I’ll sure take it.

To me, it doesn’t really taste like a Witbier, but it’s still pretty good. Good malt yet very little hop flavor. The citrus that empowers most Witbier is a minor presence in this one. Light spices though. Still a very drinkable beer in its own right it reminds more like Blue Moon than to Hoegarrden.

12oz bottle from Sam’s, Durham. It’s really hard to make a wit that can keep my attention and be much more than a simple quaffer to me. Avery’s version is about as competent as many other renditions on the market; and it’s also thereby about as memorable, which is to say not very much. Cloudy gold/orange pour with a decent amount of carbonation in the medium body. The usual suspects in the nose, of course - orange peel, etc. A bit of a watery finish, unfortunately. Decent.